PoliticalChic
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Of course, such a warning flies in the teeth of the policies of the current food-stamp, class warfare President....
....but, then there's this:
"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.
theblogprof: FDR on welfare 1935: "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
And my question to Governor Jabba would be whose fault that is?
The Democrats for merely creating the welfare programs, or the Republicans for creating the dependency.
For the last 30 years, the GOP has made war on unions, the Middle Class, good salaries.
And when people turn to government to get the things their parents earned on their own, we all bemoan dependency.
"....the Republicans for creating the dependency."
It is a characteristic of the Left to accuse others of the feasance of which they are guilty.
Case in point, your quote.