Neighborhood Ministries

Democrats have shown a continuing trend to push socialist control through welfare programs. They started during the depression and have continually worked to expand the number of people dependent on the government for support by expanding the number of government workers and benefit recipients dependent on the programs. They tell them to vote Democrat or the Republicans will cut the programs. The initial programs created jobs and did a lot of good by paying people to work so they had money to buy goods and services which also helped the businesses. However Democrats quickly expanded them and began paying the people directly rather than providing jobs. While they required the person to look for work, they discouraged them from working because they could make more on welfare. The housing crisis of 2008 was created by President Clinton when he forced banks and loan companies to take on loans to people without clear ability to repay them. It led to mass defaults in repaying loans which led to bank failures. During the housing crisis, President Obama loaned money to banks and companies  and placed them under government control until the loans were repaid so they had control of the companies as well as having control over those on welfare. They did the same with the auto makers. By giving the money to the companies, the workers were paid but didn’t have any work because the people weren’t able to buy cars. If they had given vouchers to the people to buy cars the workers would have had work and still get paid, without government takeover of the car companies. President Trump worked to get people back to work and saw record low unemployment right up to the outbreak of the epidemic.

President Trump issued a lockdown to control the spread of Covid until they could find a way to curb it at the advice of his advisors who we now know had a hidden agenda. They gave him bad advice to foster dependency. He then issued a stimulus check to help those laid off by the Covid epidemic. It was ill-conceived because it went to everyone under a certain income. Many people in essential services like health care were still working and didn’t need extra help. However something had to be done quickly with no time to work out details so it was probably the only way to do it at the time. However, President Biden continued the lockdown after it was no longer necessary and continued the stimulus checks.  It would only serve to buy votes, bankrupt the economy, discourage people from working, and train people to be dependent on the government. There was plenty of time to work out the details and checks should have been tailored to need. Many people were still working and didn’t need extra help. Many couples whose spouse had died during the year still got a check for each. He then continued stimulus checks after the lockdown was lifted and many had the opportunity to go back to work. President Biden also increased unemployment benefits, so many people went on unemployment because they could make more on unemployment than they were working. They actually were better off and didn’t need extra help. Many of those getting unemployment were making two to three times what they would make if they were working so they didn’t want to go back to work. Due to the bonus for those on unemployment during Covid, a lot of the money for small business loans went unused because the employees didn’t want to work because they made more on unemployment benefits. The ones needing help were the ones who were still fighting to get unemployment. Some had been fighting for over a month to get unemployment and the system was so tied up they couldn’t get help yet. Since unemployment, once received, is backdated to the time of eligibility, there is no reason that any help given couldn’t be deducted from their unemployment back-payment, once they receive it. Covid is now history but the Democrats tried to hold up renewing the budget because they wanted to continue the subsidies to insurance companies started to help them during Covid. In addition, the subsidies went to the companies to keep them afloat nut instead of going to the people. If they would have gone to the people, the people could have paid their insurance premiums and it would help the companies as well. Since it went to the companies, it left the people still dependent on government help. President Biden and other Democrats have shown strong support for  creating socialist dependency on government. America became strong as it fed on people’s desire to better themselves, while socialism is self-destructive because it destroys people’s desire to work. The economy can not get back on its feet if people don’t want to work because they can make more money on welfare. Extending the bonus and giving out more stimulus checks only prolonged the economic crisis.