Social Justice

Social Justice

By Ron Smith

God commands us to help the poor by giving from our own pockets and by laws that protect the poor from plunder. Nowhere does God’s Law command governments to give to the poor; and neither does the U.S. Constitution. For government to do that, it would have to give someone else’s money. That is not social justice. Taxpayer money does not belong to politicians. It’s only purpose is for the general welfare; not for special interests.
Declaration:
We hold these four truths to be self-evident:
1. that all men are created equal,
2. that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,
3. that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
4. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

The Declaration of Independence says our Creator (not the government) endowed us with three rights that cannot be taken away: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (property), and that the only purpose of government is to secure these rights. The government (the law) cannot save; it can only protect from the plunder of these three rights. Any effort by government to save some people with social programs will end in plundering others. That is not social justice.

Have you read THE LAW by Frederic Bastiat?

Would you agree that it is traitorous to make laws that plunder some in order to favor others (to level the playing field)? Since all men are created equal, should the law not equally protect them all? Both God’s Law & common sense demand, “You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor” (Levitcus 19:15).

Let us look at history. To look to the government for social programs is to look to Caesar. Augustus Caesar said, “There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved but by the name Caesar.” But the Apostle Peter contradicted Caesar and said, “There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved but by the name Jesus Christ” (Acts 4:12). The highest insult to God is to say, “We have no king but Caesar.” This is called statism. Caesar tried it; Hitler tried it; and Russia tried it. After 70 years of “leveling the playing field” by government mandate, the Russian ruble was worth zero. And now the U.S. government is trying it.

False philanthropy believes we do not love the poor if we are for equal treatment of all citizens and are against the government plunder of some in order to favor others (leveling the playing field). If they really want to help the poor, the best way to do it is by government minding its own business and equally protecting all from the plunder of life liberty and property. Besides this, it is not only stupid to spend more than you have, it is also immoral.

Dear members of the United States Legislature, all 535 of you.

The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.

Social Security was established in 1935 - you have had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - you have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.

War on Poverty started in 1964 - you have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to huge beaurocracies for "the poor"; it has not worked.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - you've had 44 years to get it right; they're broke.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - you have had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.

Trillions of dollars in the massive political payoff called the TARP bill of 2009 shows NO sign of working.

And finally to set a new record:

"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in ONE MONTH ! It took good dependable cars ( that were the best some people could afford ) replaced them with high priced vehicles. People who couldn't afford it are now making payments.
Mostly Japanese models were sold; so a good percentage of the profits went out of the country.

Lastly, the American taxpayers are now going to be plundered with paying for another 3 billion more for government experiments.
Our wallets will become even thinner.

So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves "services" you shove down our throats (and manage), are failing faster and faster. You then want Americans to believe that you can be trusted with a government run health care system? That's 15+% of our economy! Are you crazy? Truly, the inmates are running the asylum!

And what does this say about the voters who put them in office?

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