I heard Colmes on FOX tonight say that people never receive welfare for more than a year or two before they go back to work. Boy. Is that guy misinformed. He’s living in a Fantasyland.
If I am even somewhat successful, or just doing OK, I'm self-obliged to give a hand to someone who is struggling to join me - race/origins, handicaps, likability, level of education, or good looks should not be a factor; that's what we were taught was "right" all those years ago.
I am not obliged to give a hand up to the neer-do-wells and hangers on who populate much of the Socialist ranks...but I am at core a Christian and I cannot wish them misery.
So the dilemma is four fold (not two as in "horns of"):
How to identify those who legitimately deserve assistance.
How to identify the others.
How to improve those who might be improved.
And, what to do with the rest.
That's a lesson learned from five years of trying to help those who could benefit while not insulting those who would only handicap the candidates.
It's a lesson you try to apply daily even when it isn't part of your formal portfolio.
Damn few people see it as a part of being "conservative".
Much like damn few realize that "conservative" does not automatically mean "rich":
I hope that (by my age) each of you have made it.
OH, yeah, Colmes' ignorant/elitist comments on Fox;
Allan/Skeletor, you can contact me via FR and I'll gladly give you a meet and greet tour of Los Angeles, much like I once did as a Vietnam veteran's AA advocate, then we can discuss your asinine "...year or two before they go back to work" comment.