No doubt, Governor Mitt Romney, wishes he would have chosen his words a bit more carefully when referring to those who are among the poor in this country. Governor Romney, already has a perception problem among the poor and lower middle class Americans. to many struggling Americans, Governor Romney, appears to be a man, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
While I think it is always good to have a safety net for those who are very poor, sometimes, I think the government, provides too many pillows for the poor. Sometimes, government, makes the deep hole of poverty so comfortable, many of the poor are content to stay in the deep pit that is poverty. That is why I prefer former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich's approach to helping the poor. He wants to provide money for the poor, with the condition, that they either go to school, or go to some type of job training program. I think this approach, doesn't give the poor a pillow, or safety net only so that the poor become comfortable and content in their present poverty, but does provide a ladder so that the poor, may climb out of the pit of poverty. The poor will then have to remember, the government may provide a ladder, so that the poor have an opportunity to climb out of the pit of poverty, but the climbing, that is something the poor must do for themselves! The Bible says, the poor, will always be with us, and I believe we should help them as much as we can. I believe the government, should not only provide a safety net or a pillow for the poor but the government, needs to provide a ladder, to help the poor climb out of the pit of despair that is true poverty, and once the government provides the ladder, to help the poor, climb out of the pit of poverty, it will then be the responsibility of the poor to make the climb out of the pit of poverty, and then go onward and upward, to a better life, and a real future. As always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just, some words, to think on.
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