Origins of dependancy come from attitudes of dependancy ?

Sally does a good job of reminding our overloaded health care system that we may be overloading the system with misplaced concerns and compassion. Why should DHS woory? They get more jobs and more care - but its TOO OFTEN not working for the people they say they care about!
Careless talkers are using the ideas to get funding to perpetuate powerlessness amongst the people they say they are protecting.
I mean, this is no time to be clever - the next generation of taxpayers may well dismiss the misadventures of the current crop of intellectually impoversished ( and yesmen driven )bureaubrats............and then noone will care?
As Sally says perhaps predicting the dark mood (of those who do not insist on facing the critical debate she is calling for to help resolve the issues of care0?
"Do we blithely dismiss the child "-

for whom we once exhibited concern and compassion - as irresponsible or undeserving if they experience difficulties as an adolescent or adult?

In the public dialogue on poverty, we have not paid sufficient attention to understanding a complex problem and creating a forward-looking agenda. We have been concerned with counting, passing judgement and apportioning blame. These are choices and responses which impoverish all of us.

The full reports discussed in this article can be found at www.ucareqld.com.au/ and www.qcoss.org.au