I want to explain why I am a Tea Party Republican. Well, actually, I am not a Republican at all, but you have to vote in some party, and those I might prefer either don’t exist, or, if they do, carry too much historical baggage. It’s uncomfortable to be identified with them. However, back to my point.
The root problem is poverty. We have done too much to ease the burden of poverty. All these welfare programs do nothing more than discourage the servant class from taking on the work for which they are intended, which is to provide the labor needed to support the lives of those of us who are not impoverished.
If one is wealthy enough, one need not worry about such trivialities, but the majority of us who are not impoverished are finding it more and more difficult to afford the labor needed to provide the kind of life that is ours to be had. Some small portion of the impoverished are willing to do that work if paid enough, but the greater number can avoid it because the nanny state offers them an alternative. It even promises them the opportunity to enter the ranks of the not poor, which, as we know, is largely a fairy tale, but true enough that some will make it, thus eroding the base of the servant class and overpopulating the ranks of the not poor.
We have achieved some success by whittling down the number of so called middle class persons, but more needs to be done. We need to abolish the minimum wage, provide income earning opportunities for youth at a younger age, be less concerned about higher education for those incapable of benefitting from it, increase protections of private property from government intrusion, and, above all, eliminate most government sponsored welfare programs, although something like a workhouse or county farm might not be a bad idea. They worked well once and might again.
The result will be an expansion of those willing to enter the laboring market place to do the work of servanthood, thus providing sustenance for themselves and a higher standard of living for us. All in all, everyone will benefit, and the cost of government will shrink to almost nothing.
Thank you.
CP, A satire worthy of the Rev. Dean Jonathan Swift's \”Modest Proposal\” about what should be done with the childen of the poor of 18th century Ireland! Martin McCaw wrote a similar piece calling for slavery which he needed for his overly weedy garden two years ago.Dr B
Thank you Bill. Satire is always a chancy thing and not much appreciated by many. For one thing, it's not easy to tread the line between satire and sarcasm. Anyway, I am not likely to write much of it for publication.