The Irony of the Tyranny...
Wouldn’t it be ironic if our nation fell under the same weight and tyranny, which gave it birth?
When the Sons of Liberty and every day colonial citizens were dumping tea in Boston Harbor, meeting in taverns to discuss the atrocities of the Stamp Act and subsequent Intolerable Acts, and boycotting British goods—they were fighting against excessive Government intrusion in their lives. Now it seems, a large percentage of American citizens are not only willing to acquiesce but are asking for more.
In an effort to restock it’s coffers following the costly French and Indian War, Britain began initiating a series of taxes on it’s citizens living in the Colonies, leaving them little recourse, as they lacked direct representation in Parliament. What followed gave birth not only to our nation, but the fighting, entrepreneurial spirit that is uniquely America.
Our Congress and our President, are currently engaged in an unprecedented campaign to restock the government coffers in order to fight their own ongoing war—the War on Achievement, and if that weren’t enough, they are not only declaring war on the successful, but also asking them to pay for it.
This War on Achievement has been an incremental war, as inch by inch our leaders grab more and more autonomy from individuals and businesses seeking to grow and prosper—which in turn produces national growth and prosperity. This war, not so cleverly disguised as a ‘war on poverty’, is waged by Liberal soldiers and media sycophants who say they are instruments of compassion when in truth they are perpetrators of modern day slavery. For over forty years, liberals have mislead those they represent into believing that they have their best interest at heart when all they have really managed to do is create victims, destroy families, and undermine the human spirit that once made our country great.
How odd it is that the liberal elite in this country jump on the band wagon of “self-esteem” at any cost, yet that very group of people has no problem with the government telling people that they can’t succeed or rise above their circumstance without its help. The truth is that if one person can rise to success from adversity—poverty, abuse, illness--then anyone can.
Remember when you learned to ride your bike without the training wheels? Remember the exhilaration when you realized that you were moving forward and staying afloat by your own power? That’s the exhilaration that Liberals seek to kill. It is the same exhilaration felt by the pioneers as they hacked their lives out of the wilderness, by immigrants to our country who scrimped and saved for a better future, by high school athletes who get up early every morning and practice—not just hoping for a way out but working hard to get there.
The government never did that for anyone and it never will.
I have lived in plenty and in want, but never have I felt so empowered as when I worked 70 unglamorous hours per week managing a restaurant—coming home each night to my small, barely furnished rented house, exhausted. Going to the bank every Friday with that paycheck in hand, gave me a feeling of overwhelming satisfaction and motivated me to work harder, do better, and reach higher.
That’s why welfare as a way of life is a crime against the human spirit. Those who seek to keep people dependent on the government do it not out of magnanimity, but out of selfishness.
Conservatives understand that occasionally people need a helping hand and are not unwilling to lend it; but they, like our Founding Fathers, also understand that when Government is the sole hand that feeds you, it is also the one holding you under the water while you drown.
When the Sons of Liberty and every day colonial citizens were dumping tea in Boston Harbor, meeting in taverns to discuss the atrocities of the Stamp Act and subsequent Intolerable Acts, and boycotting British goods—they were fighting against excessive Government intrusion in their lives. Now it seems, a large percentage of American citizens are not only willing to acquiesce but are asking for more.
In an effort to restock it’s coffers following the costly French and Indian War, Britain began initiating a series of taxes on it’s citizens living in the Colonies, leaving them little recourse, as they lacked direct representation in Parliament. What followed gave birth not only to our nation, but the fighting, entrepreneurial spirit that is uniquely America.
Our Congress and our President, are currently engaged in an unprecedented campaign to restock the government coffers in order to fight their own ongoing war—the War on Achievement, and if that weren’t enough, they are not only declaring war on the successful, but also asking them to pay for it.
This War on Achievement has been an incremental war, as inch by inch our leaders grab more and more autonomy from individuals and businesses seeking to grow and prosper—which in turn produces national growth and prosperity. This war, not so cleverly disguised as a ‘war on poverty’, is waged by Liberal soldiers and media sycophants who say they are instruments of compassion when in truth they are perpetrators of modern day slavery. For over forty years, liberals have mislead those they represent into believing that they have their best interest at heart when all they have really managed to do is create victims, destroy families, and undermine the human spirit that once made our country great.
How odd it is that the liberal elite in this country jump on the band wagon of “self-esteem” at any cost, yet that very group of people has no problem with the government telling people that they can’t succeed or rise above their circumstance without its help. The truth is that if one person can rise to success from adversity—poverty, abuse, illness--then anyone can.
Remember when you learned to ride your bike without the training wheels? Remember the exhilaration when you realized that you were moving forward and staying afloat by your own power? That’s the exhilaration that Liberals seek to kill. It is the same exhilaration felt by the pioneers as they hacked their lives out of the wilderness, by immigrants to our country who scrimped and saved for a better future, by high school athletes who get up early every morning and practice—not just hoping for a way out but working hard to get there.
The government never did that for anyone and it never will.
I have lived in plenty and in want, but never have I felt so empowered as when I worked 70 unglamorous hours per week managing a restaurant—coming home each night to my small, barely furnished rented house, exhausted. Going to the bank every Friday with that paycheck in hand, gave me a feeling of overwhelming satisfaction and motivated me to work harder, do better, and reach higher.
That’s why welfare as a way of life is a crime against the human spirit. Those who seek to keep people dependent on the government do it not out of magnanimity, but out of selfishness.
Conservatives understand that occasionally people need a helping hand and are not unwilling to lend it; but they, like our Founding Fathers, also understand that when Government is the sole hand that feeds you, it is also the one holding you under the water while you drown.
Labels: Government intrusion, nation's founding, war on achievement
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