Ok, I have seen a number of headlines that are linking our President to Robin Hood. Y'know, take from the rich, yada yada yada...
Well, wether or not you agree with what the President is doing (I personally don't), I had to take the time to explain to people what everyone seems to be forgetting about Robin Hood.
Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor, right? WRONG. Robin Hood stole from the looters and thieves who stole and got their wealth through supressing the populace and gave it to the ones unfairly taken from. This means what Robin Hood really did was: Steal from the thieves and gave to the robbed.
That is not what is going on today. Today, the government is stealing, and planning to steal more, from the rightfully rich (and even moderately well-off) to give to the undeserving poor.
Does this mean that every person who has money made it legally, fairly, and ethically? No, that is not what I am saying. Look at the Bernie Madoff scandal. Does that mean that all of the "poor" are lazy slackards that just want to suckle the public teat? No, I'm not saying that either. What I am saying is that the majority of people who have money earned it and I believe you should be able to keep what you earned. I am saying that the poor who need help should look to the charity of others instead of receiving stolen goods (aka our money).
The misconception of what Robin Hood did has bred another idea that makes what is going on "OK" to so many. That is the thought that your money is not yours. Listen to so many politicians nowadays talk and you will hear that they believe that the money is the governments and you are just "borrowing" it. Taxes are just reducing the amount of your loan instead of theft of your personal property.
When you start thinking that the government owns anything instead of being a body meant to SERVE, you start down a slippery slope that will allow the dishonest few at the top to take money, freedom, liberty, guns, property, and so much more from you because it doesn't REALLY belonwg to you, they are just taking back what they believe to be theirs.
Kinda scary when you think of it that way, isn't it?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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6 comments:
Awesome thoughts! This is clearly expressing what I have been thinking for some time! Thank you!
~Bethany~
The really bad thing about it is...the government really believes the lie as well! That it is their money!
Good post, my friend!
excellent post
He's not giving to the poor.. he is giving to bureaucrats, aka the thieves themselves!
Storm, he is also giving to the poor because that was his base for getting elected. True, he does want to increase the number and salary of bureaucrats, but he has to toss the "poor" a bone so that he can try to get re-elected.
Thanks for stopping by and for the comment!
(oh yeah) Thank you to everyone else for stopping by and the comments as well. I am glad to know that I am not the only one out here looking at it like this!
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