We use to have hobos, they were rare, pretty much harmless, most appeared as a free spirit, that just couldn't be tamed, they wandered, in a romantic way....

What has changed?

I believe, and I will use the African American, as a example, as to what happens when the goverment tries to help by lowering the bar of expectations, or even worse, enabling.

It tore the Black family apart, without achieving it means.
By enabling it is saying, you can't, on your own, and you must rely on me.
That might not have been its intentions, however, it is the resulting.

We thought keeping score might hurt little kids, playing games, we promoted that mindset, and in effect, rendered sports moot at teaching kids the more important element about life, good sportsmanship.

We promoted out-based education on results, not on set expectations, that provided the necessities children need, to carry them into a productive and competitive adult life.

We did all of this to make OUR job, our responsibility to ensure we pass on the wherewithal the future generations would need to be self sustaining, self assured, self reliant.
When armed with those traits and characteristic, they can then help those who can't help themselves, willingly, and gain the self respect, that only they can give themselves, for doing the right thing.....

We did it to make our lives easier, we were selfish, self absorbed, and opened the door to failure..... to them, and to society.

You can't kill the human spirit, our very soul, that each one has uniquely to themselves.
With us not teaching our children they need to find it by honest work, habits, behavior, we let them off the "hook" and they now search through drugs, delusion, and other self destructing and self demeaning avenues, to find the "why, what, am I" in life.

We need to get back to what worked, teaching them what they NEED TO KNOW, and telling our children NO, and sticking to it, YES, YES, YES....it can and is hard, but its part of the process that benefits them when they will need it most.

Finally, and this can not be argued, actions have consequences, always have, always real, LIFE is not a video game, OR a reality TV show, or about feeling good all the time.
Adversity strengthens us, when we face it head on, accepting it as a opportunity, not a excuse, to fail....bottom of the ninth, 2 outs, two strikes, bases loaded, give it your best, and accept the outcome, not on the error you made, that allowed them to take the lead......

We need to elect politicians, and listen to social leaders, who will make getting back to the basics, their priority...fixating on obscure, abstract, possible problems, is avoiding the real problem, we are not loving our kids, by being the parent, disciplinarians, teachers, but opt to be a friend, instead...enablers.

Once we fix this, we can tackle the other issues. PEACE!

Hey, thanks for sharing.....

Not sure if you understand my referencing to African Americans as merely a example of how good intentions can have a adverse effect.
Not sure why you extend it beyond that.

Heck, it seems you missed the message I was trying to convey, anyway.

Oh well, have a good day, and thanks for sharing, PEACE.

Excluding any particular demographic, the left is cultivating a permanent under-class of voters who will never have the means or opportunity to raise themselves out of doldrums.


Best regards,

Sure their are some success stories and I don't dispute that; however, these statistics are dreadful.  Some people lack the means or ability to get off these programs and some take pride in beating the system.

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/521-percent-kids-live-ho...

In 2016, according to the most recent data from the Census Bureau, there were approximately 73,586,000 people under 18 in the United States, and 38,365,000 of them — or 52.1 percent — resided in households in which one or more persons received benefits from a means-tested government program.

These included the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), Medicaid, public housing, Supplemental Security Income, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the National School Lunch Program.

Best regards,

"(think of how many of those are elderly)"


 18.8 percent if you agree that 75 is the "elderly" age cutoff.

"The problem of homelessness is growing at a very disturbing rate, not getting better, and I shared some possible thoughts, on why"

 I'd be interested in where you retrieved your information regarding homelessness and what rate quantifies "disturbing".

 I ask since the overall average of homeless in the US has increased a small percentage for two years, while it has declined overall at higher percentages for the previous seven.  Homelessness is fluid and changes, such as housing cost increases outpacing wage earnings was a contributing factor in 2018 so family homelessness increased while veteran homelessness decreased.  Veterans receive lifetime government aid, so is it the additional free government income that increased Veteran homelessness to begin with, or government aid that reduced it?

 Specifically how do we correlate ethnic populations to welfare priority incomes to localized homelessness?  The variables are outstanding, for instance 3,900 citizens were placed into homeless shelters, and many  maintained homelessness through 2018 due to wildfires and two major hurricanes.

T And T Garage wrote on 04/05/19 at 05:44:05:


Did you read what I posted?  Some people lack the means or ability to get off these programs and some take pride in beating the system.  As to your inquiry about why are so many people living in poverty, that answer is not difficult to find.  America has been de-industrializing for decades and our monetary system is the supreme instrument of usury and totalitarianism.

Best regards,

pg wrote on 04/06/19 at 15:22:09: