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Herein is a letter to the editor of the "Cincinnati Enquirer from Dec. 20. You will notice that the author is probably eighteen years of age. This says alot about either his parents influence or the fact that his education was provided by a rare high school. Hopefully, he isn't an island in the storm. -K- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ December 20, 2008 Growth of government putting us in chains Your Voice: Brett Milam I often wonder to myself if people care about freedom anymore. Do people actually sit down and ruminate over the vastness of freedom? I don't believe so. Naturally, humans aren't meant to be free. For centuries, we lived in chains and were led. Freedom became a relatively new concept in civilization. However, I notice many take freedom for granted with the usurpation of power by government. Critical thinking about the motives of government has been replaced by complacency. It has become commonplace to accept government the way it is: Taxes will always be high, wars are inevitable, and debt is out of control. Americans have either detached themselves from the encroaching behavior of government or they welcome such activities. The latter want to model America after the rest of the world. This direction I immensely fear. This path is laced with good intentions perhaps, but it leads to big government; which is a simple euphemism for hell. Fringe buzzwords in mainstream political discourse are: limited government, maximum freedom and sound money. Capitalism and free markets have become the scapegoats for big government proponents. We are progressing down a dangerous slippery slope; one in which will be insurmountable in stopping the descent. Democracy transitions through eight stages: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back into bondage. The chains we shed not long ago are slowly creeping back on us through the incremental growth of government worldwide over the last century. And we are willing prisoners; prisoners willing to bear the chains so that we can live in paradise. Well I tell you this: Paradise in chains is no paradise at all. Brett Milam of Hamilton is a 2008 graduate of Fairfield High School. Address: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081220/EDIT02/812200350/1019/EDIT&template=printart -- http://votetom4council.webs.com/ www.moliberty.org http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life". Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." ~ Chris Rock~ "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ Save your property rights www.mo-cpr.org http://www.radiofreeliberty.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
