The role of government

There is a great difference between speaking and acting due to ignorance, versus speaking and acting with evil intent. Ignorance means a person has not studied history to learn successes and failures. That applies not only to Nature’s Law (engineering, physics, and chemistry), but basic human psychology and prior governments.

Persons speaking or acting due to ignorance may not understand or predict the future. They proceed with their “great ideas” without looking to history to predict their potential success or failure.

A person who studies history (physical or social/political sciences) and therefore knows that while the probable future will benefit only himself, or a small group, but injure or kill others, is evil.

A good government derives its power from the consent of the people, and protects their liberty, rights, lives, and property. It allows people to make their own decisions regarding support for people in need (charity).

One person running for president of the United States said “there is a huge difference between socialism and democratic socialism.” There is, most socialist governments have been created, and then imposed on the population with only a few people holding near absolute power. (Consider 1930s Germany and Italy, Mao Tse Tung’s China, Stalin’s Russia, Castro’s Cuba)

Democratic socialism is a huge government that deliberately educates people to believe their rights come from the government, that government should “steal” from the rich and give to the poor (think excessive taxation), and regulate people into absolute bondage.

An evil government is one that rules the people. It takes wealth from some to support itself, and distributes some to “those in need.” It limits the liberty, rights, and lives of people. It considers it has ultimate authority to take property from people, whether that’s money, or land. An evil government lacks people who have morality. It also deliberately educates people to accept being ruled by an “all powerful,” dictatorial bureaucracy.

If you aspire to do well, gain great wealth, live in liberty, directly help others, then why would you ever consider a government that wants to tax and regulate people who are successful?

Thomas Fancher

Moses Lake