“The War on Poverty is over. Poverty won.”
A friend of mine, a physicist and a socialist, summed up his support for welfare in this way: “Let’s face it. Fifteen percent of the population just aren’t able to get their sh!t together.”
I hate it, but I have to agree with him.
If we shield that 15% from the consequences of their poor decisions will their behavior ever change? The problem with welfare is we remove the incentive to change and improve. Under welfare there is no downside to being a screwup.
That is true, but then what is the solution? Is it to keep on subsidizing this ever-increasing group of Americans who do not have the intellectual wherewithal to contribute to society, or can we do something about these leeches?
Or more clearly stated, do we have the guts to do what's right? That would involve separation and sterilization leading to the eventual elimination of this parasite class of Americans who cost the country half of a trillion in terms of welfare, crime prevention, disease, and incompetence in jobs taken from more qualified people thanks to affirmative action/discrimination.