The Law

[Gary G]

I recently read a very interesting little book by Federick Bastiat, "The Law", written in 1850.

Four basic concepts are:
1. The law (government) cannot give to some but only that which it first takes from others.
2. If we did the same it would be criminal.
3. When the law takes from some and gives it to others, it always keeps some for itself, and society as a whole is that much poorer.
4. This is socialism.


I found the book intriguing and well defended. You can read it here:

http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

[Oldshooter]

Funny thing about the earlier scholars, they seem much smarter than the folk now that seem to know everything.

People just need to understand that everything has been tried, there aint no new stuff out there and WE HAD the best system going................wasn't it grand!!

[SHOOTALL]

They were not smarter , the people they spoke to were smarter and worked harder as a group .

[torpedoman]

The real problem is that the people in the inner cities think this is a good idea because they are on the receiving end and have no intention of even accidently supporting themself but they can and do vote the people in who take your money to give to them minus the 50% handling fee. The large metro areas carry the states for the dems.

[Gary G]

The real problem is that the people in the inner cities think this is a good idea because they are on the receiving end and have no intention of even accidently supporting themself but they can and do vote the people in who take your money to give to them minus the 50% handling fee. The large metro areas carry the states for the dems.

And so they become slaves to those they are beholding too, not the ones that it was plundered from, but the plunderers themself.  As society becomes poorer, so do the poor. It is a system which cannot stand. When the parasites overcome their hosts, then they both die.