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re: Where are you a hypocrite on your beliefs?
Posted on 2/23/15 at 11:23 am to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 2/23/15 at 11:23 am to TbirdSpur2010
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nor am I of the persuasion that the majority of people on welfare are on it out of some nefarious desire to game the system.
i don't believe that it's nefarious, but i do think somewhere upwards of 30% take the money with no desire to better themselves or their family's longterm needs.
but i give to the poor (food more often than not) when i have cash on hand. so that's a little hypocritical of me.
This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 11:24 am
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Posted on 2/23/15 at 12:22 pm to 3nOut
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i don't believe that it's nefarious, but i do think somewhere upwards of 30% take the money with no desire to better themselves or their family's longterm needs.
I believe there's a bit of a catch-22. Even if you truly desire to better one's position, sometimes the system punishes you for leaving welfare behind if you don't play your cards just right.
It's a vicious cycle that's damn hard to break if you don't have outside help, even if you have intrinsic motivation in spades.
That said, there are absolutely those who abuse the system to support their laziness, as well. I just think it's something that is hard to evaluate without knowing all the tangential issues going on with each individual case, but folks on both sides of the debate fall into the trap of making blanket statements far too easily, imho.
This post was edited on 2/23/15 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 12:50 pm to 3nOut
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but i give to the poor (food more often than not) when i have cash on hand. so that's a little hypocritical of me.
No, that's actually the Christian thing to do.
Hypocritical is relying on the state to do what is the responsibility of the church.
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