Legalized theft - and why we love it.
Here's a simple question to ask to see if any of the hundreds, or thousands of laws on the books, qualify as "legalized theft". Does the law take from one citizen at the expense of another - when doing the same thing as an individual - would be considered theft?
Let me give an example - the law is intended to protect property. My neighbor, John, owns a car. He worked hard in order to earn his money and buy a car for $5,000. My other neighbor, Art, doesn't have a car. So I decide to take John's car and give it to Art. That is theft.
So what happens if I were able to get to John's money and take the $5,000 before he could spend it on that car he wanted to buy? Is it still theft? Of course it is.
Now let's look at it a different way, instead of taking John's $5,000 myself, I hire a professional thug from another neighborhood to take John's money and give it to Art. Is it still theft? Why, yes it is.
Okay, so let's consider the law of Social Security. Instead of taking the money from John myself, I ask my representative in Congress, to get together with his buddies in Washington and take $5,000 from John and give it to Art. Is it still theft? Why, yes it is. Just because I hire a professional politician in Washington instead of a thug in the neighborhood next door doesn't change the nature of the theft. It is still theft.
Unfortunately, many of us will say, it's not theft, it is the law and it's moral and I feel good because I have taken care of my poor neighbor... which is exactly why we love to steal from our neighbors and feel good while doing it. We have learned how to use the law to extract money from one neighbor and give it to another, including ourselves - and it is clearly at the expense of the neighbors.
So here's the deal: Our laws have become so corrupt we can no longer tell the difference between right and wrong and we simply assume that because it is the law - it is just and it is right.
Back when the Constitution was written, the laws were written to protect property and punish theft. No more. Now we have a privileged class of people (the law makers) that use the law to practice theft on a monumental scale - and they call it "good" instead of calling it what it is - theft... and we, the people, have bought into it hook, line and sinker.
I know - we need to pay taxes to fund the common good of protecting our lives, our property and our freedoms; but there is little that is fair or right or good about how taxes are levied today.
We need to throw out the professional politicians - they can no longer tell what's right and what's wrong.
www.iangilyeat.com
Let me give an example - the law is intended to protect property. My neighbor, John, owns a car. He worked hard in order to earn his money and buy a car for $5,000. My other neighbor, Art, doesn't have a car. So I decide to take John's car and give it to Art. That is theft.
So what happens if I were able to get to John's money and take the $5,000 before he could spend it on that car he wanted to buy? Is it still theft? Of course it is.
Now let's look at it a different way, instead of taking John's $5,000 myself, I hire a professional thug from another neighborhood to take John's money and give it to Art. Is it still theft? Why, yes it is.
Okay, so let's consider the law of Social Security. Instead of taking the money from John myself, I ask my representative in Congress, to get together with his buddies in Washington and take $5,000 from John and give it to Art. Is it still theft? Why, yes it is. Just because I hire a professional politician in Washington instead of a thug in the neighborhood next door doesn't change the nature of the theft. It is still theft.
Unfortunately, many of us will say, it's not theft, it is the law and it's moral and I feel good because I have taken care of my poor neighbor... which is exactly why we love to steal from our neighbors and feel good while doing it. We have learned how to use the law to extract money from one neighbor and give it to another, including ourselves - and it is clearly at the expense of the neighbors.
So here's the deal: Our laws have become so corrupt we can no longer tell the difference between right and wrong and we simply assume that because it is the law - it is just and it is right.
Back when the Constitution was written, the laws were written to protect property and punish theft. No more. Now we have a privileged class of people (the law makers) that use the law to practice theft on a monumental scale - and they call it "good" instead of calling it what it is - theft... and we, the people, have bought into it hook, line and sinker.
I know - we need to pay taxes to fund the common good of protecting our lives, our property and our freedoms; but there is little that is fair or right or good about how taxes are levied today.
We need to throw out the professional politicians - they can no longer tell what's right and what's wrong.
www.iangilyeat.com
Posted by Ian Gilyeat at 7/23/2011 5:00 AM 
Categories: Protection of property, Limited government
Tags: Ian Gilyeat Limited government Liberty Social security
Categories: Protection of property, Limited government
Tags: Ian Gilyeat Limited government Liberty Social security
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