Welfare State or the State of Welfare?

I think that welfare should not be a permanent solution in anyones' life, but the government seems unwilling to change the system and the problem they created. If you pay people more on welfare than they could make at a job then the only incentive a person has for working rather than collecting is pride. Of course pride will not pay your rent, put food on your table or pay your medical bills. Welfare should be a short term solution to the problem not a lifestyle that is passed from generation to generation in some families. Most people if given the oppurtunity to work in a job would rather do that then lay around doing nothing, but it has to be in a job where they can support their families and provide for their medical care. We the people have allowed this country to become a welfare state by not doing enough ourselves to change it. One of the major issues we have today is everyone is afraid to try new ideas or change the status quo. This is on both sides of the political spectrum not just one or the other. Welfare is just one thing that needs to be reformed or changed, but there are many others. Good jobs need to be created and people need to be trained to fill those jobs. Yes, some people will never wish to work and would rather lay around, but if that is their choice then they should not be supported in that effort. However for those they do wnat to work, or do want to improve their lives and do not have the means to do so they should be given that chance and not just be paid a check every month to sit around.

The Death of Thanksgiving as a Family Holiday?

A time for families to come together to give thanks for what they have and to spend some quality time with those that sometimes we do not get to see all that often. A day of rest, relaxation and perhaps even contemplation of the past year and looking forward to the new possibilities before us.

The days of Ebenezer Scrooge are alive and well in America today!

Unfortunately not everyone gets the day off, although they should if they want it off. Also think of all those retail workers that get to come to work earlier and earlier every year because of all the retail corporations wanting peoples' money earlier and earlier, or they are afraid that someone might get a few dollars jump on themby opening sooner. Of course those that work in the corporate offices get this entire weekend off, while the workers in the stores have to deal with all the crowds of people that at many times are rude, mean, uncaring and only worried that they get whatever hot item is out this year before anyone else, even if that means fighting for it or trampling anyone that gets in their way. Ah yes, such a wonderful holiday that was once perhaps the last bastion for family get togethers that trumped even Christmas, is now trampled upon by the greedy not only in the corporate offices, but the greedy consumer rushing to the stores even before midnight now to grab what they can before someone else gets it! So yes we might as well flush Thanksgiving down the toilet with all the other holidays that we as Americans have allowed Corporate America to turn into commercialized money making greed feasts! Though Americans in the quest for that perfect gift(for themselves in many cases) have allowed their common sense(if some ever had any) to disappear quicker than their money does on Black Friday or perhaps very soon Black Thursday! And many of you out there still wondering why people are Occupying Wall Street and other places! Holidays need to be brought back to their true meanings, as many of them have lost the ideals of what they were meant for and should not continue to be the path for some to think of what profit they can make from it!

The Religious Symbol of America

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Here it is the sign of America's Religion. In many cases it does not matter what you claim to follow, this is what is really important to most. Corporations especially love this symbol as this is all many of them think of and pray to take more from the unwary consumer. Banks & Wall Street have placed this on a very high pedestal and worship it daily hoping to get more. This is also what retail sellers look for and the consumer is more than willing to give away. The pharmaceutical companys love this symbol as well since they continue to create new drugs that never cure, but that people will pay whatever price for just to alleviate their symptoms for awhile. There are others as well that worship the almighty dollar and help to keep the crony capitalist ideals in place allowing the rich to get richer, while the poor become more poor and the middle class slowly disappear! We need to wake up in this country and make the changes neccessary that will take us towards a better future for not only ourselves, but our future generations as well and hope that it is not to late already!