The Moocher with a Purpose

http://www.aei.org/publication/the-dignity-deficit-reclaiming-americans-sense-of-purpose/
We all know the feeling: when you see the pity and sadness in another's eyes, wishing there was something you could do to help them. So, giving in to those tear stained eyes, you give them exactly what they're asking for; you give your dog the bacon from under the table. And how does that sweet pup thank you in return? He begs for more. This endless cycle of pity and regret is something we have all been guilty of at one point or another, yet we know the better and ask ourselves, "why should I give in?" However, the biggest culprit of this problem comes from our government and its funds.
In April, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson went to Martin County in eastern Kentucky to pay a visit to a Tom Fletcher, one man out of many who lived in a typical Appalachian town. At the time, the term "typical Appalachian" meant a place of suffering of education, money, and dignity; a town considered woefully inadequate to live in. Johnson paid a visit Tom Fletcher to learn more about his life and family. He was 38 years old, unemployed, and had eight children. “Fletcher never finished elementary school and could not really read. The places where he had labored—coal mines, sawmills—were closed. He struggled to support his wife and eight children.” Seeing the struggles Fletcher had from a day-to-day basis, along with most of their community, President Johnson went to action by declaring "a national war on poverty", and the objective was total victory. Tom Fletcher henceforth received welfare benefits, and found employment with the help of government programs. Johnson's spark of helping the lower class has lived on, with the government spending over $20 trillion with programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and much more. The goal of all of this hard work and effort was to better our country and the people in it by giving them the essentials and ground for them to succeed, and hopefully move up in the world. however, like I said before, be careful giving that bacon under the table. It is mans natural instinct to want more than they have.
The outcome of Tom Fletcher was a very short success, if any success at all.  Since he had received help, he could never keep a steady job, and did not make it out of poverty. Granted there was slight improvement, but never enough to live of life independent of the government. Johnson's dream of a poverty-free world was never fully seen, and today, Martin County has risen materially, but the money the government has given has not reduced the the poverty rate today. Do you see the problem here? Our country has been (efficiently) working for over five decades to raise the middle\ lower class with assistance and funds, but there are seldom results of it being extremely effective. The sad reality is that bacon is good for a moment, but its difficult to stay satisfied  once they've given into you. Our government has given us so much bacon that we rely on them, and them alone, to sustain steady jobs, income, education and more. Don't get me wrong, I believe that having people willing to help and support those in need like Hillary, but when push comes to shove, we need to face our responsibilities and take charge on our own.

Villainous Business (Hamilton)

$20.1 trillion. This is the estimated cost of our country's debt at the end of FY 2017. Does this number scare you? does this number on a page give you a sense of worry, or lack of hope for our country? because it's just a number; not only has it made us one of the most succesful countries out there, but has given us a sesne of responsibility. After the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, America's public debt was in huge trouble from what it looked like. As Alexander Hamilton's job as Treasury Secretary, he had a plan.
First, let's go back to our current $20.1 trillion debt number. Given that most Americans today can't read an article regarding our President without rioting and theowing a tantrum, I think it's safe to say that there's a number of us who speak without knowing what we're talking about; especially when it comes to debt. If our countries debt was such a problem, and if we divided this by the total number of tax payers in America, (which currently is 243 million people) that would cost the average American tax payer around $6,893.04 a year to pay that off. In my high school-thinking mind, that number still seems like a lot, but granted, I get excited when I can get paid $20.00 from time to time. $6,000 is not a lot of money to pay off people, and if our country were really that afraid of our debt, it would have been fixed, but it's not. Simply because our country is better for having it. Hamilton thought that we should honor our countries debt. And as much as the states hated the idea to tax a "tax free" war, they went with Hamilton' idea to borrow. During this argument, Hamilton says, "It is a strange perversion of ideas... that men should be deemed corrupt and criminal fro becoming proprietors in the funds of their country. Yet I believe the number of members of Congress very small who have ever been considerably proprietors in the funds." what our country had seldom considered was that in order to have or make money, ou have to spend it. And by doing so, and expanding the public debt like the British, it strengthened them instead of weakening them. America hadn't much liquid capital, and by furthering our shortage on that, we'd be on the right track.