It’s official. The
U.S. of A. is now a beggar nation. A
federal court has declared that begging is a Constitutional
right.
It should come as no surprise that after a solid century of Progressivism
and economic meddling from both parties that America has come to this.
It is also fitting that the ruling came in Detroit, once the
pinnacle of America’s industrial might, now the bleeding edge of
destitution.
To be sure, I much prefer outright begging to the tax, print
and spend welfare state. It is much more
honest and forthright. Begging is much
more forthright than a life on feigned disability or interminable
unemployment. Alms to beggars are
entirely voluntary and you can see who your money goes to. This is entirely unlike the thievery of
taxation and the fraud that you money is going to help the poor. No, it’s going to politicians, bureaucrats
and the like who hold the poor in dependency for their own selfish benefit.
Begging has a long and honorable tradition. St Francis of Assisi and Mother Theresa did
it. The three Abrahamic religions all
encourage almsgiving. Jesus himself called upon those who are blessed
with riches to help the poor. But He
never held a gun to anyone’s head to do so.
Jesus also taught us to “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s”. I’m cool with that and would render unto
Obama what is Obama’s. However, I can’t
find his face on anything but rodeo clowns.
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