In talking to a local grocery store owner, he told me that 83% of the purchases are from EBT cards. A local business has over 50 job openings that can not be filled. He pays from $9.00 to 13.00 per hour for sewing and can not get them filled.
Even a few of the people who work there will only work "x" amount of hours each week because it they work more or get overtime, then the government will stop their federal payments. These are smart individuals who know how to work the SYSTEM!
Pride is gone for working. People who will work locally, work for cash only. They do not want anything to show as income and impact their monthly checks from the government.
A local restaurant closed here because she could not get people who wanted to work. Her pay was $10.00 per hour to start plus tips. She got plenty of interviews, but when she called them to offer them a job, they said they were not interested but interviewed just to record it for the government that they had a job interview. Laziness has turning into an income. What is happening to our Country?
I love this devotional for parents: The scripture is from the smartest man God ever created!
Work
for It (Proverbs 10:4)
The Bible is very clear about
the difference between someone who is poor and someone who is merely lazy. Many
people have nothing because they make no effort to help themselves. This is
unacceptable. Yet, there are a lot of lazy people in our society.This issue often becomes political when it’s actually a Biblical issue. God expects us to work with all of our skills to provide for our family. Then we are to teach our family to provide for themselves, and that should continue into future generations. To instill this value in our children and help them appreciate the difference between laziness and hard work, it’s a good idea to work together as a family to accomplish chores and other projects around the house.
Getting your children involved may slow down a task a bit or mean that something isn’t done exactly as you would have liked it. But remember, that’s okay because in the long run you are teaching them how to work. Focus on the big picture. That’s most important.
Parenting
Principle
Give a child everything, and
they will never stop taking. Teach a child to work, and they will never stop
giving.
Points
to Ponder
- How do you
define a hard worker?
- What
age-appropriate chores are your children learning?
- What is a
way that you could work together more as a family?
I have no answers but am just sad that our government wants everyone poor and controled by the government.