Post by teancum79 on Nov 7, 2008 18:12:20 GMT -5
As those of you who are on here much know I tend to think that I am right. I'm working on a new idea and surprise I think I am right, at least in the larger. I could really use some feedback on this though. I’ve been dancing around this issue for some time and I think I’m close to having it.
So here goes:
One of the most common signs seen when you are around animals tell you to not feed them. We have learned over the years that if you give food to wild animals long enough they will alter their behaviors and lose their ability to feed themselves. Thus random helpers trying to feed the poor hungry animal can in fact cause great harm. The odd peanut given to a squirrel will not do any harm. If however it gets half a dozen nuts a day it the same sport from the same person it will cease to hunt for its own food. It will teach its offspring to sit and wait for the peanuts. After a few generations the animal will have no ability to survive without the peanut giver.
I think our welfare system does the same to humans. Now there are many aspects of the system and I’m not advocating a complete elimination of it, but I think the way we do it is harmful.
We provide food shelter money etc. to people often on condition that they not work. This is backwards. This is a hand out that over time teaches people that everything is going to be given to them. Going back to the squirrel if you know it is hungry and you want to feed it you could through a few nuts around on the ground where it could acquire them in the same way it normally would you just made it a little easier to get them. If this is done infrequently and requires the squirrel to still use its normal process to get food that animal will not lose its basic skills of providing for itself. If we restructure the welfare system to work like a job or school a person will get some help to get by when times are tough. They will however have to work for it even if the pay rate is a bit higher than “normal” they are still keeping or gaining the skills they need to survive rather than getting skilled at watching TV navigating endless lines, confusing forms and trying to fill there time when they can not work because they will lose their support if they do.
Health and welfare programs make up about 1/3rd of the entire federal budget. Its about the same for WA state I assume its not too far off in other states. If welfare worked like rehab people would come in get better and move on. There will be exceptions, but that would be far better than a process where we teach people to be helpless and dependant.
Anyhow that’s where I’m at right now. I know it needs some work, but as I said before I think I’m going in the right direction overall.
Let me know what you think.
So here goes:
One of the most common signs seen when you are around animals tell you to not feed them. We have learned over the years that if you give food to wild animals long enough they will alter their behaviors and lose their ability to feed themselves. Thus random helpers trying to feed the poor hungry animal can in fact cause great harm. The odd peanut given to a squirrel will not do any harm. If however it gets half a dozen nuts a day it the same sport from the same person it will cease to hunt for its own food. It will teach its offspring to sit and wait for the peanuts. After a few generations the animal will have no ability to survive without the peanut giver.
I think our welfare system does the same to humans. Now there are many aspects of the system and I’m not advocating a complete elimination of it, but I think the way we do it is harmful.
We provide food shelter money etc. to people often on condition that they not work. This is backwards. This is a hand out that over time teaches people that everything is going to be given to them. Going back to the squirrel if you know it is hungry and you want to feed it you could through a few nuts around on the ground where it could acquire them in the same way it normally would you just made it a little easier to get them. If this is done infrequently and requires the squirrel to still use its normal process to get food that animal will not lose its basic skills of providing for itself. If we restructure the welfare system to work like a job or school a person will get some help to get by when times are tough. They will however have to work for it even if the pay rate is a bit higher than “normal” they are still keeping or gaining the skills they need to survive rather than getting skilled at watching TV navigating endless lines, confusing forms and trying to fill there time when they can not work because they will lose their support if they do.
Health and welfare programs make up about 1/3rd of the entire federal budget. Its about the same for WA state I assume its not too far off in other states. If welfare worked like rehab people would come in get better and move on. There will be exceptions, but that would be far better than a process where we teach people to be helpless and dependant.
Anyhow that’s where I’m at right now. I know it needs some work, but as I said before I think I’m going in the right direction overall.
Let me know what you think.
