To: Just mythoughts
Charity has two beneficiaries, the giver and the receiver. It actually feels good to help someone and the closer to you the better.
Government programs have two beneficiaries also, a receiver who is often disgruntled and feels entitled to the charity, and the politicians who take credit for giving it to them though they gave nothing of their own. The true giver, the taxpayer, is not a beneficiary, has no pleasure in giving as his money is simply taken from him, thrown into a large pot for the politicians to divide, and is distant and unseen by the receiver. The result is there is no pleasure in giving and no appreciation in receiving.
Add to that the huge bureaucracies that are created just to handle the money, and in this case the millions of healthcare related personnel, and the costs skyrocket as does fraud.
The government workers are automatic contributors to the Democrat Party through their union, whether they like it or not. The Democrats smile, wave, and take full credit for being such caring people when all they did was scam the taxpayer out of money for which the politician got the credit.
8 posted on
07/30/2005 5:48:54 AM PDT by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
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