Limited Government

Welfare is a common form of the government that a lot people use as a way of getting by. They get their food stamps in order to eat and it's a easy way of earning some kind of money without working or applying for work. Unfortunately, this is the norm for a lot of people because they are not being inspired to be independent. It's a safety net for the poor to remain poor and to come up with every excuse why they are not working or really don't want to work. "If you are broke let the government help you, if you can't work or don't desire to work because you haven't been able to get a job with the different job applications that you put in, then let the government help." Welfare is a crooked system that causes the people that depends on it to abuse it and the government is making hardworking middle-class and wealthy people pay a big chunk of taxes so the government could have money for the poor to fund welfare for them. People who depend on welfare will never be independent citizens. I have news that will disappoint people who thrive on the government for help. The Bible says that the government can't be depended on to be your help. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-11 (KJV) "For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have no power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. For even we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies." (Nelson, 2001) 1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV) "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than infidel." (Nelson, 2001) If a man who don't provide for his family and abuses the system by any means of getting by, he deserve to be called out on it. It's one thing to make mistakes and it's another thing when it's just plain stupidity. Times can get rough at times don't get me wrong, but there is or should be a limit when getting government assistance.

People who are on welfare for such a long period of time, do not become independent and they become unsatisfied with what they have because it is not enough. When the money runs out on their food stamps card they become impatient. Ezekiel 16:49-50 (KJV) "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor or needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good." (Nelson, 2001) The government should limit people to use welfare. They should give people a certain time they should collect their food stamps and then inspire them to get a job. If you show people that you have backbone, and tell them no sometimes they will respect you. I remember going down to the Hartford Labor in Hartford, CT (now in Wilson in Windsor, CT), it was a ghetto area where a lot of people get big time welfare where they can get Food Stamps, SSI, Unemployment, etc. I had made an appointment to meet with a worker at the Hartford Labor after the New Year (3 years ago). The woman's name was Doreen. I told her that I was Prior Service in the Army Reserve and she set me up for an immediate appointment. I told her that I was interested in working at the Hartford Labor. The people usually deal with people that want government assistance and I was one of maybe three people that was looking for employment. Doreen chatted with me for a long time and she helped me with my resume. She had gave me different websites online to check out jobs and federal work for out of state jobs. The people down there was not used to people that was interested in work like that because they usually deal with ghetto acting people that don't want to work but people who want free government money like food stamps, ham sandwiches, and cell phones.

I am saying this to say this, when you take the initiative to want to be independent, people will have such a respect for you. I've done summer jobs before and I am not for welfare if I don't have to get it. Doreen at the Hartford Labor inspired me when she gave me job information. I'm not trying to knock people that is on welfare but at some point you have say, "You know what I'm tired of just getting by, it's time for me to start checking out employment." I think that if more people grasp that idea, they will start to believe that they can do better than they are currently doing.

Works Cited:

Nelson, T. (2001). The Holy Bible. Columbia: Thomas Nelson, Inc.