I know we have many diverse political opinions among my
friends here on this blog , it doesn’t
mean that we want different things for America it just means we have a
different philosophy on how to attain the things we want to achieve. Most of you know that I am a Conservative and
that I’m not a fan of the present administration, this doesn’t mean that I want
it to fail. To me this is the greatest
country that has ever existed in the world and it is a shame that political
division is bringing it such turmoil.
For this reason I’m going to try to explain what my values as a
Conservative are and I’m sure you will find that we have more in common than
first thought.
As a conservative I believe in smaller government, what does
that mean? To me smaller government means less bureaucracy, less regulation and
more opportunity to be successful. It
doesn’t mean that there should be no rules of decency in both business and the
way you live your life. The Golden Rules
have sufficed for decades as the rule of law.
The Golden Rules have nothing to do with religion & everything to do
with decency. Most laws enacted in our
Bill of Rights were guided by the Golden Rule.
I believe that we need to develop a system of helping those
who need a hand up without destroying their motivation to do it on their
own. Our welfare system today is not
only breaking the bank it is breaking the spirit of achievement of those who
are trapped in its clutches. In years
past our churches and various social welfare organizations were the safety net
for our society. It’s these
organizations that saw us through the Great Depression and the American
migration from the Dust Bowl. It is
since the invention of War on Poverty that President Johnson enacted that we
have become so dependent on government assistance. I believe we have more people in what is
considered poverty now than there were when this was developed. Our society was built on mans ability to earn
and save for the future. There will
always be those afflicted who are unable to care for themselves and it is
societies responsibility to care for them.
We have become a nation that is unable to speak from the
heart, by that I mean there is so much political correctness in our lives that
we cannot say or do anything that may upset one group or another. This just creates more division as these
thoughts fester and rather than discuss them openly we form little sub-societies
of people who think as we do and in doing so we create additional divisions
rather than have an open forum to debate.
Whether it be race or religion we should be able to discuss openly our
beliefs without being labeled either a racist or a bigot. How do we learn from one another without open
communication? Could I as businessman
establish a business in a black community employing unskilled workers, no, I
would be told that I am taking advantage of the people and I would probably be
run out of town. Big government has
built these Ghetto’s all across the land and the people trapped in them are
being used as political pawns by people like Sharpton and Jackson who leach off
society.
By taking away the responsibility of parenting and providing
for their families we have destroyed two full generations of blacks in this
country. They still have the capability to
vote therefore they are a valuable commodity to those who keep them in chattel.
Thankfully many good people have
escaped the system and have become major contributors to our Society. These
riots and demonstrations from New York and Ferguson are not for the deaths of
Black men at the hands of police they are to threaten Society to obtain a
bigger share of the wealth of this country.
Unless you are a Socialist or Communist you must understand that being
forced to pay for those who are purposely non productive in this country at the
expense of those who work to earn a living is a system designed to fail. Soon there will be more takers than
providers, (what am I saying), it’s already happened, just take a look at our
countries debt. It has already climbed
to the point of critical mass.
