When you have a society tht has a large percentage of parasites openly being advertised to by your own Federal Government to ‘ be sure to sign up for Food Stamps, WIC, Earned Income Credit, Section 8 Housing, Food Bank supplies, Grants of every stripe & size for “education”’, the result is a society where those who live 3-4-5-6 generations on such handouts suck the incentive to really work out of those who truly have a work ethic.
When I was a kid, charity came from the churches & it was a rather quiet affair.
Today, a expotentially growing part of each community is standing there & DEMANDING handouts from the legal efforts of others.
When a person who is the ‘baby Daddy’ of a number of offspring barely manages to hold a part time job due to his personal choices of companions, chemical dependency & work attendance gets more money back in EARNED INCOME CREDIT than he ‘earned’ in a tax year, it certainly doesn’t incentivise those who are walking a straighter line in their lives.
When sloth is rewarded, you get more sloth.
When crime is NOT punished, you get more crime.
When crime becomes beneficial, you get even more crime.
When crime becomes beneficial, you get even more crime.
...or in contrast a statement from the “olden days”.
Crime doesn’t pay. Well apparently that is old news.