It’s the last day of April and there is no clear exit plan to reverse the shutdown of the economy. But it’s beautiful outside. Aren’t the skies so very clear without all those contrails mucking it up?
I’m working on another article, much longer than this one, but finding it difficult to be succinct. Trying to analyze the Covid-19 mess is difficult, something like searching for a Unified Field Theory that would bring order out of chaos. It is so much easier to be a liberal or lefty. All you have to say is “Orange Hair Man bad.” Nothing more need be said.
But if you are a principled believer in liberty, the Constitution and the rule of law, and you like for things to make sense, it is much more difficult. You seek reasons for the things that take place, motives behind the opportunistic actions of politicians, journalists and corporate heavy-weights, a good number who seem determined to fundamentally transform our country. Without asking our permission. Often while proclaiming themselves to be the defenders of democracy.
So today, instead of the omnibus article on the backburner, I wish merely to comment on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement of three days ago in which she recommended a “universal basic income” to address the Covid-19 economic crisis. Via CNBC:
“Others have suggested a minimum income, a guaranteed income for people. Is that worthy of attention now? Perhaps so. Because there are many more people than just in small business and hired by small business … that may need some assistance as well.”
Who doesn’t need assistance? However, turning the populace into a people waiting for their next government handout isn’t about compassion. It’s about slavery. More on that later. There is no free lunch. Recipients of Madame Pelosi’s so-called philanthropy will be expected to vote their stomachs, and they will. They will do whatever is necessary to keep the checks coming.
And freedom will die quickly. A country that was built on personal initiative and the desire for accomplishment will change. Entrepreneurs and inventors, farmers and factory workers, will be taxed – directly and/or indirectly – to support a growing population of free-loading drones. If they don’t give up, they will be dragged under by the weight of government edicts and skewed market realities.
For what Pelosi proposes is pure socialism. It’s been tried in many places. It has succeeded in none.
What conservatives and libertarians must realize is that Donald J. Trump will not be president forever. Even if he is re-elected, that’s just four years, and with the way the economy is performing, re-election is not a lock. The Left plays the long game. They are good at waiting, and in the meantime taunting us with promises of insane economics and restrictive government shackles.
Have we forgotten how to raise our voices in constitutionally protected protest? We’re going to need to in order to keep the light of liberty burning.
After the Gold Rush 