[DannyTN]

Maybe I should have said google "Poor Laws in the colonies". The point is that there was very much an active state driven poor relief program. It wasn't done all by charities like today's libertarians would have you believe.

Poor Relief in the United States

From Poor Law to Welfare State

[celmak]

"Maybe I should have said google "Poor Laws in the colonies". The point is that there was very much an active state driven poor relief program. It wasn't done all by charities like today's libertarians would have you believe."

Read the first link, have to wait till I get home on the second. Needless to say; that first link is VERY interesting (thank you). It should be pointed out that (and appears prominently) the Puritan church was very important in helping to make these laws; you can tell that by how close these laws were to Biblical principles (e.g., worthy, unworthy, etc.). It's a shame that we have gotten away from these Biblical principles and now pay in high taxes to those that are able, unaccountable, and will not work.

I look forward to your response to my other posts/questions.