Big government or small? Personal freedoms without control?
Freedom for all? Well to what end?
These are large questions. Those who see themselves as high
income, high wealth or with prospects for the same in the future tell us they
desire less government so they have more freedom to acquire more wealth. And we
are reminded that America
was built on the concept of freedom.
But America
was also built on the Constitution which has guided us well for a long time.
Yet we still argue over the definition of the freedoms guaranteed in the
document. We still disagree on meaning and intent of the authors of the
Constitution.
It turns out there are limits to freedom. Why? So freedoms
of others have a chance to survive as well. It is not about one class over
another. In America
it is not about class at all. It is about the individual.
We each give up something so the whole of the nation can
build and protect each of us.
We may well ask this question:
“What would happen if the richest
people in the this country were asked to pay a higher tax rate?
They would still be
the richest people in this country.”
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We all should think about this question and answer.
November 16, 2013
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