The Hypocrisy of the Anecdote and the EITC. Part 2

Hello, welcome back! Today I wanted to address the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post I had another issue to talk about and it is the EITC.

The story I mentioned yesterday (the Anecdote that wasn’t) the lady was talking about the importance of the funds people get from the EITC.

She pointed out, rightly, that there are people who cannot make it through without some kind of help. There are people in distress out there who get good use out of the benefits the government gives.

There are also people who abuse the system. Her point I believe was that if we are caring compassionate people we cannot simply let the people who need the programs suffer just because others might benefit from them who do not have a need for them.

And I agree. Here is the problem though. The liberals will keep pointing their fingers at things like the EITC or Access or WIC and say how good these are and how we need to keep these so all those poor kids and others don’t starve, go cold or otherwise suffer. The thing is the Liberals don’t stop at the programs that are helpful. They keep wanting to spend more and more and more and more and…
At the same time there are a lot of people out there who, whether they want to or not, take the position of;
“I am getting these funds and working is so hard, Why should I bother trying to change or improve myself while I am getting all this money for nothing.”

What we really need is a comprehensive system. A way that we can improve people’s position in life and encourage them to grow and get off of the assistance.

For example:
In he case of yesterday’s anecdote that wasn’t, the government could offer that grandmother pay for education. She already has two jobs, if she were getting an education AS A JOB then after graduation from the education she gets a better paying job. Isn’t that better? Then she becomes reliant on herself after a while instead of a capricious government.

That would be a less expensive option than many of the welfare programs that currently exist. It would also put a kind of a burden of responsibility on the individual.

Doing these kinds of things that try to offer a man or a woman a chance to make themselves better is a good way to do things.
It will raise that person’s self esteem (that is a major concern for liberals after all), it will cost less in the long run turning a taker into a giver,(which means it will actually start making more money) it will improve the capabilities of the individual and it will make our country more prosperous and viable.

It also could add a lot more Skilled help to the work force which will encourage more business to start up here which will in turn also build our national wealth.

Like the old saying goes… “you give a man a fish he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish he eats for the rest of his life.”

But until the government starts teaching the needy to fish let’s all have a little bit more compassion for others and maybe start doing the teaching ourselves, instead of griping about the people who won’t.