The 'Takers Taking Giving' Concept

pairunoyd — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:29:38 GMT

Too often, man's freedom to exchange goods and services with other men is impugned as being wretched profiteering. Too often, people assail free trade as greed run amok. I think it's time to look at the giving portion of free trade. Instead of being put into the position to defend dirty capitalism, it's time we put OURSELVES into the position to defend giving.

Who shall stand with me and defend giving?!?

When the government takes away givers, it corrupts giving, in that it corrupts the principles therein. A land of givers will enrich a nation but when a state usurps giving, it impoverishes a nation.

When man surveys the condition of other men, when he sees high costs here or low costs there, he devises a plan that will allow him to be the best giver. He strives to be the best giver in the land.

When the state surveys the condition of man, it doesn't see costs as an opportunity to give, it sees costs as an opportunity to remove givers. It sees an opportunity to usurp the givers.

In government, the biggest takers thrive.

In free society, the biggest givers thrive.

A child can only get his parent's love if he can give. If a child is dead, he gives nothing but stench and rot and disease. He's buried in the cold dirt, never held again. But if he looks in your eyes, if he makes cute noises, if he does those precious things that babies do, you take care of him. You bathe him, nourish him, keep him clean and healthy. If he stops giving to you, you bury him in the dirt.

This is what the burgeoning state leads to - a nation of people that can't give. And now we see the people perish.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

General

The 'Takers Taking Giving' Concept