Why should I spread the wealth? ~ By Patrice Lewis

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By Patrice Lewis Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Consider the following quote by Adrian Rogers (1931-2005):

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

I recently posted this quote on my blog, which prompted a (liberal) reader to write the following comment: "All the indications are that the USA doesn't really need to 'multiply' its total wealth; indeed, that it would be a bad thing for the world if it did. But rather, that what wealth it has might need to be spread more evenly among its citizens." I found this comment to be a fascinating glimpse into the liberal mind. Apparently, the writer truly believes what he wrote: Your wealth should be spread more evenly among everyone. What IS this obsession the left has for stealing peoples' money? Because let's face it, "spreading the wealth" is simply a euphemism for government-sanctioned theft. It makes sense that if you give people stuff for free, it takes away their incentive to get it for themselves. If you provide someone with free money, who in their right mind is going to give that up by earning their own money? And of course the law of unintended consequences dictates that the more money you take away from someone, the less incentive they have to earn more. Why should someone work harder and make more money if the only result will be that the government takes it away? C'mon, folks, this isn't rocket science. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]