Posted on 06/06/2023 7:33:26 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
“It is uncivilized that we live in a society where people cannot afford basic necessities,” Judge Hidalgo added in the release.
Free enterprise in a society where people can own things and build wealth without the burdens of socialism is the best way to make the most people prosperous and to make the more people who deserve wealth get and keep it.
The problem she addresses is NOT solved by imitating Venezuela.
The government cannot be the Savior of the world. Charity is a function of religion. Let people voluntarily help the poor. Let people keep the money they earn and the property the acquire.
Socialism is anti-Christian. Here are some relevant passages from the Bible:
Hard work and voluntary giving produce the greatest economic outcome:
Acts 20:35 NKJV
I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Poverty will never be completely eradicated:
John 12:8 NKJV
For the poor you have with you always, but Me [Jesus] you do not have always.
Socialism breaks one of the basic commandments:
Exodus 20:15 NKJV
You shall not steal.
Many "beneficiaries" don't grasp that when the government pays for your housing (Section 8), pays for your healthcare (Medicaid), pays for your food (EBT cards); and now gives you cash (guaranteed income payments), you are still a slave.
They've merely swapped the master in the big house for the government master in the state house.
Self-determination only comes from self-reliance.
investment program, so when you invest you expect to get something in return, where’s the return? there is none.
It’s coming from the idea that machines are finally ready to take over many jobs, leaving people without work. In theory, the machines will pay for it all by their level of productivity.
I don’t believe that myself. Once we have removed the human need to work, for many humans, they will not be needed and those in power will seek to eliminate humans which people won’t have the resources to prevent their elimination.
Sums it all up perfectly.
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