freedom from reality
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 
FDR promoted freedom from want. As if such a goal could be achieved. Across the whole of human history, suffering has existed and its a safe bet will always exist. The line between dreamers who push the envelope and the madman's fantasy world is very hard to discern. The politics of meaning of the day during the Fascist Roosevelt years, has not been undone to this day. Its often said who doesnt deserve a good life - as though all freewill is removed from the people and replaced by sovereign policy makers. But unlucky stuff has to happen - how could it not based on simple probability. Material wants can only be obtained by self efficacy. If it is being provided by another source (other than family, friends, mutual self-interested business transactions) it is tainted with blood. Every child in america deserves a good upbringing but its not going to happen no matter how hard the village tries. There will always be some outlier - the receiver of misfortune - and the more powerful government is made to fight Murphy's law the more people will subcome to it. Be it education, healthcare, living wages the result is always the same ("I just want you to know how sorry we are that things got so [messed] up with us and Mr. Wallace. We got into this thing with the best intentions and I never... "). Legitimate government is only comprised to protect an individuals abstract rights, not to be a giant make a wish foundation for their wants.
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Who's Mr. and Mrs. Wallace? I don't think you ought to be like using their names for reals! They might sue you because everyone is suing everyone and I should know!
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You do remember your business partner Marcel Wallace? (Pulp Fiction reference) So I'm watching Charlie Rose and he says he doesn't get why free healthcare is labeled as a liberal policy and not part of a broader American Creed. Well Charlie, there is only ONE material guarantee in this thing that is supposedly the original American Creed, a little something I like to call the US Constitution. That is the 6th amendment: Speedy public trial by an impartial jury. That is it. Every other right is intangible and abstract. (Yet another victory for the marxists)
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