The working people of California are dismayed about the costs they pay through taxes to support the welfare roles. The welfare system perpetuates itself at an ever-increasing rate, all at the expense of the working peopleof California.
My philosophy is to establish self-respect and return dignity to the welfare recipient. This can be done through education and employment.
The healthy person structures the day by reporting to work, performing a respectabletask, receiving a paycheck, paying bills, rearing children, and supporting society. The welfare recipient needs to earn his or her own way to have money to buy food, pay rent, utility bills, and taxes. In short, one needs to be a productive member of society. These are learned behaviors; this is a learned self-respect.
The message in God's Word is clear: Believers are charged with the responsibility to take the appropriate steps to help the needy help themselves. Galatians 2:10 reads: "we should remember the needy which is the very thing I have been eager to do" (GNB). To another group of needy, the same author, Paul the Apostle, wrote: "Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat." These individuals were capable of doing the work but were not making a contribution to their group (II Thessalonians 3:10).
Prayerfully cast your vote
I have heard man’s “logic”: “Follow the money.” “Go for name recognition.” “Don’t vote for the best person; vote for someone who has a ‘chance’to win.”
I, as recently as in the last primary election, fell prey to this thinking. Because my God is kind to me, with His grace, I came to understand the error of my thinking.
2 Chronicles 7:14 back to top
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
