Not Yours to Give (The Video)

Not the "Not yours to give" speech.

This from wikipedia...

In an 1884 book written by dime novelist[20] and non-fiction author[21] Edward S. Ellis, Crockett is recorded as giving a speech (the "Not Yours to Give" speech) critical of his Congressional colleagues who were willing to spend taxpayer dollars to help a widow of a US Navy man who had lived beyond his naval service, but would not contribute their own salary for a week to the cause.[22] Ellis describes how the once popular proposal died in the Congress largely as a result of the speech. It was said that a man from Crockett's district, Horatio Bunce, converted Crockett to such a course of action by explaining that the Constitution did not allow Congress to give charity.[22]

The authenticity of this speech is questioned, however, since the Register of Debates and the Congressional Globe do not contain transcripts of speeches made on the House floor. Crockett is on record opposing a similar bill and offering personal support to the family of a General Brown in April 1828,[23] but Crockett considered applications for relief on a case by case basis and sometimes voted in favor of the applicant.[24] An article by Crockett biographer James R. Boylston debunking the "Not Yours to Give" speech was published in the November 2004 issue of The Crockett Chronicle. [25]

Not the "Not yours to give" speech.

This from wikipedia...

In an 1884 book written by dime novelist[20] and non-fiction author[21] Edward S. Ellis, Crockett is recorded as giving a speech (the "Not Yours to Give" speech) critical of his Congressional colleagues who were willing to spend taxpayer dollars to help a widow of a US Navy man who had lived beyond his naval service, but would not contribute their own salary for a week to the cause.[22] Ellis describes how the once popular proposal died in the Congress largely as a result of the speech. It was said that a man from Crockett's district, Horatio Bunce, converted Crockett to such a course of action by explaining that the Constitution did not allow Congress to give charity.[22]

The authenticity of this speech is questioned, however, since the Register of Debates and the Congressional Globe do not contain transcripts of speeches made on the House floor. Crockett is on record opposing a similar bill and offering personal support to the family of a General Brown in April 1828,[23] but Crockett considered applications for relief on a case by case basis and sometimes voted in favor of the applicant.[24] An article by Crockett biographer James R. Boylston debunking the "Not Yours to Give" speech was published in the November 2004 issue of The Crockett Chronicle. [25]

Here's a YouTube of a 50-year-old cartoon that does a good job of predicting what's happening now (starts at :19 and lasts about 10 mins.).

abe lincoln did say that 95% of the things one reads about davey crockett on the internets, is just made up.

teeman

i like the parable analogy. government cannot help the poor, without first stealing from the producers... render unto caesar, but only what is due caesar, take care of the poor through community, that way they will feel gratitude instead of an entitlement mentality.