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Posted on 03/15/2013 9:30:56 PM PDT by Perseverando
Does it seem to you like there is far more strife within America in the last few years? Brother against brother, women against men, parents against children, neighbor against neighbor, race against race, faith against faith …
You’re not imagining things. It’s happening. And a great deal of this strife can be directly or indirectly traced back to the government and its programs.
How? Let’s examine this.
It is the natural course for government (any government, really) to gain power by dismantling or neutralizing any restrictions placed upon it. In America, those restrictions are found in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
But the government can’t just declare the Constitution null and void. Too sudden, too dangerous. Instead, it must incrementally remove these restrictions by fomenting dissension among citizens, using divisive tactics, and then proposing the suspension of certain liberties in the name of “safety” or “fairness.”
The plan is deceptively simple. The first thing to do is create dependency whenever possible. The government has done this by pushing (actively pushing) welfare on any and all who want it. By removing the incentive to work, eradicating the need for fathers and subsidizing unwed motherhood, the government has created a multi-generational dependent class rife with poverty, apathy, violence and criminal behavior.
Next, nurture distrust between economic levels. By implying that the economic playing field should be leveled (regardless of effort) and the rich should “pay their fair share” (regardless of reality), the twin sins of envy and greed are cultivated. Productive citizens are punished for their success, and unproductive citizens are encouraged to take without earning. Imagine what this does to personal incentive on either end of the spectrum.
Next, discourage entrepreneurship by imposing insane and unnecessary bureaucratic red tape on businesses to keep us all “safe” from any harm and
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Amen. Love it.
Stirring sentiments. But I’m not sure this “patriotic core” the author thinks is out there exists anymore. But perhaps I’ve been in Hollywood too long.
It is there - - - , big time.
But it apparently won't turn until pushed to the wall. It's growing apparent that that's what the government's growing hoard of ammunition and weaponry (exclusive of the military) is being amassed for. And against it will be hand guns?
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