The government’s role in the economy is to guarantee equality of opportunity for all and leave success to individual drive, work ethic, abilities, gifts, and talents. It is not the government’s responsibility to take care of you. God has four tiers of responsibility. Personal responsibility is first. Do not go to anybody else, to get them to do for you, what you can do for yourself. Everything starts with personal responsibility. Next is family responsibility. If there is a needy relative in your family, who has a legitimate need, the family is supposed to take care of them. Next is church responsibility. When you are doing all that, you can as an individual, and when the family is doing all that, they can, and you are still unable to make ends meet, then the church comes along as God’s extended family to assist. Finally, are agencies or the state responsibility. The state is the last fallback position. That is the devastation of welfare. Welfare is telling people they don’t have to be responsible; the state will take care of you. This creates chaos, irresponsibility, and dependency.
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