“You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”*
This is so self evident, but yet we never seem to get it. If it were possible to tax a nation into prosperity, North Korea, Cuba, the Soviets, and all the other highly socialized countries would be wealthy beyond imagination. But yet, we think it will work here. I have news, it won’t. We are rapidly sliding into 3rd world nation status because Americans no longer feel the need to be self sufficient, and have lost the work ethic. Americans expect someone else to work and pay. This is the heart of socialism.
Socialism leads only to slavery, servitude, and poverty. Is this what you really want?
You know what’s also funny? Certain federal agencies are turning away scores of willing and able folks, because those folks are parties to this exact kind of thinking which is at odds with the prevailing zeitgeist. I think it’s sad, because I see the position that you describe above as an intrinsically American position. I think it’s fair and realistic. Unfortunately, we’ve gone from a temporary exploration into Fascism to an exercise in Socialism. Further, I am imbibed with little confidence that we have any truly revolutionary Americans in the political spectrum with the talent and individuality to turn this thing around. I spend countless nights myself unemployed, haunted and insulted. Moreover I feel poisoned by whatever has it’s grip on my country. The system appears to regard itself as both superior and autonomous and apparently exists to propagate itself irrespective of what is truly good for us. I smelled this coming a number of years ago, and I’m afraid I haven’t the gut instinct that there is a light at the end of this tunnel which isn’t an oncoming train.
Socialism is like pissing in your pants. It gives you a warm sense of relief, but then turns cold and stinks.
Good one. That reminds me:
As a child I once had the bright idea that pissing my pants in the cold would warm me up, and it did… just long enough to freeze to my leg and embarrass the shit out of me when I got home. It was a miserable walk back, as it will be for America and infinitely more embarrassing at that.
So here’s to pissing your pants. You’re welcome, America!
Yeah, American’s need to realize that socialism lowers the standard of living for everyone eventually. All you need to do is look at the the highly socialized countries, they are the ones with the lowest standard of living.