Notable Quote - Bertrand de Jouvenel, Don Boudreaux - Granite Grok

Notable Quote – Bertrand de Jouvenel, Don Boudreaux

… is from page 17 of Liberty Fund’s 1990 edition of Bertrand de Jouvenel’s book, The Ethics of Redistribution:

Christ’s bidding to the rich is most imperative.  It is necessary to stress that while he urged the rich young man to “distribute unto the poor,” he did not tell the poor to take upon themselves to distribute by taxation the rich young man’s wealth.  While the moral value of the first process is evident, that of the second is not.

I’m no Christian or biblical scholar or theologian, but – if I recall correctly from my 13 years of Catholic schooling – nor did Christ counsel the rich young man to force other rich people to distribute unto the poor.

– Prof. Don Bourdreaux,

The message of salvation is to the masses but is operational at the personal level.  However, the Collectivists have tried to recast what used to be a personal decision and personal actions to be only moral if done in a collective manner.  Which is wrong, as the collective mentality is an effort to absolve personal responsibility and accountability.  As we all know, when everyone is responsible, nobody is – except the Socialist who “feels good” when everyone is forced to “cooperate” instead of doing real good by pulling the bucks out of their own pocket.

Charity by Government is no charity at all.

>