it was in the local gannett-rag today that NYSEG customers will be getting a $5.00 monthly tax added to HELP THE POOR!!! the ACCIDENTAL Governor strikes again...
Posted on 09/13/2008 5:48:04 AM PDT by The_Tick_01
Like many other definitions that have been rewritten by left-wingnuts over time, the term “general welfare” no longer means what it did when it was written in our Constitution and ratified by the colonies in 1789.
As Thomas Jefferson once explained, “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”
The preamble to the Constitution establishes the goal of the effort as to; “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
Today’s limousine liberals insist that the term “general welfare” implies a Marxist view that the federal government has the duty and the power to “take from each according to his ability, and give to each according to his need,” - to define and measure out individual well-being against the will of some on behalf of others. This is not only very dangerous to the basic concepts of liberty and freedom; it is diametrically at odds with everything the founders formed.
(Excerpt) Read more at newmediajournal.us ...
This is good as far as it goes, but it still falls far short.
The fact is, free enterprise creates jobs and lifts standards of living.
It’s a case that must be made more clearly to the American people.
This problem goes beyond any single campaign. This is part of the disease which has infected America. The disease of Socialist Thinking.
It must be opposed with as much clarity as possible.
This article is good, but it doesn’t much touch on the issue of where wealth comes from and how it grows and what destroys it and what happens to societies when it is destroyed.
But...but... Obama told Bill O'Reilly that this was "being neighborly."
So socialism = neighborliness. Who knew?
General Welfare means the government shouldn't use its power and money just for the benefit of people named Smith, for example. But if that clause is turned on its head, then Congress can declare that it serves the General Welfare for a benefit to go to people named Smith.
The Supreme Court has, dishonestly, jumped us from the first position to the second.
Congressman Billybob
Tenth in the ten-part series, "The Owner's Manual (Part 10) -- The Remaining Amendments"
Socialism, no matter how well-meaning, has always been detrimental to the economy. Thus in the long run it hurts exactly those people it is designed to help. DiLorenzo proves this in his book HOW CAPITALISM SAVED AMERICA.
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I can’t think about “Obamanomics” without thinking about the Dennis Moore sketch from Monty Python.
“Stand and deliver!” “Your lupins or your life!”
Dennis Moore Dennis Moore
Dum de dum de dum
Dennis Moore Dennis Moore
Hum de hum de hum
He takes from the rich and gives to the poor
Dennis Moore Dennis Moore
“Wait a tic....blimey...this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought.”
To be “neighborly” then ALL government employee should be paid exactly the same.
Say $20,000 a year.
And all have exactly the same perks, from the lowest to the Prez.
Come on all you socialist congress critters, you can do this by passing one bill. Look how “neighborly” it would be. And how much less money the government would need.
(Of course the socialist only want all us peons to be “neighborly” and “equal.”)
Make no mistake, the Democrats don’t give their own money to charities as Republicans do. They just fight for taking our money to give to their favorite causes.
We have Marxist/socialist/Maoist hybrid running for President.
They want to take our government and stand it on its head.
They want to prop this inverted triangle up with our tax dollars.
If Obama and Biden's government handouts were as parsimonious as their personal giving, we would have a conservative government that would put Reagan to shame.
But...but... Obama told Bill O’Reilly that this was “being neighborly.”
So socialism = neighborliness. Who knew?
You nailed it thats how they feel:
Being forced by law to give up your income to the poor is not neighborliness. It the government not having faith in the people of America to act kind, so they will do it for them.
His position causes people not to be kind neighbors. Many feel they have already taking care of the poor by paying taxes.
it was in the local gannett-rag today that NYSEG customers will be getting a $5.00 monthly tax added to HELP THE POOR!!! the ACCIDENTAL Governor strikes again...
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