Tough Love or Welfare

I have always been against big government and government subsidies for low income families.  Now more than ever, I believe with President-Elect Barack Obama getting ready to have his way with our government, we will see huge expanses in federal spending and we will see the national debt multiply. 

Please know that I am a very compassionate person.  I love to give and help where needed, but I don't believe that it is a job for the national government to address.  In my humble opinion I think that if the federal government wanted to help, then give money to communities with the highest percentage of low income families.  From there let the local government take care of distributing funds. 

We need to overhaul our welfare system, and let's show people where they can get jobs and how they can become active participants in our great democracy.  Enough hand-outs, let's give a hand-up and point our fellow Americans in a positive direction.