"They Will Control Vast Segments of the Population Through the Use of a Small Monthly Stipend and a Smile"
Hunger Resources
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Historian Alexander Tyler explained about two hundred years ago:“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until {a majority of}the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse{gifts} from the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy{taxing and spending}, always followed by a dictatorship. The average life of the world’s greatest civilizations has been two hundred years.
From Dean C. Travandian
God in Government
Giving to the poor is a commandment to the individual and to the local church – not civil government! State welfare programs pervert the morality of charity. Stealing from one person to feed someone else does not qualify as an act of kindness. It is a fundamental violation of the individual taxpayer’s liberty (i.e. “right to property”). According to the Bible, taxation for the purpose of giving to another is legalized theft. Even in the least bit, and however well-intentioned, public charity inevitably leads to the expansion of government and eventually tyranny. Thomas Jefferson warned, “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” A good deed can be virtuous only if it results from free choice and harms no one. This is what William Blackstone meant when he said, “So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.” Coerced governmental benevolence is nowhere supported in Scriptures. Not only is it theft by the state, but the recipient of this “charity” is in essence guilty of receiving stolen property. “Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need” (Ephesians 4:28).
Furthermore, government welfare programs create a cycle of dependence. They morally impoverish the lazy and irresponsible. Welfare recipients think of their payments as something that the world owes them rather than the products of love and compassion. As a result, gratitude tends to become pointless and obsolete.
So then, it is economic liberty, prosperity, and voluntary charity (and not coercive welfare programs) that have the ability to lift the impoverished out of poverty. This is to be done through tithes and donations. In early America, churches and charitable organizations built and ran hospitals. Philanthropic societies were founded to help the sick, disabled, and impoverished. Their funding came through voluntary contributions collected by congregations and Christian associations.
Mass Resources.org
Historian Alexander Tyler explained about two hundred years ago:“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until {a majority of}the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse{gifts} from the public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy{taxing and spending}, always followed by a dictatorship. The average life of the world’s greatest civilizations has been two hundred years.
From Dean C. Travandian
God in Government
Giving to the poor is a commandment to the individual and to the local church – not civil government! State welfare programs pervert the morality of charity. Stealing from one person to feed someone else does not qualify as an act of kindness. It is a fundamental violation of the individual taxpayer’s liberty (i.e. “right to property”). According to the Bible, taxation for the purpose of giving to another is legalized theft. Even in the least bit, and however well-intentioned, public charity inevitably leads to the expansion of government and eventually tyranny. Thomas Jefferson warned, “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” A good deed can be virtuous only if it results from free choice and harms no one. This is what William Blackstone meant when he said, “So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.” Coerced governmental benevolence is nowhere supported in Scriptures. Not only is it theft by the state, but the recipient of this “charity” is in essence guilty of receiving stolen property. “Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need” (Ephesians 4:28).
Furthermore, government welfare programs create a cycle of dependence. They morally impoverish the lazy and irresponsible. Welfare recipients think of their payments as something that the world owes them rather than the products of love and compassion. As a result, gratitude tends to become pointless and obsolete.
So then, it is economic liberty, prosperity, and voluntary charity (and not coercive welfare programs) that have the ability to lift the impoverished out of poverty. This is to be done through tithes and donations. In early America, churches and charitable organizations built and ran hospitals. Philanthropic societies were founded to help the sick, disabled, and impoverished. Their funding came through voluntary contributions collected by congregations and Christian associations.