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发帖数: 10729 | 1 50 years ago President Lyndon Johnson announced that America would wage an
intense war to lift millions of citizens out of poverty. Johnson's vision
centered on giving folks a fair chance to develop their talents in order to
make a good living -- it was a noble idea.
But extensive analysis by the Heritage Foundation says the war on poverty
has actually harmed the nation because nearly $21 trillion taxpayer dollars
has been spent over the past 50 years and the state of poverty in America
has not really improved very much. If the country had handed the $21
trillion directly to the poor, given them the money, poverty would have
dropped drastically. All the social engineering has failed.
Writing in the "Wall Street Journal" yesterday, Robert Rector lays it out.
In 2012 the fed spent close to $1 trillion, that year alone, on 80 welfare
programs that give cash assistance to about 100 million Americans. Those
stats do not, do not include Medicare and Social Security. Of course,
welfare beneficiaries comprised a solid core of the Democratic Party. And so
we see the Dems ramping up for this year's election by promising even more
benefits in their quest for income equality.
But true poverty is being driven by personal behavior. Not an unfair
economic system. In 1963, just 6 percent of American babies are born out of
wedlock. Now 41 percent are and that includes 72 percent of African-
American babies. According to Heritage, single parent homes are four times
more likely to be living in poverty. And children raised by single parents
are three times more likely to end up in prison, 50 percent more likely to
be poor as adults.
So, maybe we should have a war against chaotic, irresponsible parents. But
America will never launch that kind of war because it's too judgmental and
deeply affects the minority precincts. Therefore, cowardly politicians and
race hustlers continue to bear false witness that our economic system is at
fault rather than bad personal decision making.
"Talking Points" has exposed that ruse before and will again. No matter how
much money the government takes from the haves and gives to the have-nots,
poverty will not change until personal behavior does.
Addictive behavior, laziness, apathy will all override social justice
programs. Every child on this planet can learn. But parents must drive the
process by forcing the kids to perform in school.
Every American can work hard, and if you do, you will make money. Every
American can practice self-respect, and if you do, people will hire you. But
if you are dishonest, embrace intoxicants, conceive children you can't
support, act in a crude, disrespectful way and generally believe that you
are owed prosperity -- poverty may well come knocking. And all the President
's men can't prevent that.
And that's "The Memo." | a**e
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