Last week we were fed some very Rosy employment numbers. Where do you think most of those newly employed workers are being hired? for those who would argue that it doesn’t really matter that our public sector is very quickly going to be larger in both number and volume than the private sector, take a look at Greece. What do you believe is happening there. Part of the problem, and it is huge to be sure, is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money. When the public sector becomes larger than the private sector, there is no way that the productive members of society will ever be able to produce enough to support those who suckle on the public teet.
Don’t expect a reversal of this trend anytime soon. Surveys of college graduates are finding that more and more of our top minds want to work for the government. Why? Because in recent years only government agencies have been hiring, and because the offer of near lifetime security is highly valued in these times of economic turbulence. When 23-year-olds aren’t willing to take career risks, we have a real problem on our hands. Sadly, we could end up with a generation of Americans who want to work at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Looking at the above snippet, it appears as though America’s youth gets it. It is far better to be one of the chosen elites of a society than one of the people tasked for doing the actual lifting. Our nation was founded on the belief that human beings not only had an inalienable right to self determination and self reliance, but that they would be better off as a whole by being afforded the ability to participate in their own destinies. A scant 223 years later, thanks to the liberal tripe that the Constitution is in fact a flexible living, breathing document, we are morphing into a nation divided into 3 distinct groups. One group are the elites, who feel that we are all better off surrendering our liberties and decision making capabilities to their more enlightened bureaucratic control. They wish to tell the rest of us what our standard of living is allowed to be, and which activities are in our best interests. The next group is peopled with folks who would be content to allow themselves to be cared for by the first. Their vision for themselves is to live off of the government, accepting whatever lifestyle the benevolent elites would allow. The third group are the people who wish to see the government be limited in its scope and size. They want the governments activities limited to those activities expressly stated in the Constitution, complete with the checks and balances system originally established. They want to freedom to earn what ever standard of living they would be capable of earning for themselves.
I often hear from people that I should hate the rich and that the progressives are looking out for the little guy. I must protest this on two grounds. One, despising the rich is nothing more than a destructive class warfare. If we punish the rich, how does that help me at all. If I am missing out on the lifestyle that I want to lead, what difference will it make in my life at all if others are not able to enjoy those things. I’ll explain a little further. I like going to the Ocean. I do not get to go every year. Other people can go every year. Telling other people that they can not go to the Ocean every year will not help me at all. I still would not have gone. The answer for me is to work harder in my daily life to earn that ability. My lifestyle is independent of the lives of others. Getting me to hate rich people in order to push their political agenda is nothing more than encouraging my jealously, which anyone above the age of 5 should realize is a self destructive behavior.
My next objection has to do with this. Are the elites actually looking out for the little guy? You would have to be a complete imbecile or just plain not paying attention to believe the answer to be yes. This wonderful new health care entitlement created is massively expensive. It is adding a crippling expense of $10,000 per employee for my company. I am a little guy. The big guys, with political connections like GE, (you don’t come much bigger than GE,) have all found exemptions from paying their fair, or any share for this debacle. Now, we learn that they will actually be receiving funds from the Obama Administration that the rest of us are being forced to pay.
The ruling class elites are only concerned with taking care of themselves, and making sure that they always remain in power to ensure that they will always be afforded the standard of living appropriate for those who rule. I truly do not care what their living standard is, I just want the opportunity to determine what mine will be also.
Hat tip to Vagabond Trader.
