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mulhollandj
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06/11/2006 4:42 PM
The evils of welfare are readily apparent in our society. I have witnessed it first hand while having experienced it myself and seeing the effects on friends and neighbors. I regretfully say that while I was younger I did not correctly understand the principles of welfare. I have seen the sense of entitlement that comes with welfare. I have seen the waste and the lack of work ethic. I will use rely on some general political thought as well as the teachings of the LDS church as most who read this are members of that faith. These teachings can also apply in a more general sense. President Marion G. Romney (LDS) compares two stories in a talk found at http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1976.htm/ensign%20november%201976.htm/in%20mine%20own%20way.htm The first comes from Reader’s Digest, Oct. 1950, p. 32. and talks about a flock of seagulls who died off after the shrimp fleet left. The seagulls had forgotten how to fish because they had become dependent on the shrimp fleet. The other article was entitled It’s a Good Thing There Wasn’t Anybody Around to Help the Pilgrims and can be found in Christian Economics, Nov. 1972, p. 25. It talks about how it was a good thing the Pilgrims didn't have a government they could live off of. It is an interesting comparison about those who had to work and those who didn't. Another good LDS talk can be found at http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1978.htm/ensign%20november%201978%20.htm/the%20stake%20presidents%20role%20in%20welfare%20services.htm David B. Haight (LDS) quotes Spencer W. Kimball “No true Latter-day Saint, while physically or emotionally able, will voluntarily shift the burden of his own or his family’s well-being to someone else” (Ensign, May 1978, p. 79). Wild Hogs of Okefenokee Swamp is a great story about how a man was able to tame wild pigs by providing them with a handout while buidling a fence around them. http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/790.html Davy Crockett vs Welfare is another great one where Colonel Crockett learns why welfare is bad. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/ellis1.html If you are still in doubt about how independence and self-sufficiency is destroyed by government welfare, please consider New Orleans.

nonleft
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06/11/2006 5:36 PM
"If you are still in doubt about how independence and self-sufficiency is destroyed by government welfare, please consider New Orleans." No kidding! Just look at how good people had their guns taken from them Illegally by the Government. They would try this in Logan if they had the chance.

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