Public Policy, Welfare and Restraining Orders

Porter Stansberry a financial writer had this to saydestroyed the lower-class, it was the poor policy of
about do-gooders: "Good intentions, along with hergiving government money to women who had
handmaidens, hypocrisy and envy, are the mostchildren out of wedlock forever making the father
rightfully despised of all human characteristics. Liarsirrelevant in women's lives.
are, usually, interesting. Fools can be quiteIn 1996 Bill Clinton reformed welfare laws with the
entertaining. And a greedy man might make you rich,"Welfare Reform Act" which encouraged welfare
even if only by chance or mistake. But the do-gooderrecipients to get jobs or job training, to make
is always a bore and sometimes a tyrant. Goodthemselves self-sufficient, and to end their long-term
intentions, along with her handmaidens, hypocrisy anddependency on government. It was a huge success
envy, are the most rightfully despised of all humanas it dropped the amount of people on welfare and it
characteristics. Liars are, usually, interesting. Fools canforced people to take more initiative in their lives.
be quite entertaining. And a greedy man might makeNow in 2009 we have the Obama Stimulus that plans
you rich, even if only by chance or mistake. But theto increase the taxpayers' money that the federal
do-gooder is always a bore and sometimes a tyrant."government gives to the states for welfare, and
LBJ was a typical do-gooder and sought to alleviatereverses incentives by giving bonuses to states that
troubles of the poor here in the U.S. What LBJ endedput more people on welfare. This last sentence is
up doing in the 1960's, with his social programs, wasshocking: The U.S. federal government is going to
to destroy the nuclear family by replacing the fathergive bonuses to states to increase the amount of
as the breadwinner and replacing it with thepeople on welfare. The only logical conclusion is that
government. His welfare program subsidizedmore people will be placed on welfare. Some claim
illegitimacy and divorce creating a matriarchalthat the current stimulus package will be worse than
relationship with its citizens now reliant onthe Great Society policies of the 1960s because of
government handouts. It was not poverty thatthe money involved.