Problem

What role should the state or federal government play in helping the poor or those in need? How can well-intended programs for the needy cause more harm than good? What does your family do to help those in need? "I am for doing good to the poor but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." Benjamin Franklin, founding father and inventor ** Job Ended**.