lk and other fellow travelers: if poor folks want money from well-to-do taxpayers, the poor folks should be prepared to live by rules set by well-to-do taxpayers.
Such rules would include any school age children getting good grades; no children born out of wedlock; graduating from high school; getting one’s weight down to normal range; no drug use, verified by drug tests.
Historically, banks imposed rules (covenants) when they lent money to businesses. My venture capitalists, via our Board of Directors, impose rules. The Salvation Army and Father Joe require aid recipients to conform to reasonable standards.
Any family that wants welfare — be it food, tuition, or medical care assistance — should be expected to abide by reasonable standards of conduct, too.
Do those things, lk and your fellow Socialists, and Red Staters like me will be open to discussing broad aid to folks. Without such, it is money down the drain, and you can ‘include us out.’
