Bird’s words
Isn’t it interesting to note that when the state started to create support for poor and needy people, they took the example of Scrooge, post the bad dreams, after he became a determined giver. Yet the state has been accused of being more like the earlier Scrooge, before he made his miraculous conversion to amplified generosity.
That is, it handed out money and support that did not lead to anywhere particular, but provided some relief to people in need. Social security, which keeps
