| richardhutnik said:
The military happens to train people, work on character issues, and give individuals who enlist a reason for being. Individuals in the welfare system are warehoused and treated as a problem, and meant to get them off the streets. They are handled to address tax payer shame, rather than made productive. The welfare system doesn't do anything to promote independence. |
That's kind of my point ...
Social programs provided by the government to help poor people do nothing but re-enforce poverty. They attempt to solve the symptoms (low employability and low income) rather than the problems (low education, poor skills, lack of work experience, "Character" issues, substance abuse, etc.). In many cases the aid the government gives enables a person’s problems to get worse.
