Throughout history tyrants, dictators, kings and socialists have all understood that power comes only when others become dependent upon you. Look to your own family - who had the power? The breadwinner, most likely. Or the one who took care of you when you were young.
Dependence is the result of giving up your own personal power.
So it stands to reason that a nation built upon entitlements will be a nation of serfdom, where the government rules over the people. And in all recorded history, no government has ever failed to abuse that power. The people always suffer under such a system.
America is going down that road. Currently a full 47% of all Americans have come to depend upon some form of government assistance, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, fuel assistance, subsidies --- the list is growing daily.
Like today. The Senate is ready to pass what they so charmingly call the "child nutrition" bill which will provide free lunches AND dinners - even snacks - to school children. And I am not talking about just the children of the lower income group. The bill covers virtually ALL children.
The government says this is necessary because a) parents are "too busy" to care for their kids, and b) parents are not good at making proper food choices for their kids. I will not debate either, because both of those, even if true, can be overcome with educating parents rather than taking their place.
But the government has its own agenda - to grow in power, regardless of party. And to do that it
must control the people. And that control comes from controlling the things they need, such as energy, food, health care and education. By getting people addicted to entitlements, they are every bit as dependent upon government as a drug addict is dependent upon the drug cartels.
This so-called "child nutrition" bill has nothing to do with child nutrition and everything to do with pushing parents even further out of the picture. Once parents have relinquished control over their own children, the government can and will raise them as the government sees fit - as serfs, to do the will of the government. One step at a time the government is coming between the people and their children. The government drives more wedges with its class warfare, dividing the people further. In fact, the government has begun to intentionally create wedges between the political parties - never in our history have the people become so divided with partisanism. And it is the government that fuels that division, the hate and discontent. By dividing us, they can control us. ANY government's greatest fear is that the people will unite.
As a nation, if we wish to remain free, strong and independent, we must kick off the yoke of dependency. Heed the words of the world's greatest minds and leaders:
"A house divided against itself cannot stand" --- Abraham Lincoln
"United we stand, divided we fall" --- Aesop
"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges" -- Benjamin Franklin
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." --- George Washington
"No man can serve to masters." --- Jesus of Nazareth
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