Everyone Wants To Be Steve Jobs…No One Wants To Do The Work
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 by admin | Posted in Unconventional Thinking | Comments
Today, I heard a commercial for food stamps. A COMMERCIAL FOR FOOD STAMPS!
Yes, it is humane to offer a safety net for those who would starve without aid but two critical points factor into this mix:
- Americans helping other Americans would provide a far more effective and efficient solution than the horde of bureaucrats who get paid to dole out–and now advertise– food stamps. Charity is alive and well in the U.S. We don’t need Washington to gum up the works.
- With millions of people now on food stamps, many using them fraudulently, there is no reason to advertise them. Word spreads quickly today when something, anything is for free. Do we really want Washington spending our tax dollars to promote dependence on stamps?
But this is all part of a wider cultural issue that pertains to who we are and what we are becoming as a nation. Our strength has always been drawn from our willingness to roll up our sleeves, link our brains with our brawn and show the rest of the world how to build cars, grow wheat, turn garage-built prototypes into high-tech enterprises that are the marvel of humanity.
All across our 50 sprawling states, millions are wondering why this America appears to be evaporating before their eyes. After a TV appearance I made last week– one that sailed into the heart of a national debate– I have received thousands of emails from frustrated and angry Americans, many at the boiling point of their emotions, pleading for a return to the values that inspire them to work hard, buy homes of their own, run their small businesses without interference. At this point, they feel suffocated by a growing chorus that chants:
- Business is evil
- Success is based on greed
- Those who create wealth should be forced to relinquish it to those who don’t
- Everything should be free
So emotional are these emails to me that I feel the need to answer them all.
To do my small part to fight against the entitlement tide that is sweeping, across the nation. To help assure so many who feel alone and saddened by the current state of affairs, that the vast majority still feels like them.
That America can still return to a bastion of freedom where everyone knows that if you want to be the next Steve Jobs, you have to work for it.
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March 27th, 2012 at 9:19 am
Mark,
Adam Smith in his “Wealth of Nations” told us people work to meet their needs; a butcher cuts meat for customers, not out of altruism, but to provide for his family. Specialization (butchers and doctors, for instance) and trade (meat for medial care) create the wealth.
Food stamps, a result of liberal/progressive policies, provide for the needs of people, whose specialty becomes living on government largesse. FDR laid out this vision in his 1944 State of the Union Address (a must read for conservatives) where he argued that there can be no true liberty until people are free from economic concerns. Thus people are “entitled” to a living wage (meaning they are paid, whether or not they work) and they are given housing, food, and medical care among other things.
Needs are conflated with rights; government becomes the primary provider rather than a social safety net provider. Dependency grows and with it votes for big-government politicians. Big-government politicians and their government dependents reinforce each other through the political process, and a downward spiral begins.
Changing it all will require conservatives to work as hard as liberals have, and still do, to teach people the benefits of the alternatives. We must remember that it took liberals more than a century of effort to reach this point, and so it will take time for conservatives to turn it around.
People like Mark Stevens, who provide a place for conservative voices, and who support leaders in the cause, like Rush, deserve our thanks for their efforts.
March 27th, 2012 at 9:52 am
Well said, Mark!
@Mike Mott, I will be reading FDR’s SOTU address, thank you!
Mark, you did great on Megyn Kelly’s show. I hope you can get on Fox more often!
Erin
April 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 am
Mark,
It pains me to think that our country’s citizens think with their hand held out they are owed something in return. The local churches, civic groups and other charitable groups for many many years took care of the challenged people of the community. Keeping it local also helps the persons that have fallen on hard times as they become known and the storekeeper or someone else might also filter down through the groups that they need some workers? No it may not be what the man or lady wanted to do but it gave them a bit of selfworth along the way to their recovery.
OUR Government and I emphasize OUR as it belongs to US….has created a society that recieves even before they give…. I am a prime example as in 2011 I was unemployed for nearly 10 months and with the modern technology and “advancement” of our government agencies I took care of everything on line…received my check with only a simple “click” on this question and “yes” on that question with no requests ever to prove my worthyness of this need. Of course I sent out resumes, I contacted many headhunters and many collegues in my industry so I was actively searching for a job and career…. But my question is how many people just “clicked” and waited for the check to come without a single question or even leaving their house to search for a job.
Now back to your real issue of “advertising” Food Stamps… You as well as all the others need to remember we are in an election year and our great government needs to secure it’s base by letting them know “WE” are here for you …just come and get it….. I also laugh at some of the Medicare advertisements as well… These are all government PAID (oh excuse me CITIZEN PAID) advertisements and promote the hand outs that are free for the taking. Stop and listen America…. The citizens are financing a particular view and in support of one particular candidate.
Keep in mind America… nearly 50% of our citizens don’t pay federal income tax. A sad statement in itself but also an alarming one as they soon will be the majority and could be in control of the ballot box…. So ask yourself… Why would our government such as it is today want to slow the handouts down?
April 23rd, 2012 at 4:59 am
Let us remind ourselfs America, Would your actions meet the approval of your Grandmother. Let us have some pride in sustaining what our fathers fought and died for, and that is the right to EARN our way and to become better.
I Had a friend and current admin. supporter say to me,”I don’t want a hand out, I just want them to GIVE me a chance”. I wished I had recorded it so I could play it back for him. Let us go make our chances.
August 8th, 2012 at 2:57 am
Did you know that Steve Jobs was on food stamps in his younger years? Yeah, he worked for it, but he had help too. Just think, all those people on food stamps could be the next Steve Jobs, instead of eating unhealthy cheap food in a cycle of poverty or dying of hunger. “Dependency” on food stamps is a myth according to most statistics that show most people who accept temporary assistance are only on it temporarily…
May 6th, 2013 at 1:09 pm
The first thing required by the food stamp office is an application. Most counties have an online application process. The electronic application allows the process to get started the moment the application is submitted. Paper applications will be accepted, but the process will take longer than an electronic application. Most food stamp offices have computers available for applicants filling out electronic applications. Workers will be available on hand to answer any questions about the application you may have. .”
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