[DiogenesLamp]

Migrants Resettled in Low-Benefits Lithuania Feel ‘Cheated’, Flee to Richer EU Countries

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

[sparklite2]

“Don’t take poverty away from poor folks.
Good lord, man, it’s all they’ve got!”
-——Brother Dave

[hadit2here]

I seem to remember a very good story about a bird feeder and the resulting “unintended consequences” brought about by providing free stuff for ingrates like this.

https://uncooperativeblogger.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/the-bird-feeder-analogy/comment-page-1/