Truth Month - July 2024 - Day 29 - Work is good and the norm for all people

 

Truth Month - July 2024

Day 29 - Work is good and the norm for all people

Work is good!  While sometimes people experience hard times and need help, they should not be provided a comfortable hammock.  The assistance they get should not incentivize them to stop looking for work and to be comfortable enough to coast through life on handouts.  In fact, that is actually very harmful in the long run.  A permanent welfare state actually does not help them up and out of their situations.

Charity without expectations often begins a descending life spiral.  It has been said that "A hand up beats a handout."  While there are real exceptions where someone is no longer able to work, or when working would be a detriment to themselves or their families, the general rule should be that work is good and is expected.  This has been known for a long time, as the generous early church shows

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."  We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.  2 Thes. 3:10-12 

Now obviously that is not meant to be mean or unfair, but rather acknowledges that work is actually for the good of all.  So why is it hard for our progressive society to have the same expectation?  Surely it is not that some people find it politically advantageous to perpetuate the welfare state?!  Or is it in service to a radical view of equity and social justice?  So far, it seems like it is currently a growth industry.

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Truth Month - July 2024 - Day 27 - It is our duty to protect the weak and those who cannot help themselves

 

Truth Month - July 2024

Day 27 - It is our duty to protect the weak and those who cannot help themselves

To most people, it seems obvious that we should help others when we have the means and opportunity.  Because of that, our societal structure attempts to help those in need.  Our police and military are formally charged with providing safety and security by enforcing our laws and discouraging lawlessness.  Charity and welfare are two different types of assistance that our society uses to provide resources to the needy.  In addition, we all have a personal responsibility to assist with both within our spheres of influence and to our means and ability.

Police serve as protectors as well as deterrents to crime.  It is unfortunate that, in the name of social justice, there is a current trend to defund or eliminate law enforcement, often where crime is the highest.  In actuality, we need to protect the weak and innocent from rampant crime, even when it is being committed by those who may need help too.  Likewise, our military is meant to protect us from external threats to our nation's security.  They need to be efficiently funded and trained to be adequate deterrents to foreign threats.  However, when they are handicapped by political leaders to not finish their missions, or their focus is on DEI initiatives, we all become less safe and the mission as protectors fails.  

Welfare is mainly government assistance and its primary mission should be to help people during their lows, and then to help them find proactive ways to take care of themselves and their families.  It should never be a permanent situation that destroys their souls and motivation to work. Likewise charity, which comes from voluntary contributions, is used for helping people.  Sometimes the lines blur and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) do the actual work of distributing taxpayer provided funds.  It is my observation that true charities tend to do a better job of helping people up because they truly care about the recipients and have a responsibility to manage the funds they have received from donors and in accord with their values.  Welfare systems, especially in our modern times, often are more focused on equity and social justice, than on truly solving problems, and just become self-perpetuating organizations funded by the government.  

Government and charitable organizations are not always the first or best actors to really help people in need.  Often the people we meet, work with, socialize with, or live with are in the best position to help and/or be helped.  Authentic relationships allow us to see past facades and into other's lives.  Sometimes that will result in giving financial help or providing resources, but often it is more important to provide companionship, friendship, counseling, or spiritual guidance.  

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 07 Mar 2024 - Free Travel App

 

Free Travel App

To facilitate more asylum claims from disadvantaged countries, free one-way parole flights are now available through a convenient customs and border flow app (e.g. CBP One).  Eligible users (95%+ approval) can book direct flights into the country where they legally settle in for their multi-year wait for their "Notice to Appear" dates, thereby avoiding arduous and dangerous multi-country travel.  Our country was built on immigrants, and we still don't have enough new voters yet to solidify power. 

More info:  

• https://homeland.house.gov/2023/10/23/new-documents-obtained-by-homeland-majority-detail-shocking-abuse-of-cbp-one-app/
  
• https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 12 Apr 2024 - Free Lunch

 

Free Lunch

There is such a thing at Ministry run schools, now for all students.  It is stigmatizing to force low income or immigrant families, students, who face widespread food insecurity and inequity, to be the only ones to rely on the government's generosity.  By this historic, and beyond life-changing action, students now experience a completely leveled playing field when it comes to nutritiously adequate school food.  Hungry children cannot learn, and must be provided the nutrition they need to fuel their learning.

More info:

• https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/14/oregon-school-meals-kids-students-lunch-food-schools/ 

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