Marcus Feisel

The trial of Liz Carroll starts today. If you don't remember her, Liz, her husband David and a "friend", Amy Baker, wrapped one of their foster children, Marcus, in a blanket, duct taped him and stuffed him into a closet during the hot summer day so they could go to a family picnic. He ultimately died.

As you read the information about these characters, you'll notice a common theme... Where are the jobs?

No one had a damn job in this crew; not Liz, not Amy, not Donna Trevino, the birth mother, not David Carroll, who was supposedly "disabled", although not disabled enough to coach a local youth football team.

The fact of the matter is, none of these people did anything but milk off the government tit.

One of the reasons I'm against government subsidies for the poor is that it leaves way too many people unaccountable. Both the donor and the recipient. It's the perfect recipe for anti social behavior.

Government assistance leaves too many people with a hand out long after it becomes apparent the person isn't interested in reforming their lives. Even Jesus once asked a paraplegic "do you want to get well" because he understood that some people don't.

There is something about work that adds to people's lives above and beyond sustenance, there's a building of character that occurs when you have to work to pay for housing, cars, booze, even drugs for that matter. You learn to serve others... often when you sure don't want to. You start to develop respect for other's lives and property and you understand that life's not always convenient; like taking a difficult child to a family outing.

It's the same kind of respect people have for property when they own it versus renting it.

Anyway, let's hope Marcus gets some justice out of the following trials. Unfortunately, his death is more of a symptom of our corrupt welfare system and another tragic death, like his, is likely to be repeated soon.