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Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money, by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale.

 

- Alan Greenspan,

"Gold and Economic Freedom"
[1966]


FREEDOM WILL FIX THAT



Freedom is amazing. It can fix almost any thing. It seems like every problem that Americans create can be fixed with a good dose of Freedom. Americans do create the problems by which they suffer. Whether good guys or bad guys or congressmen, or presidents or bullies or wimps, America’s most vexing problems are not only created by themselves but are amplified, attacked and made worse by the attempts to fix what they broke.

 

Take marriage for instance. One group of people want to change the meaning of the word. Among the reasons given are perceived rights that they do not enjoy, that were created by government people. So, what do they do? They go to the government people (the creators of the problem) to force other Americans to accept changes that they do not want to accept. Not only that but the people who want to maintain traditional marriage also go to the government people to force the status quo. What is ridiculous is why would either party invite the government people into such private matters? The simple reason is because the government people already meddled in the personal business of marriage so the parties are conditioned into thinking that only government people can fix the perceived problem. Not only are government people incapable of fixing the problem they created, they will absolutely create more problems as is well documented in the history of America. Only Freedom will fix that.

 

Now, take guns as an issue that is very hot. Government people, with the encouragement of many Americans, have created thousands of laws and thereby, thousands of innocent criminals. But, the excuse they use, (fear of mass killings) has not stopped or even slowed the problem. In fact there is much evidence that gun controls may even make Americans less safe. The only thing gained was more government people’s control over Americans. Gun controls have infringed on Americans rights which is unconstitutional, regardless of what the courts have allowed. More good people having guns will reduce crime. History again has shown that government meddling has done nothing to stop crazy people. It has only taken Freedom of protection from the other 300 million people and has made the American people more vulnerable to the evils of an all powerful government. Freedom will fix that.

 

Social Security dependency is a disastrous issue. It began as a government lie and has continued that lie ever since. It was sold to the public as insurance. It is not. There is no fund. The government people have spent it. The only way payments can be made it to take from working people all of their working lives to give to retired people. When one dies there is no residue. When working people no longer can put enough money in to give to the retired people then retired people will have nothing to live on. They have been lied to all of their lives. If working people put that same amount away throughout their lives they would receive larger pay outs and have sizeable amounts to leave to their heirs when they die. Freedom will fix that.

 

Drugs has been a big expensive issue for many, many years. Billions spent, millions incarcerated, millions of lives ruined, millions of people made into criminals, a gigantic crime industry built due to government, and all of this to no avail. Drug use is about the same as it was before the drug laws came into being. But, government evil has grown tremendously. Freedom will fix that.

 

Income tax is the most expensive scam against Freedom, and has been the most powerful weapon the government people have to control the American people in America’s history. In 1916, when the law took effect, the evils of government people accelerated. They now had an unlimited pot with which to do their evil. The funds to spend on wars was just too good an opportunity for government people to pass up. The ability to buy votes from some Americans by stealing from other Americans was like Congress winning the lottery. There has been no stopping their greed. Nor has there been any stopping of the greed of the American people to dip into the giant pot. Government people’s power has grown and Americans Freedom has diminished ever since this evil was created. Freedom will fix that.

 

The great misconception of absolute Freedom for all is that almost all people think that it will lead to chaos. Every one will start robbing and killing each other. Thinking about that for about one second will show that that is absolute nonsense. People do not want to rob and kill other people. They want life, liberty and to pursue their happiness, and not at the expense of others. They know, by instinct, that doing harm to another leads to bad things in their own lives. The very small minority of people who want to do bad things to others are doing that right now even with the thousands and thousands of laws and thousands of government enforcers. People who do bad things to others will be caught and punished just as they are now, and maybe even more efficiently and more effectively. With either public or private courts and police crime will be handled well because people do not like crime and will put a stop to it as best they can. Crime is best handled on a local basis. There is no need for the Federal Government People to get involved. Freedom will fix that.

 

Every issue that plagues America can come to the same conclusion, that Freedom will fix that. With some thoughtful effort the best solution for problems that arise will be more Freedom and no government people interfering. Freedom will fix things voluntarily. Government people do it with guns, and destroy the protection of Freedom which is the only useful reason for government in the first place. FOCUS ON FREEDOM. Freedom will fix everything.

FOCUS ON FREEDOM

30Oct2013