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Watching Carl Higbie lay it out plain on Newsmax was a breath of fresh air for anyone who values work and family above government handouts. He didn’t mince words: he runs multiple companies, sacrifices time with his kids, does the hard work, and sees too much of his earnings funneled away to support a culture of dependency. That bluntness is exactly what’s missing from the mainstream conversation, where the moral and economic cost of endless giveaways is too often swept under the rug.
Americans who build businesses and take real risks are the ones who create jobs and sustain communities, yet they’re punished by a tax code and a welfare state that reward idleness. It’s not cruelty to expect able-bodied people to contribute; it’s common sense and fairness to ask that benefits be temporary, accountable, and tied to a pathway back to employment. Our leaders should stop celebrating victimhood and start restoring the dignity of work.
We are told compassion requires expanding government programs, but what message does that send to children watching their parents? When dependence becomes easier than effort, we hollow out ambition and discipline in a generation. Conservatives believe in helping people up, not on, and that means policies that incentivize work, expand opportunity, and cut through bureaucratic traps that keep people stuck.
The real scandal isn’t that Americans want a safety net; it’s that so many of the systems meant to help instead trap people in cycles of reliance. Reform means tightening fraud control, streamlining benefit transitions to jobs, and empowering states to innovate — not pouring more money into failed federal programs. Taxpayers who sacrifice should not be the permanent ATM for permanent dependency.
Politicians on the left lecture about fairness while expanding programs that reward non-work and raise taxes on entrepreneurs and small-business owners. That’s an affront to the millions who hustle, start companies, and provide for their families. If we truly care about fairness, we should cut burdens that punish productivity and replace one-size-fits-all welfare with targeted help that returns people to independence.
At the heart of this debate is a moral question: do we want to cultivate citizens who contribute or consumers of government? Conservatives say contribution, and that begins with restoring personal responsibility, strengthening families, and making sure public assistance serves as a bridge, not a destination. We owe more to the next generation than to hand them a permanent entitlement economy.
America was built by people who worked and sacrificed, not by systems designed to perpetuate dependency. Let’s listen to voices like Higbie’s who remind us of that truth and push for practical reforms that reward work, protect taxpayers, and restore the dignity of earning a living. Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who fight for them, not for policies that make their sacrifice someone else’s permanent free ride.
