Comments on: How Not to Help the Poor (Video) http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/ A Catholic Social Commentary Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Who Are The Poor? - Fallible Blogma http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-61209 Who Are The Poor? - Fallible Blogma Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:09:14 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-61209 [...] do have to care for the poor. But not primarily for the sake of making them as prosperous as us (which is a fine goal), but [...] [...] do have to care for the poor. But not primarily for the sake of making them as prosperous as us (which is a fine goal), but [...]

]]> By: Are Politicians Obligated to Show Preference for the Poor? - Fallible Blogma http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-52129 Are Politicians Obligated to Show Preference for the Poor? - Fallible Blogma Wed, 25 May 2011 15:24:56 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-52129 [...] what is best for the poor and disadvantaged is far more complicated than simply how much money or free stuff we hand out to them. And we have to be careful not to isolate one particular aspect of Catholic social teaching from [...] [...] what is best for the poor and disadvantaged is far more complicated than simply how much money or free stuff we hand out to them. And we have to be careful not to isolate one particular aspect of Catholic social teaching from [...]

]]> By: Joyce http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-5040 Joyce Sat, 23 May 2009 23:22:06 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-5040 Artie, "a living saint" is a bit much! But I will have to agree with your statement "We cannot have Easter Sunday without Good Friday." And, I thank God every day for my aunt (and the rest of my family, for that matter) and for all the gifts God has given me. Artie, “a living saint” is a bit much! But I will have to agree with your statement “We cannot have Easter Sunday without Good Friday.” And, I thank God every day for my aunt (and the rest of my family, for that matter) and for all the gifts God has given me.

]]> By: Artie http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-5027 Artie Sat, 23 May 2009 15:39:49 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-5027 Joyce thank you for sharing. Talk about a living saint among us! Thank God for your aunt and thank God for Him giving you the wisdom, fortitude, and knowledge to get through it all! It is stories like this that should give everybody hope. "We cannot have Easter Sunday without Good Friday" Joyce thank you for sharing. Talk about a living saint among us! Thank God for your aunt and thank God for Him giving you the wisdom, fortitude, and knowledge to get through it all!

It is stories like this that should give everybody hope.

“We cannot have Easter Sunday without Good Friday”

]]> By: Joyce http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-4968 Joyce Fri, 22 May 2009 13:33:44 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-4968 Gives us something to think about. There's a part in the video that says that the welfare state makes it advantageous for women to drop out, don't work and have more babies. I can totally relate to that. I grew up in a lower-middle class family. Beyond food and housing expenses, we never had much left over for anything else. I'm an only child. My mother died when I was 3 years old. When I was in college (on a full scholarship) my father died. Having no full-time income, and not wanting to drop out of school I applied for food stamps. The woman at the welfare office told me that in order for me to receive food stamps I would have to drop out of school and get pregnant. I was going to school to get out of poverty. I just needed some temporary help. And the only "help" they were willing to give me, should I choose to accept it, would drop me further into poverty, perhaps perpetually into poverty. I would have to commit the immoral act of being an unwed mother (I didn't even have a boyfriend at the time!). And, I would be bringing a baby into the world that I couldn't support. Luckily I had an aunt who helped me out and I worked two jobs in the summer to pull me through. Now, I have a degree, a good job, a wonderful husband, a house, and an ability to support ourselves and any children that God will bless us with. If I would've taken the "help" that the government offered, I would not be so blessed, nor would I have the ability to help others. Gives us something to think about. There’s a part in the video that says that the welfare state makes it advantageous for women to drop out, don’t work and have more babies. I can totally relate to that. I grew up in a lower-middle class family. Beyond food and housing expenses, we never had much left over for anything else. I’m an only child. My mother died when I was 3 years old. When I was in college (on a full scholarship) my father died. Having no full-time income, and not wanting to drop out of school I applied for food stamps. The woman at the welfare office told me that in order for me to receive food stamps I would have to drop out of school and get pregnant. I was going to school to get out of poverty. I just needed some temporary help. And the only “help” they were willing to give me, should I choose to accept it, would drop me further into poverty, perhaps perpetually into poverty. I would have to commit the immoral act of being an unwed mother (I didn’t even have a boyfriend at the time!). And, I would be bringing a baby into the world that I couldn’t support. Luckily I had an aunt who helped me out and I worked two jobs in the summer to pull me through. Now, I have a degree, a good job, a wonderful husband, a house, and an ability to support ourselves and any children that God will bless us with. If I would’ve taken the “help” that the government offered, I would not be so blessed, nor would I have the ability to help others.

]]> By: Artie http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-4940 Artie Thu, 21 May 2009 23:23:59 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-4940 Could not agree more Matthew! I don't know how people can argue that setting up government funded programs like "the projects" actually is a valid way of helping out the poor, when in reality it has crippled them and actually made the situation much worse. Could not agree more Matthew! I don’t know how people can argue that setting up government funded programs like “the projects” actually is a valid way of helping out the poor, when in reality it has crippled them and actually made the situation much worse.

]]> By: How NOT to help the poor - Christian Forums http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/video-how-not-to-help-the-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 How NOT to help the poor - Christian Forums Thu, 21 May 2009 17:01:19 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=1237#comment-4927 [...] A blog entry and video will hopefully make us all close our mouths -- and think about it a bit. Video: How Not to Help the Poor | Fallible Blogma - A Catholic social commentary I am sick and tired of being vilified (by a select few) for saying that what is being done by the [...] [...] A blog entry and video will hopefully make us all close our mouths — and think about it a bit. Video: How Not to Help the Poor | Fallible Blogma – A Catholic social commentary I am sick and tired of being vilified (by a select few) for saying that what is being done by the [...]

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