Dear Friend,

You are so excited. You are such a dear friend, and a good person. You know how I feel about government and its intrusion into our lives and liberty; you did not want to offend me, and I did not want to offend you. You told me about your job opportunity, being very careful to explain how it neither interferes with anyone's liberty, nor does it expand government involvement. After all, your job was created to help decrease government welfare programs. I love you as a friend, and I would not hurt your feelings for the world, therefore, I am writing this letter to convey the feelings I could not tell you face to face.

I know that your "new" job is an expansion of government bureaucracy. If the State of Missouri really wanted to end welfare, it would not create new bureaucracies and new "jobs". It would just send out letters letting the people who are currently drawing funds know that they had six months, and they would be on their own. There has never been a decrease in government bureaucracy. The current establishment is intent on expanding its power over individual citizens, done in the name of helping or caring for people.

Most people who need help don't utilize government welfare programs. They borrow the money, call on friends, family, churches and other private organizations. Many would be embarrassed to be on "welfare". The people on our welfare rolls think they deserve this money. They don't realize that it is not "free", that the government earns no money, it takes money away from people who do earn it. If they do know that the money comes from wage earners, they have been told by government propaganda that they deserve it because they are "less fortunate".

The truth is, all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. No one has the right to steal from another. Government does not have the right to steal from one American to give to another. All men are created with the opportunity to live their lives as they see fit so long as they do not interfere with the lives of others. The Creator is God, not government.

Most Americans are decent, law-abiding, and hard working. They give of themselves, their money and their time if someone is in need. The government knows if they cut off welfare, giving individuals several months notice, many of these people, with help from their communities, churches, neighbors, friends, and private charities would find jobs, babysitters, and the other things they need to help them with their life choices. They also know, this would decrease the need for government, and for tax money. The root of all evil is not money nor the love of it, but the love of power. The government is not going to relinquish its power until we all stand up and say NO to government programs.

I am saddened by the fact that I have a dear friend who has the opportunity to make $35,000 a year (starting salary) with fourteen paid holidays and two weeks vacation and I cannot be delighted for you. Under other circumstances, I would be jumping up and down and shouting! However, I know that people who work for $6 to $10 an hour, with one week's vacation and six paid holidays will fund your new "job".

We are Americans; we founded this country on the Christian principal of free will and responsibility. I am sorry I cannot endorse this endeavor. I know you are talented, and there is a job for you somewhere in the private sector that would better benefit all of us. I know you mean well, and you are sincere in your belief that you can eliminate government from the inside. May God be with you and guide you in all your decisions.

Your friend,

Mary Nall

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