I am a 39 yr. old husband and father of five, one with autism. I am struggling to keep my head above water financially in a state (New Jersey) where the middle class is evaporating at a rapid pace. Property taxes, housing, energy costs, food costs, the price of gasoline; it’s all becoming too much. It may be easier for us to become a have-not, rather than struggle to be a have.
We’ve been blessed to be able to turn to our church community and receive a compassionate, Godly response. I just want to make sure that government assistance will remain with those whose needs are the greatest, a safety net that will enable those to get back on their feet, and that the government dollar is not a fight that will suffer from an expansion of recipients.
I work in the field of social services and can attest first hand that we as a nation take pretty good care of the poor. The poor have all their needs met in this country. The bigger issue is moral decay, single-parent households, abusive households, and emotionally damaged children. I wish we could focus a little more on Christian redemption, moral responsibility, social empathy, and traditional family and less on the economics.
The poor already get healthcare, they get housing, and they get public assistance and food stamps. However, there is only so much we can do without also bringing down the middle class because eventually, their taxes will be raised to keep up with government spending.
Does the Affordable Care Act help the poor? No. They already have health care. Does it help the middle class? I’m not so sure. But I am sure that we need to be a little more pragmatic, responsible, and Biblical before we start throwing around terms like Social JUSTICE. I am for equality, and much good has been done in the name of social justice; but are we going too far?
Government has a role to play, but government must do so responsibly and ethically. I believe the GOP was trying to tackle some of the current and future problems that require responsible and feasible solutions, while the Democratic strategy of kicking the can down the road and enabling a godless culture will have grave consequences for the future of this country and the world. If we don’t start applying some forward-thinking, we can kiss our current entitlements (i.e. Social Security) goodbye.
Not that the GOP has not committed sins (i.e. excessive deregulation and unorthodox wars have both proved problematic); but if something doesn’t change, something is gonna give.
Government and forced economic redistribution cannot solve perceived ‘social injustice.’ All they can do is spread the poverty around. We must be careful when getting behind any cause or movement that acts in the name of ‘justice.’ When we use the word ‘Justice’, we think of a civil right, something enforceable by law. When taken to the extreme, we may actually be endorsing the borrowing and spending of money that is not even available to achieve this cause. In a zealous quest to promote ‘equality’, we may be endorsing reckless spending practices, specifically the distribution of unsupported funds. An insurmountable debt will be the ultimate end. A type of debt that can only be relieved through significant tax increases upon future generations is when we are literally stealing from our children and grandchildren. Where’s the ‘justice’ in such philosophy?
In addition, we as a society need to cease living beyond our means and looking to government to deliver us from the self-inflicted economic hole we repeatedly find ourselves. This is all part of a vicious cycle indicative of a restless, reckless, debt-laden generation that is searching for comfort and fulfillment in materialism.
* This article was previously published at The Christian Post and Intellectual Conservative.
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[[The bigger issue is moral decay, single-parent households, abusive households, and emotionally damaged children. The GOP was trying to tackle some of the current and future problems, while the Democratic strategy of kicking the can down the road and enabling a godless culture will have grave consequences for the future of this country.]]
As long as we have a man in the White House who professes to be a Christian, but lives the life of an immoral individual…. but since all idiots voted for him… believing everything that came out of his mouth as the “gospel”… this country now is in moral decay and will remain so till we get another president.. but by that time.. we will be as depraved as Mexico, et al…
“I work in the field of social services and can attest first hand that we as a nation take pretty good care of the poor. The poor have all their needs met in this country.”
Wrong, sir. Thanks for the work that you do – but make no mistake, all of the poor do NOT have their needs met in this country. All of the poor do not use your services, for many were not raised to expect anyone else to provide for them. You’ve worked in a bubble, and assume far too much when you make such all-encompassing statements.
Your twisting ‘my point’ sir….so I am not WRONG
Any poor person who wants gov aid is eligible….
If your point is that gov shouldn’t give any aid, you’re a little late on that argument
I recently saw a video “Libs say the darnest things” and it reminded me that ovomit does not care about any class,and the idiots in the video could not even say why they voted for that traitor except for the fact that he is black. Wow the jokes on them and he cares even less about blacks in America,wake up you fools.
I believe that Obama has ran this country down into the ground for one purpose and one purpose only. He wants the US to become a weak nation and one that isn’t feared by other countries around the world. He also wants the economy to be ran into the ground also so he can implement his socialist government so he can control and to become our king or a singular ruler at least. He doesn’t use congress as it is and if he wants something, he uses his executive power which is against the Constitution and our Bill of Rights. I am on SSD from cancer and neuropathy from the chemo I took from having type 3 Lymphoma that my small town doctors didn’t find for almost 10 months so I had to take 4 of the most aggresive types of chemo that someone can take at one time. So now I am on disability from that stuff and can not stay on my feet or set in a chair for more than 10 to 15 minutes at a time. But enough about me, back to Obama and his almost childish temper fits he throws if he doesn’t get his way and his way is to destroy our economy to the point that people will have to rely on the government to get a pay check and with that, he will have his socialist government. But the only problem with that is, the money runs out at some point and it always has done that no matter what country tries to use that type of government. It just fails and always has.. But if all the people would wake up out of this dream world they are in, and see what is truly happening, they might just decide to turn on our Puppet Master that is in the white house and start to change things for the better. It can be done with a little help from the blind people, and I know it can because I was one of those blind people for a little while until I opened my eyes and then saw what Obama was doing to us and I promised myself and my country that I would fight to the end to bring this great country back under the government that is ran of the people, by the people, and for the people. And folks, that has served this great country for 237 years although we have had a bad time or 2, but we managed to bring this Great Nation back on her feet and started to make progress again and work things out a little at a time until we had her up and running again…People, let roll up our shirt sleeves and get to work and fix what is wrong with this country and the first thing to do is get rid of the trouble maker in the white house and then go down the list and remove anyone who helped or just voted for some of the insane bills that were passed in a time of need and a time for rebirth of this nation..It is time for the rebirth of this great nation and it needs to start now..I believe that 100% and will work and fight to get her back on track and make it become that great nation it was before, without the problems that the left democrats have placed upon us with the outlook that we need to become socialist or communist…Lets get to work and do the right thing…….Thank You and may GOD Bless…..