WELFARE DEPENDENCY

I'M UPSET. YESTERDAY I HELD A NANO-SECOND OF A REQUIEM FOR A FINGERNAIL THAT I ACCIDENTALLY AND PAINLESSLY RIPPED OFF. HAD I WAITED UNTIL THIS MORNING I COULD HAVE RIPPED IT OFF, GRATUITOUSLY, WITH 9 OTHERS. MY RAGE OF SELF-MUTILATION, HOWEVER, WOULD ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING IN THE WAY OF A TO CURE FOR THE PRESENT OUTRAGEOUS CONDITION OF OUR WELFARE STATE. OUR GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING AUTHORITY (SANS MY AUTHORIZATION) WILL PAY, UP TO ONE YEAR, THE MORTGAGES FOR 20,000 HURRICANE VICTIMS. ADDING TO MY MENTAL MISERY IS THE FACT THAT 25 MILLION AMERICANS RECEIVE FOOD STAMPS IN THIS COUNTRY. AN EXAMPLE OF A STIPEND IS $500.00 A MONTH FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. FREE HOUSING, FREE FOOD. DRAT! WHY AM I NOT A VICTIM NEITHER DYING NOR STARVING, BUT EITHER CRYING OR CRAVING - FROM LACK OF PREPARATION AND SAVING - FOR A HAND-OUT? HANDOUTS SHOUT FOR TAKERS. LOCALLY A FREE DEFIBRILLATON KIT ENTICED HUNDREDS ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES TO A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING RECENTLY. MULTIPLE RERESENTATIVES WERE SENT FROM COMPANIES. MY GOSH! OPPORTUNITY WAS FREE!

I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THE NEVER HUMBLE FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE REVEALED THE PARADIGM THAT HAND-OUTS DISCOURAGE PROGRESS. "TO CLOSE THE OPEN HAND OUT OF LOVE," NIETZSCHE SAID " AND "KEEP MODEST AS A GIVER"... "IS HARDEST OF ALL." THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA. CHARITY TO OUR NEIGHBOR REQUIRES A TOUGH LOVE THAT ENCOURAGES SELF-HELP, A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, DISCIPLINE, SACRIFICE AND SAVINGS. THIS DOES NOT SPEAKETH TO OUR PATHETIC POLITICIANS WHO FAVOR GIVEWAYS THAT ENCOURAGE DEPENDENCY. IF OUR LIBERAL SOFT-BELLIES IN WASHINGTON WOULD SPONSOR POSITIVE SELF-INTEREST IN INDIVIDUALS, BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS OF CAPITAL COULD BE SAVED (BY ELIMINATION OF SELF-DEFEATING PROGRAMS). SHOULD THIS WINDFALL MONEY THEN BE SPENT? AU CONTRAIRE. SUCH SAVINGS WOULD MAKE A NATION OF SELF-SUFFICIENT CITIZENS PROUD.