Farewell Welfare, Farewell...My Master My Enemy

Common Sense Commentary: The Master whose slave must worship and obey him or be beaten ... will be obeyed ... but hated.  Taskmaster's Philosophy: "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

Most people in this world instinctively prepare for the uncertain future by producing more than they consume and saving the extra.  But in the U.S., a much smaller percentage of our citizens actually produce more than they consume and have no savings at all for unforeseen future emergencies and needs.  In fact, the average savings rate in the U.S. is zero according to the U.S. Commerce Dept.  You can google confirmation of this fact but I will reprint a bit of what The Christian Science Monitor said about it.  "U.S. SAVINGS RATE FALLS TO ZERO.  Americans have stopped saving for a rainy day.  Instead, they are living from paycheck to paycheck, depending on credit cards to get them through emergencies ... The national savings rate has been declining for years.  Tuesday, the Commerce Department reported that the personal savings rate fell to zero in June ... the lowest since the Great Depression, when the rate turned negative."

If our average savings is zero and we know many Americans do have savings ... that means probably half of Americans consume a lot more than they produce, save nothing and are deeply in debt.  Now, what do you suppose caused Americans, who once were frugal and great savers as well, to become voracious consumers and greedy spenders and are apparently counting on some "unknown" factor to bail them out of debt, pay their bills, feed and house them and pay for their medical and old age needs?  Maybe they have a rich uncle who they expect to die and leave them retirement money.  The sad truth is, THAT  very uncle is dying ... but he has already spent his fortune and all he could beg, borrow and steal to pacify his spoiled, lazy negligent nephews and nieces.  You will see his obituary in the news soon  ....... "HUGELY  SUCCESSFUL TRILLIONAIRE WHO HAD IT ALL" ... except responsible relatives whom he supported all their lives, and then he died BROKE AND IN DEBT.   He was their UNCLE SAM.

Whatever good intentions they had, the left wing Liberals who devised the welfare system in America, Briton, France and several other countries, did the poor no favors but an enormous harm.  Not only has it been an equal partner in bankrupting our country but has destroyed the initiative and motivation to work of millions of its recipients.    "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.  How long wilt thou sleep O sluggard...." Prov.6:6-9.  All sin has within it the seed of its own destruction.  Welfare is dying of self inflicted wounds!  Within three years, probably sooner, it will be in a pauper's grave with this epitaph, "Folly Forever Faileth".  So what will its recipients do to survive ... get a job?  There won't be any!  Then what will they do when the only jobs are held by those who have faithfully worked there for years.  You don't know?  Take a guess.  No welfare, no job, no food.  Think!

Pass it on. RB