Louie Gohmert Quotes
It began to really eat away with me that in the '60s the federal government, desiring to help poor moms who were dealing with deadbeat dads, decided, 'We'll help: we'll give a check for every child you can have out of wedlock.'
Gohmert, Louie. Speech at the Heritage Foundation. Washington, D.C., 2012.
Olasky and many religiously oriented analysts, believe that public shame shapes and controls behavior and if a society does not have a set of recognized norms, and every person is free to determine his own propriety, there will be moral degeneration and there is no way to produce desirable social and political outcomes. This is perhaps the longest political and philosophical ongoing debate. In a society people cannot be free if there is fear, coercion and chaos with public safety primary. But how can this be produced unless there are generally accepted moral and behavioral codes like that of a religion. And then if one has that, and it is dominant, how can someone be free from the coercion of that morality or religious code? There must be freedom not to believe. Or must there be? Many say yes. Many others, especially orthodox leaders of most religions believe, No. Christian, Jewish and Muslim fundamentalists all say No, but then they insist that the norm be theirs.
It was finally passed and signed into law on August 22, 1996
This point of of view is actually held by a significant number of conservative Americans. They believe that welfare actually causes the inability of the very poor to get ahead. However, almost no people who have been recipients of welfare, including those who not only emerged from poverty but became wealthy and distinguished, agreed with them. The Congressman was silent about all the companies and wealthy individuals who regularly take corporate welfare and subsidies from the government and who do not seem to be negatively affected.
Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney and former judge currently serving as the U.S. Representative from Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005. Gohmert is a Republican and is part of the Tea Party movement. In January 2015, he unsuccessfully challenged John Boehner for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
