Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Compassionate conservative message

A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook page and I asked if I could share it:


Compassionate conservative message:

"I care about the unfortunate, downtrodden, and needy enough to offer the fruits of MY OWN labor to help them succeed.
I care about them enough to NOT enslave them by way of dependency.
I care about them enough to raise them up with a hand up, not degrade them with a hand-out.
I care about them enough that I want to see them succeed, not subsist.
I care about them enough that when I am in their shoes, I don't claim to be entitled to any of those things.
I care about them enough that I want to actually help them master their own lives, rather than make them my de facto slaves.
I care about them enough to reward them for their success, rather than punish them.
I care about them enough to let them receive the consequences for their own failures, but ensure that their neighbors have every freedom to help them survive said consequences
I CARE ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM LIFE AND LIBERTY RATHER THAN DEATH AND SLAVERY.

Who cares more than this, I ask you? The man who enslaves you with 'entitlements'? The man who takes your real liberty in exchange for a false security? The man who starves you by spreading poverty, in the name of spreading wealth?
If you honestly believe that that man is more compassionate, then my heart goes out to you all the more, for slavery only breeds despair. Freedom breeds hope."

THAT is a compassionate conservative message

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