Freedom And The Cost?

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Why is it that in today's world the left demands their version of freedom but remains voluntarily ignorant of the fact that everything in life has COST? There is nothing free in life.

The economic talk from many on the left is about a "living wage", "income inequality" and "fairness".  Concepts such as "redistribution of wealth" have a great sound but many do not agree that the violations to the rights of others are not worth the supposed results.

Some concepts that are ignored:

(1) Not all people are equal in their skill levels, intelligence and earning potential.  We are individuals and achieve at different levels all our lives.  Some will do better.

(2) Requiring people who succeed to sacrifice their incomes because others believe they have "too much" violates the rights of those people.  If you are willing to violate the rights of one group to provide rights to another, you do not truly care about the rights of either.

(3) If you make rules that increase costs on businesses, they will not increase hiring, nor will they increase wages.  This is basic math, people!

(4) A living wage to you could be excessive spending to me.  How do you legislate something that can change from state to state?

(5) You cannot legislate a living wage to an irresponsible person.  It will never be enough.

(6) The more you want government to take from others, the more you set yourself up to become part of the "others" when government decides YOU need to contribute more!

The basic question here for those on the left is: why is taking from the successful people a good thing in your mind? Are ALL the poor just that way because of outside circumstances and not their own choices?

mark_gg_daniels · Accepted Answer

I undwrstand, but it has been statistically proven that, for example, if you are a woman, even if you have the same job as a male, you are more likely to receive less money.

People from poor backgrounds are much more likely to be put into a lower quality school, and in turn, lower quality college, and in turn lower quality work, and less money.

Black people are more likely to receive higher sentences for the same crime than whites, more likely to be seached, ect...

When I call for fairness, I  not saying we just give everyone the same amount of money, I say we give everyone the same chance.

Poor kids should have access to the best teachers, black people should not be discriminated against in court, women should not receive less money. Of it takes the law to address that then so be it...

Also, I think it&#x27;s bad economics to allow people on the top to accrue huge wealthy as it reduces overall money supply, damaging demand, and in turn economic output.

EEEEEE!!!!! · Answer

The rhetoric is confusing. Basically money needs to flow in the other direction to spur growth and boost productivity. Inequality on the other hand has more to do stability

Anonymous · Answer

Because they have dain bramage.

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