Saying that a big chunk of people can't "make it" without Government money is an "opening" for an article on the difference between "today" and the days when people said that they'd "rather die and go to Hell, than" take a Government "wealth-transfer payment".
How many serious conflicts are fought by "dependents", against "the hand that feeds [them]?
Yes, kids "rebel" against the Rules that Mom & Dad establish. But, unless the "rebellious" kids are involved with some serious drugs, or something, Mom & Dad usually stay alive, and the grass stays mowed. But, the kids stay there and stay there (and might bring in someone else, also, to stay). And the costs keep rising, for Mom & Dad. But, the house stays THEIR castle, and it's THEY who get to make the Rules.
But, if the kids get a job and start saving money, it's not "rebellion", but "independent-mindedness". And the "goal" of "independent-mindedness" is, to move out, into one's own place, by the time one turns 18, and NEVER live under Mom's and Dad's roof, as a dependent, again. If that happens, there's peace and, even, mutual appreciation and -support.
And then, there's the "Waltons"-type situation, where there are at least two, adult generations, as well as the kids; and they have some means of "everybody contributes" to maintaining one roof and one boiler and one yard, instead of two; and the household survives the Depression with a LOT more options (and prosperity) than some others might have done.
So, HOW would those three PERSONAL "strategies for living" expressed, within the text of LEGISLATION whose aim was, to provide "incentives" to people, to participate in the "engineering" of "society" in a way that will "construct" a cultural "environment" that operates, essentially, as "a personal household WRIT LARGE"?
By reviewing the text of [budget] Legislation, IS IT POSSIBLE, to identify the sort(s) of [national and/or global] "household" that Legislators in different nations and/or localities seem to be trying to construct?
IS IT POSSIBLE, by doing so, to SHOW the ALREADY-EXISTING relationship between "Personal Economics" and [national or local] "PUBLIC POLICY"?
a) Which aspects of existing "public policy" look like efforts to establish or maintain ONE (or more) of the above-listed types of environment [i.e., "bread-disher-outer, and dependents" vs. "independent-mindedness/to-each-his-own" vs. "The {communitarian} Waltons"], into the future?
b) Which aspects of EXISTING "PUBLIC POLICY" look like efforts to move from one of the above-mentioned environment-types, to another?
Saying that a big chunk of people can't "make it" without Government money is an "opening" for an article on the difference between "today" and the days when people said that they'd "rather die and go to Hell, than" take a Government "wealth-transfer payment".
How many serious conflicts are fought by "dependents", against "the hand that feeds [them]?
Yes, kids "rebel" against the Rules that Mom & Dad establish. But, unless the "rebellious" kids are involved with some serious drugs, or something, Mom & Dad usually stay alive, and the grass stays mowed. But, the kids stay there and stay there (and might bring in someone else, also, to stay). And the costs keep rising, for Mom & Dad. But, the house stays THEIR castle, and it's THEY who get to make the Rules.
But, if the kids get a job and start saving money, it's not "rebellion", but "independent-mindedness". And the "goal" of "independent-mindedness" is, to move out, into one's own place, by the time one turns 18, and NEVER live under Mom's and Dad's roof, as a dependent, again. If that happens, there's peace and, even, mutual appreciation and -support.
And then, there's the "Waltons"-type situation, where there are at least two, adult generations, as well as the kids; and they have some means of "everybody contributes" to maintaining one roof and one boiler and one yard, instead of two; and the household survives the Depression with a LOT more options (and prosperity) than some others might have done.
So, HOW would those three PERSONAL "strategies for living" expressed, within the text of LEGISLATION whose aim was, to provide "incentives" to people, to participate in the "engineering" of "society" in a way that will "construct" a cultural "environment" that operates, essentially, as "a personal household WRIT LARGE"?
By reviewing the text of [budget] Legislation, IS IT POSSIBLE, to identify the sort(s) of [national and/or global] "household" that Legislators in different nations and/or localities seem to be trying to construct?
IS IT POSSIBLE, by doing so, to SHOW the ALREADY-EXISTING relationship between "Personal Economics" and [national or local] "PUBLIC POLICY"?
a) Which aspects of existing "public policy" look like efforts to establish or maintain ONE (or more) of the above-listed types of environment [i.e., "bread-disher-outer, and dependents" vs. "independent-mindedness/to-each-his-own" vs. "The {communitarian} Waltons"], into the future?
b) Which aspects of EXISTING "PUBLIC POLICY" look like efforts to move from one of the above-mentioned environment-types, to another?