KK, that's a false analogy.

I work well over 70 hrs a week and go to grad school full time. When I was 18, I was picking cans from trash to recycle them for food. Now I own a home, and I estimate that with 80 hours a week between two jobs, I can make nearly $200k US a year within the next five years.

The system is- those who work hard get rewarded. I have worked hard and I am getting rewarded. I did not take property from anyone to earn this. In fact, I work now, and will continue to work, in public service.

I dont understand why you think that you should be entitled to my property. I have been at the bottom of the barrel, with no family help or inheritance, and I chose option #3: work your butt off and earn your living.


Beirut, I know you as a huge fan of social medicine. Fine, I will agree with you that medicine may become a function of government, similar to the post office. I believe that research proves competition is the most effective stimulant for growth in any sector, and America's world-class hospitals are proof of that. Do we need a solution for the issue of expense for the masses? Yes. But that is another topic for another thread.

Liberalism and expanded government are one in the same. The liberal interpretation of the constitution means to allow for every possibility that the constitution may have meant in order to expand the power of the government. The problem with this is that liberals are inconsistent, and this is why I equate liberal theory to redistribution theory: Liberals would consolidate power into the hands of the federal administration, and have done so through the commerce clause and supremacy clause (Raiche Vs. Ashcroft). Liberal interpretation also made it so "emminent domain" for the public good included taking property from one person and giving it to another so that they can make the government more money with taxes (Kelo Vs. New London). But yet, liberal interpretation stops there. What about the 2nd amendment? What about the absolute and total errosion of the 9th amendment with rulings like Kelo and Raiche which expand government power beyond that which is enumerated? What about the same issue with the 10th amendment?

Liberal interpretation is about expanding government power. Liberals are autocrats and believe (Benevolently or malevolently I know not) that the government knows best and that power should be concentrated into fewer and fewer hands. Liberals believe that the common people are too stupid and too lazy to work hard for themselves and so they must be cared for.