Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:31 am
Is the following statement, true or false:
"If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime."
I ask because of what the SC politician said:
Article.
A ridiculously stupid and harshly worded thing for a politician to say, especially in this economic climate, but isn't he right? Shouldn't the goal of welfare, and other social programs, be to provide enough education and opportunities for a person and/or family so that they no longer need said social programs? If not, then how are we helping those people/families? By giving them enough to get by, but no opportunity to improve their lives?
"If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime."
I ask because of what the SC politician said:
"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that."
Article.
A ridiculously stupid and harshly worded thing for a politician to say, especially in this economic climate, but isn't he right? Shouldn't the goal of welfare, and other social programs, be to provide enough education and opportunities for a person and/or family so that they no longer need said social programs? If not, then how are we helping those people/families? By giving them enough to get by, but no opportunity to improve their lives?