The point is, those things have been interpreted as human rights necessary for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Belinda wrote:Walker wrote:
If a destitute woman in pain came to your door , would you not get her inside and help her to get medical care?Since the writing, Constitutional rights have been liberally interpreted to mean free stuff: like free healthcare, free education, free food, free money in the pocket, free Obamaphones, you know the drill.
If a starved child came to your door and asked for something to eat, would you say no?
Do you imagine a democracy can work if the people are uneducated?
If you were Bill Gates and you diligently sold every possession you own, and you emptied all your bank accounts, and you used all that money to buy food for all the hungry people, leaving yourself broke and destitute, the next day the world would be at your door, knocking and again hungry, because you are a known source of food. And if you have nothing to give the world after you are a known source of food, the world will be angry and just may pick your bones, because now you are to blame for the hunger. That is the way of the world, judge it as you will.
Robin Hood does not take from the rich and give to the government.
That's socialism.
Neither does he empty his own little piggy bank, unless he gets drunk on mead and is feeling generous.
Robin Hood takes from the Government, and gives to the poor.
Downsizing the government is what Robin Hood, little John, and the band of merry men would do.