The food stamp program (US Department of Agriculture) is pleased to be
distributing the greatest amount of food stamps in history.
Meanwhile, the National Park Service (US Department of Interior) has signs
all over Yellowstone Park asking us “Please do not feed the animals” because
the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
Hmmm.
[Reminds me of sage advice from Benjamin Franklin – “I am for doing good to
the poor, but I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making
them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed that
the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided
for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less
was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”]
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”