quote:
Originally posted by Peter Rielly:
Rocky, you just aren't gettin it buddy... I feel bad for you, I really do. Like when I'm trying to teach my little cousin how to throw a football and he just can't quite pull it off yet. lol
Now... if you REALLY followed my pattern of thought, this girl would not need government assistance because her family would take care of her. If no family, then her community(neighbors, churches, etc.) would take care of her. See... that's what our founding fathers envisioned for this country. That we as citizens take responsibility first for ourselves and our families, then, if we are able, we help those less fortunate around us. NEVER was it their intention for this beast to be created in which we as citizens think it is the job of the federal government to take care of ANY of us outside the scope of national defense. Are you understanding my point now? Read this on last time.... Where charity is concerned, our founding fathers left us the foundation of a society in place that states that CHARITY SHOULD BE A MORAL OBLIGATION BUT NEVER SHOULD IT BE A GOVERNMENT MANDATE. That means... we should not be FORCED to give our money to the gov't and hope they spend it wisely. If this worked, then why are public schools in the shape they are in? Why are there ANY homeless or hungry in this country?
This puzzles me. It doesn't say she has no family, it says she has no family to care for her.
"At the time, Haylee, who has cerebral palsy, was 21 years old and living in a Colbert County nursing home. She had no family able to care for her nor the means to pay for home care so she could live on her own."
"Unlike the thousands of others like Haylee statewide, her story has a happy ending. Judson and Donna Emens, of Tuscumbia, took her in.
Since then, Haylee has made dramatic physical improvements, traveled and, most recently, gotten engaged."
Where did this couple get the funds to take her in and pay for her care? Are they getting paid to "foster" her in some way? And if they are, why couldn't her family do the same?