Editor:
Lately there has been a lot of chatter calling for congress to compromise on the budget.
Compromise is fine if both sides are on the same page or even the same book.
You want to rob the first national bank and I want to rob the second national bank, should we compromise and rob the third national bank? Since robbing banks is illegal, we should not rob any.
There are two different ideologies in debate.
When this country was first founded, capitalism was the economic system. Like any competition, the competitive free enterprise lets the people use their ingenuity and desires to out flank their opponent. With the ingenuity and desires of the people made the great nation that it is.
The other ideology can be seen as a precursor to socialism.
Socialism requires a huge government and a huge government leads to tyranny. In socialism the government owns everything and controls everything. Since the people can't own property their ingenuity and desires are put to rest. Because of their greed the populace is lulled into the promise of a utopian life.
What is the outcome of the compromise between the two ideologies? Does $16 trillion debt cloud your mind? How about high unemployment and high poverty rate? All this is caused by congress making foolish laws that try to make everyone equal.
"The worst form of inequality is to make unequal things equal" - Aristotle
I consider socialism, as practiced in the United States, illegal. And we vote for these surrogate thefts. How else can you explain that our representatives lay taxes on the citizens and then gives part of the taxes to other citizens who do nothing to earn it. Name me one socialist country that has not wound up with an economic problem?
It is not theft for the private sector to provides aid to the poor, but they have the option of who to aid, where as there is no control when government runs the show.
The real debate should be what the government is responsible for and what the (we the people)is responsible for.
Russell Errett
Sebring
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 - www.newssun.com/ltr-120512-errett