Is it right to give what one person earns to another?

nashvillecitypaper.com ^ | 17/04/03 | Walter E. Williams

[newgeezer]

As usual, Walter E. Williams is brilliant in his analysis. Thanks for posting it.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Is it right to give what one person earns to another?

No, it isn't. But with the 16th Admendment, who is to stop the government? ..."by any source derived". Does that mean the technique, or by the well the water is drawn from?

[CaptainJustice]

"Redistribution of Wealth" BUMP!

[MD_Willington_1976]

Remeber kids its not nice to call it "Communism" anymore...
It's called "Global Democracy" now..and the UN is its PIMP.

[conservativecorner]

Nice article bump!!

[B. Rabbit]

Immoral acts such as theft, rape and murder don't become moral when done collectively through a majority decision.

This is going to become my tagline. Great article.

[MississippiMan]

I wholeheartedly agree with his premise. Now I'd love to see a proposed workable solution. It is not going to happen through our current political system, not ever. The royal ruling class that has been created is simply too seductive. Good people with good intentions get there and fall prey quickly to the old "power corrupts" adage. Bottom line is that our government is broken beyond peaceful repair and I don't see this country rising up in revolution anytime soon. Any other thoughts?

MM

[RAT Patrol]

To get at the answer, we must first ask where Congress gets the resources to finance these programs. All except the most naive would recognize that neither the Tooth Fairy nor Santa Claus supplies Congress with the money. That means Congress can give one American a dollar only by first taking it away from another American.

Now we can ask the moral question: Is it right to take, through threats, intimidation and coercion, what one American has earned and give it to another American who has not earned it? Or put another way: Is it right for one person to be forcibly compelled to serve the purposes of another person?

WOW! Great article.

[RAT Patrol]

Good idea. I'm going to take a tag line for him as well. Check it out.

[Lev]

Great article bump.

[ko_kyi]

Ayn Rand fans would say that we heard all these arguments before, summed up nicely in about 850 pages.

[stuartcr]

How else is government paid for?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Read my tag line.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Great post!

[gcruse]

"As a sidebar, it's most disappointing that black Americans are some of the strongest advocates for forcibly compelling one person to serve the purposes of another. Isn't that what slavery was all about?"

[FreeRadical]

We need voters and candidates.

I don't fully agree with the good people, good intentions thing. In addition, their politics must be correct, legal, moral. ie: candidates must obey the Constitution and Bill of Rights. If the candidate is well steeped in these rules, then the fear is more of the system killing the candidate than of him being perverted by the system.

I don't know that we have time -- the generation(s) to get it done -- but I do think a move to educate the population in order to produce votes for candidates that would follow the Constitution and Bill of Rights is worth the try.

Brains, Bullhorns and Ballots can hopefully keep the bullets and blood out of it.

[IYAS9YAS]

Is it right to give what one person earns to another?

Yes, as long as the giver was a willing giver. Taking it with threat of force or imprisonment is not at all right.

[PhilipFreneau]

Walter Williams is The Man!!

[Publius6961]

Is it right to give what one person earns to another?

Of course!
It's called taxes.

Get with the program, Walter.