Taxation, Redistribution, Random Luck and Free Will

I think the Democrat tax and redistribution argument takes for granted some facts of nature.

I hear Democrats talk as if there was some deliberate handing out of jobs, salaries and bank accounts at the beginning, leaving some of us more favored by this distribution process and others unfairly, arbitrarily, dealt worse hands. If this were the case, of course it would only be fair to evenly redistribute the handouts and give everyone an equal portion. *But, obviously, this premiss is not reality.

Nobody is controlling nor can control random luck or spontaneous bad fortune. No government and no policy is going to equalize the random luck factor. So, taking luck out of the debate - as it cannot be changed, what's left?

What's left is a man's evidence, his container for the precipitate sum of his free will exercised throughout his life. There are other ways account for free will, like creating art, collecting friends or popularity.... perhaps gaining some titles or reaching certain office... yet income and wealth is our society's primary means of gauging the effectiveness of our decisions and verifying that freedom and free will mean anything... affect anything.

By redistributing peoples wealth, a symbol that is individual to their actions and good fortune, you remove the power, specialness, and transcendent nature of the individual spirit. And, ironically, you end up removing the one element of equality that every man can own.

It's not that redistributing everybody's money to everyone equally just threatens our freedom to live, it renders freedom irrelevant.

Democrats, Do What's Right.

Dear Obama Please Stop Making Excuses

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Clueless Celebrity of the day Award: Scarlett Johansson

+Scarlett Johansson, You should stick to acting and self nude photography. Is it wise for one so young and naive to try lead and push activism:? And, with you Scarlett, there's the usual disgusting amount of hypocrisy that we see coming from many of your limousine liberal, Hollywood friends. Why do you do propaganda for a party that has so begrudgingly supported Israel? Being an actor, why can't you see the lying that the leaders of your party do?

May I suggest that perhaps the problem isn't that some have had too little opportunity - maybe the problem is that people like you have had too much opportunity and too much luck - too quick-and-easy of a climb to the top? (Manhattan schools, producer mommy, etc. etc.)

So, because you have got so much so easily, you and the other lucky, Celebrity-hypocrites like you, feel guilty. This is understandable. But, what is unacceptable, is that you selfishly try to get rid of the guilt and do damage in the process. Why can't you stomach the guilt, considerate some payment for all the luck you've had, enjoy your fame and shut the fuck up unless you know what you are talking about. You celebrities must stop making the rest of us suffer for your good fortune and misdirected guilt.

I think you should take more time to know who and what you are representing before you jump in and end up selling lies for bad people - like you've just done again at the Democrat Convention.

Obama is Not American

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Step it Up or Die

Think about the best teachers, coaches and bosses you have had. The greatest of mine, have been those that demanded of me more than I thought I could do. Obama doesn't have this quality yet. Perhaps not enough experience, or, perhaps he never was on any sports teams - whatever the case, Obama has not acquired the critical leadership skill of leading people up, and the wisdom to know how important that is.

Our founders had to step it up or die, so our country became strong. Human beings by nature will rise to challenge to great degrees. Whatever his wish is, Obama is managing a decline of America through the process of low expectations. When you raise the welfare minimum wage, people will step up and do what they have to do. When you provide healthcare, food, and everything else, people won't step up. As a great leader, your must lead! Lead upwards that is.

So, we all must put aside our personal feelings about Obama, and be wise enough to know that feelings and policy arguments won't keep this country great. Generosity is not generous it if causes the recipient to be less not more. The generous and essential thing we need, is a leader that believes we are better. So, despite the feelings and hopes, you must vote America in Romney so that this managed decline will stop. Without strength, we all fail.