Posted by
Tinsldr2 on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:51:19 PM
When I was a teenager I thought I knew better then my parents. They wanted me home at a certain time, wanted me to do what they said, respect them and their rules and I thought they were out of touch with reality and that I could decide better.
Now as an adult I can understand why we had rules and order and I had to do things I didn't want to and had to NOT do some things I wanted. Now I am 44, support a family of my own, and am a whole lot wiser. I enforce some rules of the house that my son doesn’t like. Too bad!
It would be great to live without government. I don't need GOV interference in my life BUT YOU ALL DO NEED IT. Recognizing that you all need rules so that my family and I can be safe, I draw up a contract with my fellow citizens that determine how we live.
Since there are to many of us and I don’t have the time to individually come to an agreement with all my fellow citizens on every minor issue, we all get together and choose some people to make some of the rules that effect our behavior with others. We limit the power of those people so they cant do EVERYTHING they want and since they are employed by US we determine how long they keep their jobs and tell them how we want them to represent our interests.
Since many of the things my fellow citizens do benefit you, we use our guns and hired enforcers to make you pay for the benefits. If you don’t like paying Too bad! Since a majority vote of hired officials establish the contractual obligations we live by, you are bound by that covenant whether you like it or not..
You have two choices, become part of the solution and help choose good people to represent us and ensure those people that represent us vote the way you want them to (remember they work for you too) or leave and go elsewhere. I recommend voting for good people and loudly proclaiming your desires on issues that effect you.
Are my fellow citizens and I taking away some of your freedom and giving up some of ours? Of course but we do so for the mutual benefit of all. The key is we decide when we hire those who represent us how much of our (including your) freedom we give up for security. Example I give up my freedom to drive how I want because while I can drive my Mustang Safely on a city street at 90 MPH, YOU need rules so YOU don’t drive recklessly and kill my son.
Which freedom am I willing to give up? I give up my freedoms to do things that will hurt you and expect you to give up your freedoms that will hurt me. If what I am doing is not hurting you or others then the people I hire can't tell me not to do it.
I allow my hired people to take some of my money to allow them to build public use infrastructure with my money since that is necessary and I don’t want to build roads myself. Things that are neccessary for the good of everyone like an educated populace, certain medical research that is to expensive to completly fund privately and some amount of cultural and enviromental regulations I give up my freedom and my money to achieve a mutual benifit from. Ex I can't just build a house in the Yosemite national park because we all get a benifit from a shared use of the place.
I in no way give up my inalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. My elected representative has no right to tell you what to do if you are not hurting me or anyone else. My contract with my fellow Americans is called the constitution and laws of our land. You don’t like then lets peacefully discuss it and make THOSE WE HIRED change it.