What the Obama Phone Tells Us About Americas Health. forbes/sites/markhendrickson/2012/10/04/what-the-obama-phone-tells-us-about-americas-health/ How can we really blame a poorly educated woman for wanting a free cellphone when lobbyists secure seven-, eight-, nine-, and ten-figure favors from their cronies* in government? ...Moreover, who can blame poorly educated, ignorant people for believing that they are entitled to government largess when they have been told this repeatedly by those who should know better? Indeed, the real culprits here aren’t the poor people receiving government handouts, but their enablers—the thought leaders** who have propagated the notion that political taking is not just acceptable, but a morally superior way to prosper; economic service to one’s fellow man a lesser path to prosperity. These thought leaders include the educators who teach collectivist ethics, the writers and journalists who scorn property rights and assert that government must redistribute wealth in the name of “social justice,” and the clergymen who confuse socialism*** with Christianity. All of these highly educated (which is different from “well educated”) individuals provide the intellectual justification that enables DEMAGOGIC politicians to pander to the poor and lead them down the seductive path of dependency. The manifold pied pipers of this ethical plague, not the mice they mislead, bear the primary responsibility for the culture of thievery that is corroding the fabric of our Republic. Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “A nation never falls but by suicide.” If we don’t find a way to extirpate the moral rot that is corrupting us from within^iv, future historians may some day write of the American experiment^v that we ultimately committed suicide^vi. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– * visionandvalues.org/2012/09/the-winners-and-losers-from-qe3/ ** visionandvalues.org/category/the-persuaders ***visionandvalues.org/2012/04/streaming-video-corporate-social-responsibility-the-new-socialism/ ^iv visionandvalues.org/2012/10/mitt-romney-and-the-politics-of-virtue/ ^v visionandvalues.org/category/america-still-the-last-best-hope/ ^vi visionandvalues.org/category/the-progressive-surge-and-conservative-crackup/
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