Post by Levi A. on Nov 25, 2013 9:38:32 GMT -7
"We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one. So they're going to solve all the problems of human misery through government and government planning. Well, now, if government planning and welfare had the answer—and they've had almost 30 years of it—shouldn't we expect government to read the score to us once in a while? Shouldn't they be telling us about the decline each year in the number of people needing help? The reduction in the need for public housing?
"But the reverse is true. Each year the need grows greater; the program grows greater. We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They were all on a diet. But now we're told that 9.3 million families in this country are poverty-stricken on the basis of earning less than 3,000 dollars a year. Welfare spending [is] 10 times greater than in the dark depths of the Depression. We're spending 45 billion dollars on welfare. Now do a little arithmetic, and you'll find that if we divided the 45 billion dollars up equally among those 9 million poor families, we'd be able to give each family 4,600 dollars a year. And this added to their present income should eliminate poverty. Direct aid to the poor, however, is only running only about 600 dollars per family. It would seem that someplace there must be some overhead. "
Ronald Reagan "A Time For Choosing" 1964
Now this was in 1964 and it has only become worse. I personally can't imagine why this American People has become so lazy and oblivious to the degradation of our society thanks to the government getting bigger and bigger. I cant imagine why any true American would want the government to have done what it has done. I mean this government has committed treason against this American People and we simply let it go.
Now I know there are a lot of greedy and selfish people who have used their money to gain power. But their power, especially when tied up in government, is only a facade. As American citizens we have the real power. But we have to stand united. We must come together and stand against those who would try to rule us and take our right of self-government away. And those in power know this. And they also know we are naturally competitive. So they use their media to divide us. Left vs. Right. Rich vs. Poor. Urban vs. Rural. Men vs. Women. Black vs. White. These things do not matter. We can be one if forget the things that divide us and realize we can stand together. We can find the things that unify us not divide us. It is our duty and responsibility to stand with each other in our love of this country and replace those who would seek to destroy it and our will to live in freedom.
"But the reverse is true. Each year the need grows greater; the program grows greater. We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They were all on a diet. But now we're told that 9.3 million families in this country are poverty-stricken on the basis of earning less than 3,000 dollars a year. Welfare spending [is] 10 times greater than in the dark depths of the Depression. We're spending 45 billion dollars on welfare. Now do a little arithmetic, and you'll find that if we divided the 45 billion dollars up equally among those 9 million poor families, we'd be able to give each family 4,600 dollars a year. And this added to their present income should eliminate poverty. Direct aid to the poor, however, is only running only about 600 dollars per family. It would seem that someplace there must be some overhead. "
Ronald Reagan "A Time For Choosing" 1964
Now this was in 1964 and it has only become worse. I personally can't imagine why this American People has become so lazy and oblivious to the degradation of our society thanks to the government getting bigger and bigger. I cant imagine why any true American would want the government to have done what it has done. I mean this government has committed treason against this American People and we simply let it go.
Now I know there are a lot of greedy and selfish people who have used their money to gain power. But their power, especially when tied up in government, is only a facade. As American citizens we have the real power. But we have to stand united. We must come together and stand against those who would try to rule us and take our right of self-government away. And those in power know this. And they also know we are naturally competitive. So they use their media to divide us. Left vs. Right. Rich vs. Poor. Urban vs. Rural. Men vs. Women. Black vs. White. These things do not matter. We can be one if forget the things that divide us and realize we can stand together. We can find the things that unify us not divide us. It is our duty and responsibility to stand with each other in our love of this country and replace those who would seek to destroy it and our will to live in freedom.
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