The Government is Picking Our Pockets

[Keith Broaders]

 

It is a crime for an individual to steals money from others. It doesn't matter what the thief does with his new found wealth. Even if he gives the money uses the money to feed hungry children, he is still guilty of a crime.

 

When individuals are caught stealing the property of others, they are put on trial and if convicted they will  be sent to jail. When the government takes the property of  one man  and gives it to  someone  less  fortunate the government claims they are performing a humanitarian service.

 

Governments only legitimate function is to  protect the lives, liberty and property of the people. When a government tries to help one person it is necessary for them  to hurt someone else. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson  proclaimed that it was a self evident truth that all men were created equal and were endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

 

We are free to use our time, talent and ingenuity to create things of value. The things that we produce is called property. If the government  has the power to take  the fruits of a one man's labor, his God given has become a privilege granted to him by his government.