The present welfare system, by the way it operates, does not encourage the individual to improve their self respect or financial independence but does the very opposite. It endeavours to cover every aspect of our social problems and allocate benefits down to the minutest level and by its very nature is wide open to fraud and abuse. Many people not getting what is due to them, but a greater number obtaining benefits to which they are not entitled in spite of a great deal of time and effort spent on trying to police it. So a system to replace this would set out clear rules to ensure that no individual has any reason to suffer poverty. It would be simple and straightforward, with no opportunity for fraud to take place and so designed to make it advantageous to the individual to improve their lifestyle by their own efforts while accepting their social responsibilities. The most efficient way to change the present system to incorporate these ideals would be to dispense with unemployme...
continued ... So how did such an advanced civilization as ours come about? Initially the others had order and stability, the prerequisite for a civilization and we also, but over a longer period. It hasn’t been plane sailing though, but a very bumpy ride indeed. This belief has been used and abused, but the evidence we see in the temples and cathedrals of the world tell us that this belief was profound. The belief in a creator though cannot fully explain the creation and sustainability of such a unique, long lasting civilization, and it does not. It was the message promoted as truths that provided the catalyst. They encompassed a great deal but the basic message was one of love and humility and this can be summed up in one word, a word that is much derided today, Morality. Morality: Do what you know is basically right, for you instinctively know if it is right or wrong. Previous generations had a morality based on religion that was sufficie...