Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Is there a problem with freedom?

Should the fact that if I become injured by not wearing a seatbelt or sick from eating and smoking too much, and become a burden on taxpayers, determine whether I'm free to not wear a seatbelt or puff cigarettes and gorge myself? Is there a problem with freedom? I say no, it's a problem of socialism. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO MORAL CASE FOR GOVERNMENT'S TAKING ANOTHER AMERICAN'S EARNINGS, THROUGH TAXES, TO CARE FOR ME FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. Dosing so is simply a slightly less ofensive form of slavery. Keep in mind that the essence of slavery is the forceful use of one person to serve the purposes or benefit of another.

-Walter Williams

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