Our Democracy is Doomed!

By John H. Webster

Democracy is Doomed once the People discover that they can vote themselves Free benefits and make someone else pay the cost

Needless to say, this has been going on for some time now and because of it, our survival as a Free Country is very much in question. The Occupy Movement is just the latest where the Masses are demanding that the Government must take, by force, lots of money from the 1% Producers of Wealth so that lots of Free goodies can be sprinkled on the 99% Consumers of Wealth (i.e. Those Masses). After all supposedly it's only "Fair" that someone with more money be forced to pay more in Taxes.

This idea makes no more sense then saying that if you have more money then I do that I have the right to force you to share your extra money with me. This of course would be stealing; and doing this through Taxes is simply Thief by Government Proxy.

I call it the "Dark Side of Democracy" when the Majority rules and thereby dictates the conditions of the extortion and enforced servitude of the people. And that enslavement is not just from enforced Taxes, but also from mandated regulations and restrictions that enforce "Fairness" as defined by those in Power.

A lot of the Liberal's ideas of "Fairness" like "Living/minimum wage", "Equal pay for Equal work", "Wheelchair accessible", "Non-racist/sexist", "Non-discriminating" are fine and even commendable IF they are done consensually or at most are enforced through the threat of Public disclosure and embarrassment. But these ideas are wrong and even EVIL when they are enforced at the point of a gun, as all laws ultimately are.

It is exactly because Government is Force, where it can make laws that are enforced at the point of a gun, that it should only be involved in social contexts where Force is necessary to maintain a Free Society.

We need Government to stop violence, theft, fraud, and to enforce rules of liability. It should not be enforcing "Fairness" or redistributing wealth nor should it be competing with private charities or other Free Market entities that provide needed social services without using force.

Possible Solution: That two tiers of memberships/citizenship be set up, similar to organizations like NRA, etc., a "Basic" level with minimum taxes, and a "Sustaining" level with extra taxes to pay for all the Liberal feel good programs to help the "needy". Those that joined on the "Sustaining" level would get to vote on how that extra money was spent. And of course the names of all "Sustaining" members would be a Public record and discrimination would be permitted on that basis.