"We don't need social programs because we have charities and churches"

[jwirr]

4. And most legitimate charities and churches are prompt to point out that they do not have the

resources to handle what is happening today even as they did not have them to help in the Great Depression. This is too big for either the private or the public programs to back out - we need both. And I am one of the poor who needs help - I know that many of the private charities (including churches) suppliment what help we can get from the government. Only a fool would want to get rid of either.