Welfare

WELFARE:

Any public assistance should be based on the fundamental Judeo-Christian and moral principles of helping the fatherless, widows and the needy. The emphasis must always be on teaching people to be self reliant and work for what they get.

Any assistance is best handled by families, churches and private charities. This should be the guiding principle to government involvement, focusing on creating an environment favorable to private help. Citizens must not be economically, emotionally, or mentally enslaved to programs that foster dependence on the state. That leads to indolence and lasciviousness, and to corrupt politicians empowering themselves by those beholden to them. The able bodied should look first to themselves, family, friends, churches and charities, and as a last resort to local and state provided assistance where they may be temporarily employed in public work projects to earn their way.

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