Originally posted by Ghost375
Originally posted by Sweetmystery
Yes, yes, yes, I think you are exactly right about this. And you said it very succinctly. Yep, its all about freedom and slavery....sadly, most
people want the free stuff "material things" rather than a Free Spirit and Soul and Life! Too bad. 
Thank you... I am beginning to think that any time we can find right words to speak the Truth and Speak of Freedom and shine guiding Light so folks
can get out from under the lies and untruths going on, the lies that keep them bound to the system...any time we speak up, it might help, you never
know, someone might wake up.
What "material things" are you talking about?
Here is the main flaw in the argument against "entitlements:"
They never say what entitlements they are against...The vast majority of "entitlements" go to people so they can LIVE. This isn't about freedom, this
is about life and death.
But you people ignore that the vast majority of entitlements, not only go to keeping people alive...but the majority of them aren't free. People pay
into programs. People pay into SS for all of their life. You are essentially saying we need to screw them over and not pay them back.
so please, describe specifically what entitlements you are against, why you are against them, Because you sound cruel when you say we need to scrap
all entitlements, and keep our capitalistic system.
Capitalism inherently causes some people to fail. Should we just abandon our brothers because the system screws them over?
Entitlements are a bandaid fix for inherent flaws in capitalism. I wish they weren't NEEDED, but they are.
Well, I mean its sort of two different sets of values. Some value their material security most and some have a sense that any thing of real value is
of the spirit, of the heart and soul, the unseen things like integrity and honesty and character. Some figure out that "things' like money can come
and go, can be taken from us or stolen or lost, controlled by others who lose it, or we put our faith in some system that will take care of our money
or our housing or our "stuff" but then that system fails.
And that's life, life changes, no one can control 'things'. but we can control our own quality of being and our own attitude.
But faith in our self cannot ever be taken or lost or controlled by anyone else. No one can have power over our integrity or take away our self
reliance. I would rather invest in my self and trust my own heart rather than trust in government to take care of me, or to put my faith in some
authoritarian ideology, political or religious or institutional... which will always let us down, always.
As for SS and medicare et al... Why do we need the government to invest our money, why cannot we invest it our self and have a savings for the
future. I think that if the free market was not restricted by the Federal Government, then there would be much more prosperity for all concerned.
And those who really need help, we could help through charity and personal donations.
That is just my simplified version of things, but I wanted to try to explain a little further about the difference between value systems. One
believes in 'matter' as a solution to problems, and the other believes in Spirit as an answer to our problems... I think it is an important point.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also."
I really see how true that statement is and I do abide by it; its all about our being true to our self and being faithful to those things we cannot
see.
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery
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