[Cincinatus' Wife]

The pilgrims came for religious and economic reasons. They found, given property rights that they prospered - that capitalism works, and a nation with religious and economic freedom was born. Neither the king nor the state built the United States of America - faith, freedom and family built this nation and they can again.

Happy Thanksgiving.

[Jacquerie]

Freedom of religion is ever the symptom, as well as the effect of good government.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

acceptance of government funding can encourage many people working in religious organizations to view government as their main authority. This should not be surprising. If 80 percent of a religious charity’s income is coming from state financial assistance and government contracts for which religious organizations compete, it would seem that the government effectively controls that religious charity’s purse-strings. And that means the state is well and truly in charge.

. . . and even this understates the problem; if your church doesn’t participate in a government program - but takes cognizance of the fact that government assistance exists in dealing with people in need - the church’s charitable outreach is contaminated.

Just by telling someone in need that the government will provide for them, you denigrate the love of God in favor of the “love” of a prince. A prince who is happy to buy love with money he did nothing to deserve.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

acceptance of government funding can encourage many people working in religious organizations to view government as their main authority. This should not be surprising. If 80 percent of a religious charity’s income is coming from state financial assistance and government contracts for which religious organizations compete, it would seem that the government effectively controls that religious charity’s purse-strings. And that means the state is well and truly in charge.

This is also related to Eisenhower’s famous “military-industrial complex” speech. Which was not limited to the possible influence of the “military-industrial complex” on the government, but also cautioned about the intertwining of science and government interests:

Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.

Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers. The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite.

Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

That is a pretty good description of Global Warming “science” - people who start out wanting to be truth-seekers, and end up being owned by the government.