Bauer's Comments Shows the Lack of Caring by some People of the United States

Thursday, at a town hall meeting Lt. Governor Andre Bauer made some comments about some people's dependency of people on government assistance. These comments were in very poor taste. In the Washington Post AP writer Seanna Adcox leaves us with this quote from Andre Bauer.

My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that.

 Bauer has half-heartedly apologized for the comments equaling poor people to stray animals. His lack of compassion shows how out of touch politicians are to reality sometimes. I am reminded of attending lectures done by the former Senator from South Dakota George McGovern and his crusade to end hunger. What McGovern found out from his travels is that if you want people to go to school, which a meal was provided, that there would be higher attendance at the school. This includes an increase of attendance from boys and girls, which means a more educated populous. They would have a better job outlook. This will in the end lessen the dependency, and prove Bauer's comments wrong.

As good Americans, we need to look out for the less fortunate citizens and help them. We should not destroy social programs that help fed 31 million (2000 est.) Americans. Political rhetoric like Bauer's comments should not be accepted in American society. We as a nation need to stand strong, because we are as strong as our weakest link.