Work Ethic

I was listening to an NPR. Something about food stamps and how there is a debate about how giving them encourages people not to work. Then Just crossed my mind…

Who cares?

Why are we caring whether someone works or gets things for free?

I wonder if it really has anything to do with being a good person. I would think that my concern around whether or not a person works has more to do with the power they wield in potential then it does to do with contributing to society.

Think about it. If a person doesn’t have to work and get things for free, what am I worried about ?

If I remove my idealistic sense that everyone should work or else they’re a lazy bastard, then really all I’m left with is that this person will have a bunch of time to get mischievous and might actually do some things with power that would affect my life in a way that I would not want it affected.

Because, why should I care whether or not someone works?

That just keeps rolling around in my head.

What is the idea behind Congress’s debate over whether or not giving people money keeps them from going and looking for a job?

I mean, I seriously doubt that anyone is thinking that someone needs to work so they feel better about themselves.

Somehow I feel that is not the motivation for getting people to be motivated to work a job and make money, that is, so they don’t collect money for not doing work.

What do you think?