Spend your own money if you want - give privately. Do what these people have done: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487391/posts
Please, back up your statement. Let us all know how 50 years of welfare and government dependency have helped these people, whereas a job at Walmart isn't a better solution until they get their own job training.
Your statement that private industry will not fund ports is absolutely ludicrous. Who do you think runs docks and ports across this country now ??????? Primarily private industry, altho there are a few ports, like Long Beach CA, where the docks and workers on the docks are controlled by the municipality. Still, private industry runs the businesses paying rent on the docks. Do you think that private industry will wait for the government to act ?
Hello - we don't "invest" in unproductive fellow Americans ? Hello, ever hear of welfare, food stamps, job training, unemployment insurance, etc etc ad nauseum ? No, we've invested so much in KEEPING these fellow Americans in poverty so they can vote politicians into office who will give them more and more welfare. You think we should spend more tax dollars on them ? Why should they carry insurance when they can count on taxpayers picking up the pieces ?
What all of these people need is for government to STAY OUT OF THE WAY - cut taxes, regulations, work rules etc etc - and let private individuals rebuild their lives and businesses as they see fit.
AMEN!