A system built on spending other people’s earnings can only go so far. At first it feels easy—needs are met and the bill goes elsewhere. But when work is discouraged and enterprise is drained to feed ever‑growing promises, the source of funding weakens.

Eventually you face shortages, debt, and a painful reckoning. Real, lasting help comes from the opposite direction: free people creating value, and aid that is close to the problem, accountable, and focused on lifting others to independence. Prosperity fuels generosity; coercion exhausts it.