Posted on 07/04/2016 11:22:29 AM PDT by Retain Mike
Oregonian By Letters to the editor on July 04, 2016 at 7:33 AM, updated July 04, 2016 at 7:34 AM
Fourth of July: American dream never meant government largesse
Fourth of July: On July 4, we recognize the Declaration of Independence, which defines the American dream as inalienable natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Constitution establishes a government to secure those rights by promoting the general welfare and the blessings of liberty.
Whatever the Constitution further defines relies upon natural human rights independent of and superior to any government construction. They are intangible property sourced in personal opinion, religion, communications, use of abilities to labor physically and mentally, and in conscience. Only by application of these inherent rights can one truly possess material things.
The American dream never meant government largesse ensuring college funds, retirement accounts, savings, executive severance packages, affordable health care, home ownership, lifetime employment, corporate wealth, political careers and union benefits.
Politicians become patricians and offer enchanting elements of material security such as described, while obscuring subservience to rules vastly increasing their power. Their legislation and laws negate our Bill of Rights, confiscating freedoms for these apparitions.
Accomplishing this fraud requires passing administrative laws and regulations that are the soft underbelly of our Constitution.
Under English common law, basic to our Constitution, a person is innocent and not subject to the penalties of the law until proved guilty. Administrative laws and regulations are like Roman civil law where a person is subject to its penalties and restrictions until they find legal means to extricate themselves.
Now citizens unconsciously, routinely make Faustian bargains, willingly exchanging the essence of their humanity for illusions of material comfort.
Nolan Nelson Eugene
The History and Danger of Administrative Law https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/history-danger-administrative-law/
That is exactly what it means to a large portion of illegal aliens and Syrian refugees. You don’t see mosques stepping up to house and feed and clothe the Syrians who are flooding our country.
I have bacon, willing to share it with the refugees.
A lot of leftists are up in arms with the opinion. They’re flaming mad. They probably need a safe space.
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