I really don't understand how buying Christmas presents for the poor incentivizes them to better themselves.

I really don't understand how buying Christmas presents for the poor incentivizes them to better themselves.

I really don't understand how buying Christmas presents for the poor incentivizes them to better themselves.

Yeah! Burn down all the soup kitchens and food pantries while you're at it!

Just don't conflate that with corporate and Southern states welfare.

Also, does every action have to be motivated by the desire to transform someone else?

Can’t people just desire to be generous because that is a laudable and noble thing to do?

Can’t people act altruistically without requiring some transformations?

Can’t man look at his fellow man and realize there is an opportunity for tenderness and kindness?

Not sure what worldview you have, but if at Christmas your worldview is that giving gifts to underprivileged families is predicated on some bargain that they better themselves as a result, well you are your worldview are quite frankly pathetic.

My parents worked 18 hour days for six months in order to save up enough to buy me and my brother shitty Huffy bikes.

My parents worked 18 hour days for six months in order to save up enough to buy me and my brother shitty Huffy bikes.

Id hate to think what would have happened if they didnt take those extra shifts at work and instead spent time with my brother and me with the knowledge that somene else would of just bought the bikes for us.

My mom worked 14 hours a day 6 or 7 days per week for many years, but I never got that bike I wanted for Christmas. She should have worked harder.

My parents worked 18 hour days for six months in order to save up enough to buy me and my brother shitty Huffy bikes.

Id hate to think what would have happened if they didnt take those extra shifts at work and instead spent time with my brother and me with the knowledge that somene else would of just bought the bikes for us.

Garage sales are where it's at!

I still don't get new things.

A gift given with conditions attached is not a gift. To me the giver of the gift (for the pure joy of giving and helping) receives as much, if not more, as the recipient of the gift.

Clearly you've never met my mil.

A gift given with conditions attached is not a gift. To me the giver of the gift (for the pure joy of giving and helping) receives as much, if not more, as the recipient of the gift.

never heard of this operation santa.

Yeah but like 90% of these Operation Santa people are asking for insulin or a few hundred bucks to pay bills. Thats not asking for a gift, that's asking for a handout.

We should clearly shut down businesses. That's the best, especially in the long run for everybody.