Aid to the Poor

President Ronald Reagan once said that the best social program was a job. This prescription has had a terrible side effect. America has turned jobs into social programs and turned our employers into social workers. This also locks employees into their jobs for fear of losing their health insurance.

No wonder employers are hesitant to hire new employees. Everybody hesitates at the thought of making the lifetime commitment of taking care of someone. Businesses are expected to take care of someone from cradle to grave just in order to get their floor swept and mopped. Businesses only have employees for a few years. The only group that are stuck with people for life is our country. That's another way of saying US. The only group that represents all of US is the Federal Government

What we need to do is to decouple our social benefits from employment. The government would take care of people. Employers would pay what they could afford. Employees would be free to say no. That's what I call freedom