Government - #101 - #06 - Ever get the feeling that our “government” is trying to be the good “father” to us?

Ever get the feeling that our “government is trying to be the “good” parent …trying to “right the wrongs of the greedy” …trying to “even the score”?

So many things immediately come to mind!! …….

1. Who in hell is “the Government” anyway? …. Who are “THEY”? … What makes “them” think “they” are the judges? What makes “them” think they can be the “good” parent?
2. What are the criteria for “greed”? … Who determined that? …..
3. What is the “score” you’re trying to “even”?
4. Has anyone thought what the end result is of “evening the score”?

Do the terrible words “socialism or communism” come to mind?
Do you mean everyone should have the same material standard? …What exactly do you mean be “even the score”?

“Take from the rich” and “redistribute to the poor”?

What motivates someone to take a “risk” …. to “risk” their life for a dream … to “risk” their treasure for an idea … to “risk” their comfort for a better way?

Why take a chance if there is no advantage?
Why try if the fruits of your “risk” are “redistributed”?
Did you mean to kill “motivation”?
What happens to us if “motivation” is destroyed?

Did the “good father” ever think about that?
Could it be that the “good father” is “only” interested in the advantage to himself of giving away the fruits of others so he can obtain the fruits for himself?
Could it be that the “good patriarch” is only good to himself?
We must stop here and acknowledge the “Very Few Exceptions” (=VFE). Without the “VFE” we would be in much worse shape.

These “few” still fight for logic and reason.
These “few” still try to balance issues.
They still try to keep “motivation”’ alive.
They understand the eventual ends of “redistribution”.
But they are the “few”; and most of them leave in disgust or frustration!

Again, we would be as ignorant as the “many” if we did not acknowledge, applaud and support the “VFE” ( the Very Few Exceptions).

Is this “good father” group in business for itself?
Is that the reason that the vast majority of the public has become so disenfranchised… so disenchanted…. so disinterested?
Does the feeling of lack of control, lack of power to change mean that the public no longer cares?

The Author doesn’t think so!!!

The Author thinks the public secretly has decided that it’s own “survival” has become more important than trying to change or even understand the “good fathers”.
The public realizes that it’s own personal “survival” is the only way out.

The Author thinks that the “good fathers” feel that without their guidance, the public has become selfish and uncaring and it is “their” mission to create a “balance” between public selfishness (greed) and the “less fortunate” (whatever that means).

The “good fathers” may have become an entity of themselves …separate…apart… and “for themselves” …. (again , VFE = “with Very Few Exceptions”).