WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO DISINCENTIVISE WORK?!

Lesson: The U.S. federal and state governments continue to implement policy after policy to stop our citizens from working and instead rely on the government, especially able-bodied men. Understand the design!

President Lyndon B Johnson, after replacing JFK following his mysterious murder, quickly implemented expanded Medicaid, Head Start, Food Stamps, and a long list of programs to pay people for not working. Of course, our nation will always support the mothers and children who need help, as all great civilizations have, yet it quickly grew into significant disincentives for able-bodied men to work.

According to the SIPP, in December of 2022, the US population was 328.6 million people, of whom 73.2 million were receiving Medicaid. Of those on Medicaid, 6.7 million were elderly, 29.3 million were children, and the remaining 37.2 million were working-age adults. The American Enterprise Institute examined survey data and found that just 44 percent of able-bodied, working-age Medicaid beneficiaries without dependents worked at least 80 hours in that month (20 hours per week).

More recently, working aged men have surged gambling activity to attempt to earn something for nothing. COVID quiet quitting taught citizens to believe quitting and getting a government check was reasonable and ethical. Personal injury law firms’ insane advertisements to promote money for nothing have decayed the mentality further. Hollywood depicts hard work as abusive and against work-life balance.

This is why one side of the country demands everyone must rely on the government, and the other side is too weak to implement policies which actually help everyone to help themselves. The total disregard for our Founding Father’s Rugged Individualism is heart breaking and has created the control of our citizens by design (might as well just join the European Union!). Encourage a man not to support himself and his family and you will control them for generations. We don’t have time here to also address the incredible mental health epidemic created by this dependence.

This week take great care of your family and help all your friends and associates do the same. Teach your children to work and gain self-respect and eventual independence. Have a great week!

- Thank you to Barton Swaim, Journal Unruly Republic column, for statistics