I thought tonight’s summit on Service settled the issue. All we need is more Serfdom, er, Service, and everything’ll be alright.
How come the networks never air summits on how government service makes things worse? How come evertything that features politicians gets media coverage. Wait, before you answer that the media is the government’s watchdog, remember, press coverage only lends them legitimacy. I want to live in a world where people realize that the world is moved by an extended order of unconscious cooperation, and that all the government does is step in at the end of the process and move around the pieces.
I love well-placed sarcasm. :)
I watched the 'summit' tonight, until I heard Barack Obama begin talking about his plans to have 'government work in conjuction with' the people of America in order to provide for the less fortunate. Anyone with half a brain knows that that altruistic phrasing simply justifies the continuing incremental imposition of his socialist utopia.
'Government working in conjunction with the people' simply boils down to income redistribution at the point of a gun.
You may already be familiar with it, but Davey Crockett (of all people), delivered a stirring speech on the floor of the House regarding Congress' usurpation of power in that regard. Even though the speech was delivered nearly two hundred years ago, I've yet to read a more accurate, hard-hitting analysis of the subject.
Thanks for the excellent insights.
~ joanie