Star Parker: Welfare dependency destroys black families
Star Parker on Poverty: What happened to self-initiative?
Interview by Matt Friedeman with Star Parker at the Value Voters Summit by the American Family Association in Washington, DC on October 7, 2011.
Star Parker: It's easy to blame problems on others and excuse the lack of self-initiative. What happened to good old-fashion planting a garden?
The challenge is that poverty in America today is that it has been redefined. You don't need to be in serious need, you just need to make bad choices and find yourself in the category of meeting government assistance.