Not much attention has been given to a Cato report published on April 17, 2012 about Welfare and the War on Poverty by William A. Niskanen. Although my print out of the article amounted to seventeen pages of material, it is worth taking the time and the resources needed to download and read in its entirety
Most telling is a statement made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his 1935 State of the Union message. When speaking about his proposed social welfare program, Roosevelt added this ominous message (The Social Security Act was signed on August 14, 1935 as part of Roosevelt’s “New Deal”.).
“The lessons of history, confirmed by evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence on relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. …
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Blithe Spirit 