(08-21-2022 10:40 AM)BlueDragon Wrote: Talk about getting the cart before the horse. Gross Ignorance in Action and taxpayers are paying the price. Once again no insight, no future planning, just throw money at a problem. Seems that the new way of dealing with issues.
It's not gross ignorance in action. It's gross hubris in action. They know we don't have the infrastructure in place to handle such a mass transition. It's just an overwhelmingly large power grab by the left. It's just another way for them to make us be reliant on them, plain and simple.
(And this next part is not for you, friend. I just need to point that out for those who have yet to get the message.)
"Hey, I'm voting Democrat because I want free stuff." Right. "Free" stuff. Well, there's no such thing. Nothing is free. Nothing is guaranteed, not even your next second of life, and not even the freedom you want to throw away. Even that was purchased, and as an unfathomably high price. I say unfathomably because there are incomplete families mourning the loss of their loved ones because those people chose a higher purpose than themselves. Those few chose to serve our country, fight in our stead when needed, and ensure that those who want to be free can come to a place and be free and have liberty.
Our freedom -- our liberty, much like our Freedom from Sin (for those of us who are saved and have Jesus Christ as Our Savior) -- was bought with blood spilled on God-created soil. Much like how God sacrificed His Only Begotten Son so we may be freed from the shackles of sin, our nation, founded on Godly principles like the Ten Commandments and that Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness guaranteed rights, sent our sons to fight and in some cases die for those who suffered needlessly under despots, narcissists, and ne'er-do-wells who ruled with an iron fist. All so people they had never met can have liberty as well.
Those who wish to live "free" but not actually be free either can't or won't understand why we talk about this so much. They want to have things given to them. And some of that thinking has from time to time permeated my own way of thinking. But I know that's of Satan. And to those who say we should help people, I agree. We should, but from our own hands, not through some arbitrary middle man like our government. That's because you can ensure the person or persons who need help actually get it, plus nobody gets a so-called cut of any said help, especially if it's monetary assistance you're providing. Helping those in need is most definitely noble. But it must be done individually or locally, especially if God is laying it on your heart to do so. And most certainly, be kind to one another.
The day we remember these things and come back to them will be the day we prosper again. Until that day, pray as hard as you can that minds be unlocked and that hearts be softened.