Good governing principles
1. Government exists to protect rights, not to create them.
2. The legitimate power of government begins and ends with the people, while its authority comes from the Creator.
3. Just because a problem exists doesn't mean government should try to solve it.
4. Long-term and cumulative consequences should be considered more carefully than short-term benefits.
5. Government has nothing to give anyone except what it first takes from someone else.
6. Individuals are ultimately responsible for governing themselves and for the consequences of their decisions.
7. Free enterprise, not government, is the engine of personal economic prosperity.
8. The free market should not be distorted by government-designed dictates or advantages.
9. Government has the high honor and responsibility to protect, fortify, and advance the marriage-based two-parent family, which is the foundational unit of society.
10. Parents, not government, are responsible for the education and upbringing of their children.
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posted by Matt Friedeman at
9:17 PM
1 Comments:
A very intelligent man wrote this, but I would have to disagree with a lot of the points. 1. Government most definately exists to create AND protect rights. A quick look at some of the rights we have shows us that alot of them are not moral rights that would be from God. If we truly felt that we were endowed by our Creator(the Creator) with certain rights, one would not have to be a U.S. citizen to aquire those rights, everyone would already have them. 2 and 3. I agree. 4. We should have applied that to Iraq. 5. Thats the nature of government, we do forget that, but that is how it always has been. 8. Both parties would be out of business if this were true. Right or wrong, the government helps a lot of small businesses and even gives breaks to oil companies in periods of historic profits. 9. I can see how this would be a benefit to our nation, but I think that is a church responsibility not government. 10. Yes and no. Its both parents and government and the sooner we realize that the better. If you mean ultimate responsibility, sure its the parents. But with public education, it is definately a shared responsibility.
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