During last year’s budget negotiation
meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, “We
don’t have a spending problem.” When Boehner responded with “But, Mr.
President, we have a very serious spending problem,” Obama replied, “I’m
getting tired of hearing you say that.” In one sense, the president is
right. What’s being called a spending problem is really a symptom of an
unappreciated deep-seated national moral rot. Let’s examine it with a
few questions
Is it moral for Congress to forcibly use one person to serve the purposes of another? I believe that most Americans would pretend that to do so is offensive. Think about it this way. Suppose I saw a homeless, hungry elderly woman huddled on a heating grate in the dead of winter. To help the woman, I ask somebody for a $200 donation to help her out. If the person refuses, I then use intimidation, threats and coercion to take the person’s money. I then purchase food and shelter for the needy woman. My question to you: Have I committed a crime? I hope that most people would answer yes. It’s theft to take the property of one person to give to another.
http://humanevents.com/2014/07/10/spending-and-morality/
Is it moral for Congress to forcibly use one person to serve the purposes of another? I believe that most Americans would pretend that to do so is offensive. Think about it this way. Suppose I saw a homeless, hungry elderly woman huddled on a heating grate in the dead of winter. To help the woman, I ask somebody for a $200 donation to help her out. If the person refuses, I then use intimidation, threats and coercion to take the person’s money. I then purchase food and shelter for the needy woman. My question to you: Have I committed a crime? I hope that most people would answer yes. It’s theft to take the property of one person to give to another.
http://humanevents.com/2014/07/10/spending-and-morality/
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