Well somebody has to pay!
Or as you may have heard, or
even once believed yourself; "free as in speech not as in beer!" Or, "You can't have
your cake and let your neighbor eat it, too!" Or, "TANSTAAFL!"
TANSTAAFL?
TANSTAAFL -
as Milton Friedman (and others) used to say "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch". (Or, for my 'up east' friends, without the
double negative - TINSTAAFL - There is no such thing as a free lunch! ) Even if the sign says "free lunch" - you can
bet the drinks cost twice as much as other places....
Socialism is the Great Lie
'where everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else!' But, make no
mistake someone has to pay! Just because something might be free to the recipient,
it doesn't mean it was free to create. True for the bread you eat, true for the
music you listen to, true for school lunches, true for the health care you receive.
The fact of the matter is
that you, I or society as a whole can not get something for nothing. Even if
you get something at no cost to you, someone somewhere has to pay for it. Someone's
has to pay, even though the costs may be hidden or distributed redistributed
to others.
And now, we have those in
Our great republic hinges on
the framework of an individually responsible electorate. And, absent that, we
as a citizenry are like the cartoon character Wimpy; "gladly paying Tuesday for
a hamburger today!" Only, we are already
paying the interest today - you see
those costs reflected in the continued destruction of our manufacturing base, mounting
job losses, the devaluation of our
currency and in a staggering and sputtering economy.
You also see that cost reflected
in the loss of liberty - for when the government takes confiscates your
money, they take from you - the one thing you have that is yours - time! When
the government taxes your income they essentially seize the time you toiled to
earn that income. Right now, the guv'ment is currently thieving time from us,
our children and our grandchildren. And, in true 'Wimponian fashion' they have
enslaved future generations for a "hamburger today".
As Q.E.D.'ed over and over again the "Great Lie" is an unsustainable
economical model with dire costs to everyone. If the guv'ment compels philanthropy
through force there is likely to be little or no voluntary charity. Not because
of hard heartedness; but, because we will be left with nothing to give of our
own free will.
Unclear to me is why we
haven't chased these thieves from the halls of congress already? I have a few
extra pitchforks and torches . . .
"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for
what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." -- Professor Bernardo de la Paz from the novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein
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