Growing the Government

 

The more government expands, the more it enslaves. There’s almost an exact one-to-one correspondence between state power gained and individual liberty lost. And Big Government, by its nature, also robs us of our wealth. Thru taxes raised, it steals our irreplaceable time and effort. Ultimately, Big Brother robs us of our soul.

A typical thieving, enslaving Welfare State today might require 15 hours of work a week to fund it. This leaves only about 25 hours a week of income for the individual to spend on himself. But if the illegitimate, criminal Welfare State decides to expand such programs as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, public housing, public health care, public education, public day care, etc., then the typical taxpayer might have to work 18 hours a week to fund it.

Thus everyone is robbed and enslaved 3 extra hours per week. And you're probably working for close to nothing. It’s like being a black slave in the sugar fields of Haiti in the 1700s. If you’re a good person, and work hard and well, you likely get little for your extra efforts.

As the state grows, all that good people typically receive in compensation for their greater toil is a small amount of poor benefits and some low-grade freebies. Such is the nature of the badly-run, inefficient Welfare State. If people would buy these new products and services on their own, instead of getting them from the government, they would receive far better value – assuming they want them at all.

But Leviathan doesn’t just rob and enslave. It also degrades cultural richness, economic productivity, and the human spirit. The Welfare State subtlety but powerfully saps the vitality of society, business, and the individual thru its growth.

An ocean of great novels, movies, plays, t’v’ shows, paintings, and statues never get created, just as a slew of outstanding entertainers, comedians, athletes, civic leaders, inspiring teachers, expert engineers, and scientific geniuses are never born. And a bonanza of miraculous products, services, ideas, and inventions never get invented in the first place. Human greatness and happiness simply get crushed.

This is all due to the ever-expanding Welfare State.