"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." Self reliance is not to be underestimated. The state and the individual are b

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it." Self reliance is not to be underestimated. The state and the individual are both empowered. Being reliant on the state should be a last resort not a goal, as Europe is discovering.