Quit Feeding the Dang Birds - Government Hand Outs Need to Stop

Notoriously Conservative ^ | 01 11 10 | Notoriously Conservative

[Notoriously Conservative]

From NotoriouslyConservative.Com

Jane bought a bird feeder, and hung it on her back porch, filling it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it was, filled lovingly with seed. Within a week she had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table; everywhere!

Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb Jane and try to peck her even though she had fed them out of her own pocket.

Other birds grew boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that she fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, Jane couldn't even sit on her own back porch anymore. So she took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. She cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be; quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Cute story, right? But obviously there is an analogy here. The government is a giant bird feeder; they give out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education, etc.

When they put out the feeder, many hungry and less fortunate Americans came to feed. That's great right? The needy got help. Well sure it's great, the only problem is, a lot of those birds are still there, feeding, not taking care of themselves. On top of that, they had baby birds, and now they are feeding there as well, because they don't know any better.

To further compound the problem, little birdies from other countries are flying in by the millions, demanding some of that free seed as well. Someone has to pay for the handout, which means taxes go up, as does our ever growing debt.

Am I suggesting we don't help the poor? Absolutely not. What I am suggesting, is limits and perhaps education. We shouldn't allow people to be welfare-for-lifers. Instead, assist those suffering hard times, while offering community classes to develop job and application skills, so they can earn for themselves. What do you think the cost difference would be between a few classes and a lifetime of providing for a capable individual?

If someone is physically unable to work, that's one thing, but if they are perfectly capable, that is quite another. There is truth to the adage that giving a man a fish will feed him for a day, but teaching a man to fish will stock his freezer with delicious fish sticks for life.

America is a country of opportunity, a place where if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. When did this change? When did America say, stop trying so hard, give us your money, and we will provide you, and others, with everything they need. When did this lead to a feeling of entitlement? Which inevitably led to the demand for more. It's a vicious cycle, and it has to stop.

Take down the damn bird feeder, and teach the birdies to catch a worm.

[La Lydia]

Not to mention the squirrels who climb over the fence and eat all the bird seed.

[screaminsunshine]

I had a similar problem with a squirrel I used to give peanuts to. He really started to go nut crazy and I had to stop.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Am I suggesting we don’t help the poor? Absolutely not.

Helping the poor is our God-given duty.

As INDIVIDUALS.

When we contribute to those less fortunate as individuals (or as groups of like-minded volunteers, such as a church congregation), the charity appears to all — donor, recipient, observer — as a manifestation of Christian love. As it should be. That’s what the word “charity” means, after all: Love.

Government should stay out of the charity business. Not only is it harmful to the recipients in the long term, as this story suggests, but it deprives society of the beacon of light and warmth that results from proper Christian charity.

[RobRoy]

We got one of those mounts for the side of your house for a flag. Then we put a fishing pole in it and hung the feeder from the end of the fishing line.

[paulycy]

I love my sister but check this out: she is now feeding the raccoons in her neighborhood, intentionally attracting them to her house. She said the neighbors suggested it.

Raccoons? I told her this was insane and will be a huge mistake, not to mention being dangerous to her and her kids.

She said they were cute. omg.

I hope this doesn’t rise to the level of the Darwin awards, I told her.

She says they’re nice. And cute.

omg.

[Rosamond]

What a great birthday gift idea for my brother! He would love it for his summer house on the lake! HA HA HA
[Maybe he won’t return his gift this time] ;-)

[goat granny]

Feel sorry for your relative, raccoons are as nasty as snot and big carrier of rabies...they deserve to die in all ways possible....Very efficient predators on farms.... When I was young, at our cottage on Mullet Lake my mother use to feed the coons at night and dad told her to stop. When she didn't he went out in the evening and shot them....also put up a snare trap for them that he could see from his bedroom window...had a light on the snare and his rifle laying on the bed. My parents were both big readers and he read in bed...guess what he did if one got in his snare...all he had to do was take off the screen shoot and remove them in the morning...Nasty creatures, and killed lots of my fowl on the farm....also wild rabbits...definately not cute...they growl, hiss and spit...caught one in a live trap...too bad, he died..