David Thomson
2007-10-10 17:42:31

The goodies of welfare state must be limited to the truly needed during an emergency. The state does not create wealth, but only distributes it. God help us when people delude themselves that something is free. They immediately take advantage and become wasteful. The country is doomed once solidly middle class folks like the Frost family believes it is also entitled to welfare benefits.

Allow me to be blunt: FDR’s New Deal economic policies were wildly popular. The majority of American voters strongly supported them. Few understood their long-term destructiveness. Democrats and their selfish country club Republican allies lie to the voters similar to parents who tell their children that there is a Santa Claus and an Easter Bunny. This is why a Republican must be brave. They have to behave like adults and tell people what they prefer not to hear. Such is life. It’s what has got to be done.