Our Benefactor, the State

There is a popular notion that pervades our society today. It's the notion that all good things; life, liberty, property, education and the fruits of our labor, just to name a few are derived from a beneficent State. That, Dear Reader, is a bald-faced lie!

There is nothing beneficent about the State. The State is raw force. Without limits imposed upon it, it is a voracious beast. Here's what General Washington had to say about Government.

“Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. Government is force; like fire it is a dangerous servant -- and a fearful master.” —George Washington, 1797

This is an excellent article about government and force.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28843

For too many years, "There ought to be a law," has been the catch-phrase of well-meaning busybodies lacking understanding of the true nature of Government and the State.

Don't misunderstand me. I believe that government is necessary to protect our rights from those who would enslave us under some form of tyranny such as socialism, communism or the hybrid of those two, communitarianism.

“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” —Frederic Bastiat, The Law.

“A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” —Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801

Bastiat's statement was written about 1850 in a little book refuting the Communist Manifesto. And you can see when Jefferson made his statement. I'd say these guys were pretty smart!

"Everything government does involves compulsion (force).

When Congress sets up a government pension plan and forces everyone to contribute, that is force, even though it achieves a noble aim of assisting people in their old age.

When Congress set up a government health care program for seniors and forces the workers to support it, that is force, even though it achieves a noble aim of relieving seniors of most health care costs in their old age.

When Congress stands in the schoolhouse door at the bidding of government school workers and blocks all reform of a failing government school system, that is force.

And the question every Congressman must be forced to answer is: Why? Why is your vision for America always about force?"

The preceding 5 paragraphs are from an article by Christopher Cantrill titled, "Earth to Michael Moore: Government is Force" at http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/07/earth_to_michael_moore_governm.html and revised by me.

I have no intention of plagiarising Mr. Cantrill's writing. His writing is clear and elegant. However, I disagree that the Democratic party was solely responsible for Social Security, Medicaid and the failure of public education. Ultimately, both houses of Congress and the majority of Congress are required to pass a bill and send it to the president (remember the Constitution?). Ultimately, we have no one to blame for the bad laws in existence except ourselves.

Examine things for yourselves. Is our government the same one that our Founders passed down to us? I think you'd have to say, resoundingly, "NO!"


Think about it...