A FEW WISE WORDS During this political season:
*You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
*You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
* You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and
independence.* You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should
do for themselves.– Abraham Lincoln
I look upon these truths as being self-evident. Yet, when I look around the political landscape, under the guise of "helping our fellow man", I see the Liberals violating each and every one of these. By taxing one to give to the other, the above are broken. By having government supplying all one’s basic needs ad infinitum, the above are broken. By legislating and regulating "for our own good", the above are broken.
Government’s aim should be to ensure independance and not a sense of beholdeness back to government.
(H/T: Bill Smith at ARRA)
