Summary

Part of the miracle of 1776, pulled off by a then nondescript group of nobodies from a tiny, backwater British colony, was the correct observation that our rights to “...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” come from our Creator, not from monarchs or elected governments. Those rights, which are not the subject of this podcast, are everyone's responsibility. God granted those rights, and we must have each other’s back to defend them.

The so-called rights that are today's subject matter are the right to taxpayer-paid housing, education, healthcare, etc. And the etcetera is getting more etcetera all the time. Remembering that with every right comes an equal or greater responsibility, today’s key question is whether benefits like housing, healthcare, food and education should be granted at no cost to the user, or should reasonable access be guaranteed to these products and services?  Free or reasonable access is the question.

Are an individual’s food, education and housing someone else’s responsibility, or is that a responsibility where the individual might play a full or partial role themselves? For the next 10 minutes, we will talk about what this means to us as individuals, and to the future of our republic.

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Part of the miracle of 1776, pulled off by a then nondescript group of nobodies from a tiny, backwater British colony, was the correct observation that our rights to “...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” come from our Creator, not from monarchs or elected governments. Those rights, which are not the subject of this podcast, are everyone's responsibility. God granted those rights, and we must have each other’s back to defend them.

The so-called rights that are today's subject matter are the right to taxpayer-paid housing, education, healthcare, etc. And the etcetera is getting more etcetera all the time. Remembering that with every right comes an equal or greater responsibility, today’s key question is whether benefits like housing, healthcare, food and education should be granted at no cost to the user, or should reasonable access be guaranteed to these products and services?  Free or reasonable access is the question.

Are an individual’s food, education and housing someone else’s responsibility, or is that a responsibility where the individual might play a full or partial role themselves? For the next 10 minutes, we will talk about what this means to us as individuals, and to the future of our republic.

Today’s Key Point: Today’s question ties nicely to the core, driving principles at Revolution 2.0, which are:

Personal Responsibility; take it, teach it and,

Be Your Brother’s Keeper. The answer to the biblical question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” is a ringing, unequivocal “Yes.” There is no other answer.

Applying point no. 1, personal responsibility, to today’s issue, we are all responsible for everything that is conceivably within our control. Things like national defense and disabilities from a damaging, congenital disease or condition are not.

Applying point no. 2, being our brother’s keepers, to today’s issue, we are all responsible, as a matter of morals as well as public policy, to come to the aid of those who are dealing with things out of their control.

Let’s look at a definition: “Out of someone’s control.” This does not mean that something is hard, or unpleasant, or boring and repetitive, unfulfilling or unworthy of their talents. This means that the person, try as they might, trying hard over time, simply cannot handle the tasks, cannot meet their responsibilities even after full, determined effort over time.

But, Will, what do you do about the large and growing inequality of results when people, equally doing their best, have wildly different financial results?