[Vision2020] Quote of the Day

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

"The founders of our nation were suspicious, if not contemptuous, of 
government... Today's Americans hold a different vision of government. 
It's one that says Congress has the right to do just about anything 
upon which it can secure a majority vote. Most of what Congress does 
fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of 
another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in 
kind, from slavery.

At least two-thirds of the federal budget represents forcing one 
American to serve the purposes of another. Younger workers are forced 
to pay for the prescriptions of older Americans; people who are not 
farmers are forced to serve those who are; nonpoor people are forced to 
serve poor people; and the general public is forced to serve 
corporations, college students and other special interests who have the 
ear of Congress... You say, 'Williams, don't you believe in helping 
your fellow man?' Yes, I do. I believe that reaching into one's own 
pockets to help his fellow man is both laudable and praiseworthy. 
Reaching into another's pockets to help his fellow man is despicable 
and worthy of condemnation. The bottom line: We love government because 
it enables us to accomplish things that if done privately would lead to 
arrest and imprisonment."

—Walter Williams

I just wonder how Mr. Williams' description of slavery fits some of 
yours?

lemeno, doug!
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