Posts Tagged ‘Liberty’
America’s Personal Core Values
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012A friend shared a video on You Tube the other day. It is a man named Dennis Prager with one of the best explanations of America’s core values I’d ever seen. Take a look: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4IH3yng4k]
One of the biggest mistakes our country is making right now is in the area of liberty. The more equality we try to give to people, the more we lose values and liberty for others.
This is true Economically as well as Socially. Let me explain Economically first. If you make $100 and you go to a store that sells things for up to $99 you can buy anything you like. If someone takes money away from you, now you cannot. There are only two people who can take money from you without your permission. They are a thief or the Government. The government uses that money to make 3rd party purchases. In other words, the people who are actually spending the money will likely never use the product they are spending it on.
Socially: well this is a much more sensitive and complex topic, and my statements will be very generalized. I’ll start with a great quote from President Ronald Reagan, “There is nothing quite more permanent than a temporary government program.” There are two Social Liberties that are being taken away here.
- First, when things are given with no expectation an entitlements mentality is developed and there is no incentive to stop receiving. This encourages stagnation, the opposite of growth.
- Second, when there are no government programs, there are Charities, non-profits, and Churches that help in many areas. Of course these things are not perfect, but neither are the government programs. When the Government stands in to take over these tasks, the concerned citizens who volunteer at the charities, non-profits and Churches stop volunteering. The bottom line is, people in need get more compassion from volunteers than they do from a government employee at a window.
Equality of outcome is not a right for anyone. Equality in creation is self evident. There are too many examples today of people from different races, countries, ages, sexes that have succeeded in this country to use any of those as excuses. Yes, it may be harder for you because you’re…whatever; but being harder is no excuse for lack of results. It’s hard for everyone to have a fulfilling life, if you think it’s not, you’re naive!
Strive for excellence and embrace the three core values of our country and participate in the Greatest Experiment in world history!
