The Tragedy of American Compassion
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433501104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Much like the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism Magnificent review of the failure of the War of Poverty. Much like the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism. This effort has only created much more of what our government has thrown billions of dollars at.. tracy wood said Very clear and insightful thinking. Made me realize I. Very clear and insightful thinking. Made me realize I had been viewing life , and charity, through the wrong paradigm.. Cannot be improved upon. Clubbeaux I rarely give out five-star reviews, but boy, if any book deserves five stars it's this one. Each page is an eye-opener, what Olasky brings to light is the severest and most truthful indictment yet of the government-sponsored poverty industry in America. Readers of William Bennett, Ann Coulter, Bernie Goldbergand the can use this to show liberals exactly why the welfare state doesn't work, instead of simply claiming it does not work.
William J. His research also reveals that the real problem of modern welfare is not its cost but its stinginess in offering the true necessities: challenging, personal, and spiritual aid rather than entitlement and bureaucracy. Period." It influenced the Clinton Administration's welfare reform and deeply affected then-Governor George W. Bennett once called it "the most important book on welfare and social policy in a decade. Bush's policies in Texas. So this book is now being reissued with new frontmatter to prepare a new generation of Americans to offer help that actually helps and to effectively confront once again the establishment that still impoverishes the impoverished. But with the war on terror, the ideas in The Tragedy of American Compassion have taken a backseat.Because it is based on historical successes and ancient wisdom, however, Tragedy is as timeless as ever. Marvin Olasky's groundbreaking book turns on its head both conventional history and rhetoric, showing that America's volunteer poverty-fighters were often more effective than our recent professionalized corps. Foreword by Amy Sherman.
There's plenty of social history here--from Horace Greeley, soup kitchens and orphan asylums to today's homeless impasse. Olasky does not blame the system for poverty. . He holds up the example of 19th-century charity workers, whose religious beliefs made them compassionate and willing to deal intimately with the poor, rather than dispensing money to them through government agencies. But Olasky adds a proviso that the giver too must be personally involved. From Publishers Weekly This is a richly documented, controversial history of the welfare state as seen from a conservative political perspective. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. He faults the poor, along with social workers back to Jane Addams and the founders of the settlement house movement. The system is generous with money but stingy on human involvement,