Myths/helping people makes them dependent - Revision history

Woozle at 16:50, 14 November 2021

2021-11-14T16:50:06Z

Woozle: relevant article from reddawg; some reformatting and additional commentary

2020-01-01T13:02:46Z

relevant article from reddawg; some reformatting and additional commentary

Woozle at 01:10, 17 October 2019

2019-10-17T01:10:43Z

Woozle: layout fix

2015-10-27T01:09:15Z

layout fix

Woozle: categories

2015-10-27T01:08:03Z

Woozle: notes: another example

2015-07-17T12:53:34Z

notes: another example

Woozle: Cruz

2015-06-26T02:11:00Z

Cruz

Woozle: imagedrop

2015-05-31T00:56:42Z

imagedrop

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{{hdr/myth|Providing people with regular assistance makes them more dependent, not less.}}
[[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png|thumb|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]

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 [[category:social safety net]]
 [[category:dependency]]
 ==Myth==
 {{hdr/myth|Assisting people in bad situations makes them more dependent, not less.}}

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 [[category:social safety net]]
 [[category:dependency]]
-{{hdr/myth|Providing people with regular assistance makes them more dependent, not less.}}
+==Myth==
 [[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png|thumb|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]
-==Examples==
+* '''2019-12-28''' [https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2017/12/28/dont-help-homeless-critics-say-hurts-them/988504001/ Don't help the homeless, critics say - it hurts them]: "...detractors are engaged in a debate up and down the West Coast as the region struggles to cope with a rising tide of homelessness. They say [...]  well-meaning residents who provide the homeless with tents, toilets and hot meals are enabling them to remain unsheltered."
 <blockquote>Look how people have been deceived into becoming dependent upon the government and having the government telling them that they’re going to take care of them from the cradle to the grave. It has destroyed the American dream, destroyed these people’s lives, they no longer strive to better themselves and to provide for their family." ... "I keep going back to how that destroys the American dream, that destroys the incentive for somebody to better themselves [...] and they become serfs of the government, and that just makes them locked into a slavery relationship with the government."<ref name=rww /></blockquote>
 ==Reality==
 <blockquote>In the United States it is widely believed that public assistance may have harmful effects on the social and political orientations of those who receive it. Certain kinds of government support &ndash; particularly welfare &ndash; may foster a ‘culture of dependence’...

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 [[category:dependency]]
 {{hdr/myth|Providing people with regular assistance makes them more dependent, not less.}}
 [[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png|thumb|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]
 ==Examples==
-* "Look how people have been deceived into becoming dependent upon the government and having the government telling them that they’re going to take care of them from the cradle to the grave. It has destroyed the American dream, destroyed these people’s lives, they no longer strive to better themselves and to provide for their family." ... "I keep going back to how that destroys the American dream, that destroys the incentive for somebody to better themselves [...] and they become serfs of the government, and that just makes them locked into a slavery relationship with the government."<ref name=rww />
+<blockquote>Look how people have been deceived into becoming dependent upon the government and having the government telling them that they’re going to take care of them from the cradle to the grave. It has destroyed the American dream, destroyed these people’s lives, they no longer strive to better themselves and to provide for their family." ... "I keep going back to how that destroys the American dream, that destroys the incentive for somebody to better themselves [...] and they become serfs of the government, and that just makes them locked into a slavery relationship with the government."<ref name=rww /></blockquote>
 ==Footnotes==
 <references>
 <ref name=rww>'''2015-06-23''' Rafael Cruz, father of wingnut Senator [[Ted Cruz]]: [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-aid-recipients-locked-slavery-relationship-government Rafael Cruz: Aid Recipients 'Locked Into A Slavery Relationship With The Government'] (RightWingWatch, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/25/rafael-cruz-government-assistance-is-slavery/ via FtB])</ref>
 </references>
 ==Notes==
 * [http://www.meanprogressive.com/2015/07/OKGOP.html This] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/101379250784564336486/posts/WwLreHF698y via]) seems to be another example, but I don't have time to dig into it right now.

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 [[category:social safety net]]
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 {{page/status/seed}}
 [[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png|thumb|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]
 ==Examples==

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	<ref name=rww>'''2015-06-23''' Rafael Cruz, father of wingnut Senator [[Ted Cruz]]: [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-aid-recipients-locked-slavery-relationship-government Rafael Cruz: Aid Recipients 'Locked Into A Slavery Relationship With The Government'] (RightWingWatch, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/25/rafael-cruz-government-assistance-is-slavery/ via FtB])</ref>		<ref name=rww>'''2015-06-23''' Rafael Cruz, father of wingnut Senator [[Ted Cruz]]: [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-aid-recipients-locked-slavery-relationship-government Rafael Cruz: Aid Recipients 'Locked Into A Slavery Relationship With The Government'] (RightWingWatch, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/25/rafael-cruz-government-assistance-is-slavery/ via FtB])</ref>
	</references>		</references>
		+	==Notes==
		+	* [http://www.meanprogressive.com/2015/07/OKGOP.html This] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/101379250784564336486/posts/WwLreHF698y via]) seems to be another example, but I don't have time to dig into it right now.

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	{{hdr/myth\|Providing people with regular assistance makes them more dependent, not less.}}		{{hdr/myth\|Providing people with regular assistance makes them more dependent, not less.}}
	[[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png\|thumb\|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip\|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]		[[File:Gary Skinner - 1.png\|thumb\|Gary Skinner explains that welfare makes people more dependent, and claims that living off {{l/ip\|other people's money}} is celebrated in the US.]]
		+	==Examples==
		+	* "Look how people have been deceived into becoming dependent upon the government and having the government telling them that they’re going to take care of them from the cradle to the grave. It has destroyed the American dream, destroyed these people’s lives, they no longer strive to better themselves and to provide for their family." ... "I keep going back to how that destroys the American dream, that destroys the incentive for somebody to better themselves [...] and they become serfs of the government, and that just makes them locked into a slavery relationship with the government."<ref name=rww />
		+	==Footnotes==
		+	<references>
		+	<ref name=rww>'''2015-06-23''' Rafael Cruz, father of wingnut Senator [[Ted Cruz]]: [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-aid-recipients-locked-slavery-relationship-government Rafael Cruz: Aid Recipients 'Locked Into A Slavery Relationship With The Government'] (RightWingWatch, [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2015/06/25/rafael-cruz-government-assistance-is-slavery/ via FtB])</ref>
		+	</references>