Reply #25: Handing out alms to people in need is not enough. [View All]

[Cleita]

Conservatives still believe everyone is responsible for themselves to the same extent that they are responsible for themselves, but that isn't true. Not everyone can march to the beat of the same drummer. Throwing out hundreds of people into the street, who were cared for in institutions before Reagan's terms, did untold harm to the infrastructure of our safety net systems.

People don't fall on hard times because they are lazy. As a matter-of-fact, the laziest people I have ever met in my life have trust funds.