Posted on 05/10/2012 1:14:07 PM PDT by appeal2
www.FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com presents:
Don Watkins, of the Ayn Rand Institute for Individual Rights, was appalled by a recent commencement address by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, who urged graduates to devote their work and lives to serving their fellow and less fortunate beings. Don argues, as do I, your highest purpose is in best serving your own needs and desires. By doing so, you automatically enable many others to realize their potential, and you take the burden off society and help place it where it truly belongs, on the individuals shoulders. This concept was what once helped make America great; this individualistic focus is what's needed to bring the world out of its current psychological, emotional, and economic depression. The best part of this theory is no matter what your station is in life, there's a place and a skill set at which you will excel. It's really that simple.
This concept was what once helped make America great”
As a matter of intellectual history, this is simply incorrect. But I doubt if the author has read much de Tocqueville.
Works great if you’re an athiest, but God has other ideas on the subject.
More “me first” blather. Neither Watkins nor the author would be here without a willingness to sacrifice for others being shown.
I would strongly recommend that neither "Don" nor "Kerry" ever marry, have children, or join the military.
For starters ...
We are always free to help those in need -- once the needs of our own families are met -- but we are not born slaves to society. I can't understand why a conservative would disagree.
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