> Wrong! Charity is not a government function. Maybe not charity, but welfare is. Giving homeless people a warm place to sleep is not charity. It is simply the right thing to do. There is no process in Capitalism for taking care of the casualties of the theory. Since we have only two process in this country Capitalism and Government it falls to government.
> It's true that we have "let" government take care of problems > that we would rather not deal with ourselves - like caring for our > elderly parents and others in need. The fact that we "let" them do > so doesn't make it right or moral. I am pretty sure this was an "asked" process not a "let" one. I do not believe that any government component started taking care of homeless or children without medical insurance without being asked. Government in this case is simply an efficient way to take care of individuals disconnected from family and community. > Elected officials are supposed to clear the pathways for us, make sure the > playing field is level (fair), and protect us from bullies, foreign and > domestic. > > We are responsible for our own welfare, our own pursuit of happiness, our > own success, our own failure. "Self-reliance is the only road to true > freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward." > Patricia Sampson I do not buy this. Our welfare has been influenced by millions of others throughout history. Nothing we accomplish was/is done alone, we progress/ achieve on the back of others and if we do not let other progress/achieve on our backs we are cheating them. Not to mention the bad choices made by others that effect us i.e. industrial pollution. Who knew, so now many are affected by the choice of others, not exactly our own failure. The idea that an individual is successful or not by their own volition is not true. Never has been and certainly never will be. The more individuals contribute to the collective knowledge the less able one is to claim individual success. Cheers; DeWayne Townsend Cooper TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
