[TigersEye]

Your point is that Americans won’t help each other unless forced to by the government!?! I don’t agree.

[Red Dog #1]

I think we're letting words get in the way of agreeing. When someone receives help from friends, family, civil society or even local government they are much more likely to understand the burden they place on others, strive to succeed and even at some point help another. When the help is channeled through a distant government, it is much more difficult to see the cost.

Self indulgence is likely to require some sort of enabling. The distant Federal government type is astronomically more likely to lead to self-destruction than help from those we have a personal connection to.