Why should the rich give money to the poor..

Well technically... Lets face it, the current way we handle welfare is failing the people it is suppose to help. We are creating a multi-generational problem. What the people who say why should I give my money to the poor fail to realize is that the problem doesn't go away just because they stop giving to welfare. And the problem with poverty in our country is so ingrained that even with 12 million new jobs it won't go away without a whole bunch more. Imagine having cancer, growing internally so you don't see it and then don't do anything about it till the ugly sores are all over your body. Then the cost is huge to fix if it is not too late. This is what is going to happen to all the people that may have it good right now, but fail to realize the cancer growing. This is what poverty is to our country right now, a hidden cancer. And I have put this in a post previous, but the issue came up again and I wanted to re address it. Again the current welfare system isn't helping. And again you cannot ignore it. And this is one of the reasons I am trying to develop the idea of progressive conservatism. We need to take basic conservative principals to address the problem, but we have to address the problem. Ignoring it will only cost us more in the long run. And I will say this again. ignoring it will only cost us more in the long run. Like trying to cure cancer once it is past stage four. I have also posted some ideas on how to address it. I talked about rebuilding core areas of poverty not with federal money, but within the community. The importance of education is tantamount, and I mean more than just a high school education or being technically trained for a job, this helps, but with the problem being multi-generational there are whole new levels of education needed, including basic things like eating well (healthy). I could go on, but for this evening I just wanted to address this topic and get you to think. And this is one of the reasons I think the democrats and republicans are failing us, neither has the intestinal fortitude to tell you the truth. This problem exists and if you are honest with yourself you know it does. And since they won't talk about it they can't tell you workable solutions. (did you hear this in the debate) There are hundreds of good ideas out there that don't involve the federal government continuing to just hand out our money. We need to find the leaders that know the importance of implementing them. Conservative principals that show people how to become self reliant, not calling them moochers but teaching them a better way. Yes I am calling this Progressive Conservatism, taking an old idea and updating for the 21st century. And this is just one issue to me that needs this type of approach. So technically the rich don't have to give to the poor, but if you care about our country you need to realize you have to do something or don't complain when you can't cure the cancer anymore. Some musings while waiting to see if the Rangers can live another day.