I have the opportunity to talk with and e-mail with a good number of people. I think most people are just like water, they take the path of least resistance.
Most of the people I know spend too much time with their T.V. and not enough time reading. Only 9% of the adult population in the U.S. reads the newspaper.
Most people trust their politicians, and shouldn't.
Most people are too lazy to help their community by volunteering.
Most people don't know their neighbors names if they live more than three doors away from them.
Most people think it is our diversity that makes us strong. They are absolutely wrong. It is the commonality of the diverse that makes us strong.
Some people think they can borrow themselves into prosperity. That concept is totally foolish.
Some people think that by raising taxes we can create a better world for poor people. That concept is flawed, because the more you give to the poor the more dependent people you have.
To create a better world for the poor, the best thing is to force them to become educated in such a manner as to make useful citizens of them.
An applicant who comes to an employer unprepared will not get the job. So, I say why not prepare people for the real world. Government give away programs that do not educate or train people for the working world are as useless as tits on a bore hog.
And last but not least with each program there a whole bunch of unintended consequences.
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Having said that, I worked in both fields and this is not where forced employment should occurr, and the people coming off of government assistance, the ones I had to train, were on the most part were bad mouthing, lazy and resentful of the program.
Out of the 10 that passed through our system, one young mother was sincere and genuine. I was not only displeased with the situation, and I am in no way implying that I am stereo-typing the people that recieve government assistance. What I am saying that this type of monies and education should be directed to those that truly can't afford it and not to force those who don't want to work as a way to 'kick'them off the system.
I love this post! I am 25 and all my friends think I am crazy because I watch CNN like crazy...I also read my USA Today monday through Friday...I wish they had one for Saturday and Sunday. I also would perfer a good novel to a television show anyday. I guess I have an old soul...thats what Mom says anyway!
I love this post really and hope I hear more of it!
Nik