Poverty by Choice or Government Conditioned

It is recognized by the writer of this blog and others that the problems afflicting many impoverished people are often of their own making, at least to a great extent. Have you ever stopped to consider how much of modern life is conditioned by the fact that millions of young woman are having children they cannot support? If one cannot afford to support their children, they cannot afford to feed them, they cannot afford to put a roof over their heads and they cannot afford medical care. This being the case, an environment conducive to learning is probably dramatically hindered. Clearly the tax paying Americans are subsidizing a way of life.

Currently the Federal Government spends in access of one trillion dollars a year on 79 federal means tested welfare programs. These programs provide cash, food, housing, medical care, social services, training and targeted education to poor and low income Americans. "If converted to cash, means tested welfare spending is more than sufficient to bring the income of every lower income American  to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. That amounts to approximately $44,000.00 per family of four. "

Those persons who sell anti-poverty programs are under the presumption the beneficiaries of these anti-poverty programs always "behave rationally enough to advance their own self interests." To the detriment of themselves, their dependents and society this is rarely the case.

The state of the nation's welfare program causes poverty both fiscally and spiritually. There is little doubt that these programs are devastating the culture of the recipient communities. There is less doubt that these programs are costly. There is no doubt that trillions of dollars are tapped annually off the incomes of the most productive Americans to subsidize a large portion of  those who collect welfare by choice not circumstance.

Politically, I may be cast as a racist for addressing this issue. I am far from it. I believe man has the power of choice; to choose his words, to choose his actions and to choose right from wrong. I believe all men were created equal by God.  I am conscious of being white in a country that is increasingly minority. I see the social safety net as something that helps the racial minority (that in itself is not altogether bad)  and binds the rising minority population to the Demo Party.Hence the cycle continues.