In a story on NPR's "Market Place Money" this weekend, a Hoover Institution economist, Paul Gregory, and a man named Scott Wilderman who was described as a conservative, agreed that government programs and "handouts" make people dependent on those programs and less resourceful and self reliant.
Wilderman was interviewed by "Market Place Money" when he was at a regional food bank where he was picking up food for his church pantry.
"Every week we give food out at our church," said Wilderman. "Food stamps is socialism and we're not a socialist country."
But wait! The regional food bank where Wilderman was picking up food for his church to give to the poor and hungry is funded in part by the federal government.
So what's the difference between people who rely on government for handouts and charities/churches that rely on government for hand outs?
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