FDR on welfare 1935: "The lessons of history … show conclusively that continued dependence upon reli

Turns out that liberal icon FDR was only a neo-statist. Or maybe he was a statist with reservations. Whatever he was, he has inflicted the United States with a chronic case of entitlemetitis. Sure it was unconstitutional. But what the heck? It's kept Democrats in power ever since. It is a cancer that continues to metastasize. It may have dawned on FDR, but he raped Lady Liberty nonetheless. From Human Events via moonbattery:

"The lessons of history … show conclusively that continued dependence upon 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."

These searing words about Depression-era welfare are from Franklin Roosevelt's 1935 State of the Union Address. FDR feared this self-reliant people might come to depend permanently upon government for the necessities of their daily lives. Like narcotics, such a dependency would destroy the fiber and spirit of the nation.

What brings his words to mind is news that 41.8 million Americans are on food stamps, and the White House estimates 43 million will soon be getting food stamps every month. …

What we have accepted today is a vast permanent underclass of scores of millions who cannot cope and must be carried by the rest of society — fed, clothed, housed, tutored, medicated at taxpayer's expense for their entire lives. We have a new division in America: those who pay a double fare, and those who forever ride free.

How to reverse it? More specifically, how to reverse it when more than 50% of Americans not only pay no federal income taxes, but get money back from those that do? Right now we are here: Not only does bottom 47% of taxpayers pay no federal income tax, but the bottom 40% GET MONEY BACK! That goes right along in consistency with a prior post of mine: 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: 50% of Americans that don't pay taxes thinks "rich" people ought to pay more, even though top 1% pay more than bottom 95%. Like a drug addict addicted to heroin, separating the dependent from the drug will be painful. At least during the transition. But to get back to a sustainable civilization, we need to go back to first principles. Which is the whole point why the US Constitution was written. The ruling class has drifted away from it, with the approval of activist courts. Follow our founding document and we'll be fine once again.

Government dependency is a drug

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/10/fdr-on-welfare-1935-lessons-of-history.html

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