| President elect Obama, has some serious work ahead | | | | the government does, it takes care of the |
| of him. He might want to consider, that he will in fact | | | | dependents. It breeds their dependency. It continues |
| be doing more psychological damage to the very | | | | to offer comfort. This is where we need to change |
| people he claims he wants to help, by offering them | | | | the system. It's not about education, that will |
| more. First of all we have to evaluate the concept | | | | naturally follow, this is about complete change. |
| that has already failed. Politicians all seem to push the | | | | President Obama should be considering a true change. |
| idea of education. Please do not misunderstand, | | | | This is not the war against poverty, this is |
| education is important, however, this notion of | | | | psychological warfare that needs to be stamped out. |
| education being the main valve in offering people, | | | | The cycle needs to be broken. So what should we |
| particularly those on welfare, a bright future and the | | | | do? Let's consider taking the welfare account, that is |
| American Dream, has not proven effective. It has | | | | whatever money existing in the bank for welfare, |
| been emphasized and incorporated into the system | | | | and turn it into an active payroll account. That is |
| for decades now. It has not solved the problem. | | | | correct. Instead of handing out monthly allotment |
| Look at the statistics, the schools are producing | | | | checks, give these recipients a job, and send them a |
| higher numbers of lower grades than ever. We must | | | | payroll check. |
| reassess the solutions because they are not | | | | This would make it harder for people to sit back and |
| effective. | | | | do nothing. It will inspire self esteem and generate a |
| Let's ask ourselves, what makes people feel good ? | | | | sense of purpose for these people. It will set |
| There are many answers to this question, but at the | | | | examples to their children. It will start the process |
| very core of every individual lies only one thing, self | | | | that warrants a better life, and the redirection of |
| esteem. You either have it or you do not. How does | | | | their thinking. There are many ways the government |
| self esteem develop? Well very simply, from within | | | | could implicate this. For example they could create |
| an individuals psyche. Parents and roll models have an | | | | jobs where we need them . Instead of relying on |
| intricate part in developing a childs self esteem. How | | | | volunteers to clean graffiti off the walls, we create a |
| can a single mother on welfare, with no job, no man, | | | | job for the task. We offer the job to a woman |
| and grandchildren have much of a self esteem? | | | | applying for welfare. The food pantries, are full of |
| Chances are she is angry, overwhelmed, suffering | | | | volunteers. The streets need to be cleaned up. The |
| from PMS, and wallowing around in despair. Why | | | | beaches need maintenance. Anyplace we have |
| should she feel good? Yet, this is all she knows. | | | | volunteers we can replace that position with a real |
| This is what she will project on her children, and her | | | | job. Lets give them the jobs prisoners preform, |
| children will project it onto their children. She lives in | | | | rather than let the prisoners walk the freeways, let |
| poverty because she has been raised on welfare. It's | | | | the welfare recipients do the job. We create jobs for |
| her program, it's her education, it's her experience. | | | | welfare recipients. We allow them to work to their |
| Now if experience is the greatest teacher, imagine | | | | potential, even if that means simple monotonous |
| how her experiences will teach her family. If she is | | | | jobs. So what. We can enforce community service, in |
| bitter, she will continue to blame society, to expect | | | | exchange for a welfare check. There is a lot we can |
| someone to take care of her because she doesn't | | | | do, the same old solutions are not working. Sure the |
| know she can do something about it. We can't just | | | | government is doing more, giving more. |
| preach to her that there is a better way to go, that | | | | These people need to be rescued from themselves. |
| doesn't work either. So what then is the solution ? | | | | They are caught up in the brutal walls of dysfunction. |
| Common sense can reasonably conclude, we show | | | | It's like a battered wife, she may show up over and |
| her how. In order to teach her, we must deprogram | | | | over again in the Womens Center beaten and |
| her thought process. We force her to act. We make | | | | bruised, but she keeps going back to the source of |
| her move. If we continue to inspire complacency, we | | | | destruction. For some people it is normal to exist the |
| will have nothing more. | | | | way they have always existed. It would be abnormal |
| Basically, the government is programming these | | | | for them to experience something of the opposite. |
| individuals to live within the uninspired dungeon of | | | | Change always creates disturbance, be it good or |
| dysfunction. The government has become a very | | | | bad. In the case of the welfare program that exists |
| bad parent. Essentially this is the roll the government | | | | today, the focus should be on a new direction. One |
| has been placed in, that of a parent. Parents take | | | | that will lead to paths of positive growth, and an |
| care of their children because children are dependent | | | | entirely new mindset for those who have been |
| on their parents for survival. Well this is exactly what | | | | unfortunate, and led down the dark road to despair. |