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Work, Welfare, Charity
Lynn | Jan 13, 2012 | Comments 2
Simply speaking, welfare is an impediment to personal growth. Charity, on the other hand, is a virtue.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Ponder that while you digest these observations:
“Work banishes three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty.” – Voltaire
“Hope for a miracle, but don’t depend on one.” – Talmud
“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.” – Richard Bach
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Jeopardy Answers:
Voltaire (1694-1778) – Voltaire is the pen name used by Francois-Marie Arouet, a French enlightenment author. That means he was ahead of his time and unpopular for bucking the guys who had the power. Read his bio and you’ll wonder why no one has made a movie of his life or at least a soap opera.
Richard Bach – Quoted from Illusions; Mr. Bach loosely quoted it from The Messiah’s Handbook. Mr. Bach is the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I remember Jonathan well and owned the book. It’s something to ponder that JLS was published 42 years ago. Argh… get out the wrinkle cream.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull – I haven’t thought about that book since I read it in college back in the mid-60′s.
It will be hard to reduce welfare as long as we’re bound to increasing the minimum wage. I think the higher minimum wage has done more harm than anyone wants to admit. Young people no longer have the advantage of many ‘starter’ jobs to learn how to work because employers can no longer pay them what they’re really worth. I started as a bad boy for Krogers when I was 14 and worked that job even through college.
Honest work brings dignity – no matter the job.
Dan
Good point, Dan. Manual labor is needed in many industries but fewer people are willing to do “menial” labor. How did any honest work ever become menial? One reason I developed confidence is because I was willing to take any (and as many) job necessary to provide food and shelter. Work is work, and a paycheck of any amount brings pride and confidence; not so a hand-out.
With that being said, charity as such is disappearing. Fewer people want to share what they have because the government requires them to “give” whether or not they agree with how their money provides. Charity is appreciated, entitlements are not.
Both sides are losers.