I don’t believe these qualify as rights, but they are definitely components of the directive to promote the general welfare and we should incorporate them into our way of life.
This reminds me of a Love Story much as Romeo and Juliet does.
Moore ends the film with his wrapping of Wall Street with a Crime Scene tape and saying he can’t do this anymore. Do we want to join him? I think he has his answer two years later.
I know I shouldn’t be, but I am amazed at how little coverage the Occupymovement has gotten except to ridicule and disparage.
The way to understand all of this is to realize that it’s part of a broader syndrome, in which wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.
I wonder if George Will is being deliberately obtuse? He has taken Warren’s statement on the social contract and extends it into a collectivist political agenda.
The collectivist agenda is antithetical to America’s premise, which is: Government — including such public goods as roads, schools and police — is instituted to facilitate individual striving, a.k.a. the pursuit of happiness.
The individual striving is enabled by the government infrastructure and it is fair and equitable that any success in the pursuit of happiness provide some payback. And the greater the success the greater the payback should be. Or as Warren refers to it – pay forward.
There is some talk about the uncertainty of government regulation slowing down or stopping ‘business’ from investing their several Trillions of dollars in the growth of the American economy.
So instead of uncertainty, why doesn’t business assume the worst. The government will establish regulations that will prevent American Citizens from being:
Poisoned
Killed
Defrauded
Threatened
Mistreated
Terrorized
Disadvantaged
And that will put the public good over the corporate good.
Assume the worst and everything doesn’t come true is gravy for your bottom line.
I see that the Republicans are having their little love fest in South Carolina. I have a few questions I would like for them to address and to expand upon as they see fit.
What do they envision as a more perfect union?
What sort of justice would they establish?
What is domestic tranquility?
How will they provide for the common defense?
How will they promote the general welfare?
What are the blessings of liberty and how do we secure them for ourselves and our prosperity?
I know the devil is in the details, but I would like to see if we have some agreement on the basics. I would like to see the Democrats answer the same set of questions. Anyone running for federal office should try answering them.
