Is it not selfishness to extoll the “virtue” of rewarding the indolent class, in an attempt to draw attention to your “self-sacrifice” and “public service”? That in effect is what Hanks mother is doing and many of our modern day philantropists and do-gooders are doing. Their foundations and non-profits exist to obtain grants for their “projects”. As long there are needy people, they have their cause for being. If anyone actually solves the problems they claim to defend, they will thus be out of work. So for the organization, the goal is to put on the appearance of doing a “good work”, while not really putting a dent in the root cause. I’m not saying all organizations are like this, but many are. I believe they are called “poverty pimps”. I don’t think we even need to go into government welfare.
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