Posted on 09/16/2015 9:33:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
I think we need a mandatory Con Game class for every high school student in America.
Our people have turned into some of the biggest rubes in the world.
I don’t think they teach American history anymore. Or anything at all about our founding or the constitution.
The politics of envy.
Someone needs to tell these kids that the United States is not a giant collective where everyone is supposed to get an equal share. Their unionist school teachers certainly didn’t tell them that because they don’t believe it.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need sounds really fair, when you’re twelve years old. But kids fail to consider who will be deciding what you owe and what you need.
Your party apparatchik will clear that up for you. “Sorry, prole, you don’t NEED a Jaguar; they are reserved for the party.”
An unelected bureaucrat will decide that you have too much money left over and raise your rate of taxation, too.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need sounds really fair, when you’re twelve years old. But kids fail to consider who will be deciding what you owe and what you need.
Your party apparatchik will clear that up for you. “Sorry, prole, you don’t NEED a Jaguar; they are reserved for the party.”
An unelected bureaucrat will decide that you have too much money left over and raise your rate of taxation, too.
OOPS! Double-click.
Yep.
And what a true shame that is.
Joe Sobran is still alive? I remember him doing radio commentaries back in the 70’s.
Millenials do not remember the Cold War, and hence Socialism and Communism are not frightening concepts to them. On the contrary they believe that if America is the greatest nation on earth, then the greatest nation on earth SHOULD provide free college education and health care to its citizens.
Reaganomics ain’t coming back in my lifetime. [sigh]
TNSTAAFL.................
I remember reaganomics. If we cut taxes enough we will bring in more revenue to fund the government and reduce the deficit. I fell for that back in the day. Not interested in bringing in more money for the government.
so....you would raise taxes to keep the government from getting its hands on more revenue?
-”I don’t think they teach American history anymore. Or anything at all about our founding or the constitution.”
Instead they teach the opposite. The Constitution is a document written by “Old White Males” and is therefore suspect.
The problem with the Millennials is they are taught it is “cool” to hate success. This comes from the government school system and from popular culture (movies and RAP music).
I have a few Millennial friends who actually get it. They somehow survived the brainwashing process with good heads on their shoulders. They had keen interest when I told them I once met Ronald Reagan in his office.
They feel that Ber-neat-toe will force their parents to switch places with them and they’ll take over the house and the folks will live in the basement.
Bernie Sanders says that George Washington, et al, owned slaves. And that is supposed to prove that it is easy for anyone to be morally superior to George Washington. Well, whatever they might say about slave-owning patriots, the decision of George Washington to resign after winning the Revolution so amazed George III that he exclaimed that, if it was true, Washington was the greatest man in the world.Sanders thinks he’s better than Washington because he didn’t break America’s laws and traditions by owning slaves. Well, Washington didn’t either. Washington, in fact, was subject to pressure from his neighbors not to free his slaves. And his ownership certainly didn’t break the laws of his country.
Slavery existed worldwide and throughout history as an unchallenged institution. Including Christian history. Until Christianity - and no other religion or tradition - turned against that institution over the last years of the Eighteenth Century and most of the Eighteenth Century.
William WilberforceSowell's book is well worth the read, if you haven’t seen it.
You could teach a lot of history out of Thomas Sowell’s books . . .
“...many Millennials are highly educated. You’d think they’d be wary of anyone sporting a socialist brand.”
They’re not educated, they’re indoctrinated. By socialist teachers. Of course they are not wary of socialists.
“Millennials will be looking at four major policy areas come 2016: independence from the Washington establishment, support for climate change mitigation policies, job creation and student debt reform.”
One legitimate concern, one imaginary bogeyman, and two problems that millenials brought on themselves (but want someone else to solve for them, with other peoples’ money).
“Millennials will be looking at four major policy areas come 2016: independence from the Washington establishment, support for climate change mitigation policies, job creation and student debt reform.”
One legitimate concern, one imaginary bogeyman, and two problems that millenials brought on themselves (but want someone else to solve for them, with other peoples’ money).
“We can all enjoy 3rd World poverty equally!”
“I think we need a mandatory Con Game class for every high school student in America.”
The schools are helping run the con game, so no chance of that.
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