Thread by @BusterUSMC

1. The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
This is one of the most important realizations about society you will ever have.

In fact, this understanding is the primary reason for America’s unique success as both a free and affluent society.

2. Everything gets smaller as the government gets bigger.
Liberty gets smaller
Individuality smaller
Goodness smaller, and
Human Character gets smaller.

This is not a political point on behalf of a political party.
It s simply an observable fact.
And it’s just common sense.

3. Now, no one denies that government can & must do certain things.
There’s plenty for government to do.

4. It’s the government that must protect us from foreign attacks.
That’s why we have armed forces.

5. It’s the government that must protect us from criminals within our country. That’s why we have police.

Likewise police, fire departments & courts are obviously necessary government institutions.

6. And, yes, when all else fails
- private & religious-based charities, families, friends -them too,

the government must be there to provide a safety net of last resort.
But it must always be
“of last resort.”

7. When government is the 1st resort -
- the1st place citizens look when they have a problem -
"bad things"
happen.

8. As govt grows almost everything else begins to disappear.
The first thing that goes when govt gets bigger than it needs to be is GOODNESS

Yes, "goodness."

9. As the state gets bigger,
people simply DO LESS GOOD for their fellow citizens.
usa.gov/benefits
After all, why help others, when the government will do it for you?

10. This is the reason that, as noted by the international nonprofit, Charities Aid Foundation& shown in study aftr study, Americans give MORE charity & volunteer MORE to help others than do Europeans, not to mention just abt evrybdy else in the world. cafonline.org

11. From the beginning, Americans understood that government MUST be small & therefore individuals MUST devote time & money to helping others, as well as "NON-governmental institutions of goodness", they have to be large and plentiful. whatwouldthefoundersthink.com/the-founders-b…

12. Europeans, on the other hand, w/their philosophy of BIG government, came to rely on the state to help their fellow citizens- and even their own family members. proconservative.net/PCVol7Is125CIB…

13. The 2d thing that diminishes as the govt grows is
the CHARACTER of its citizens.

Just as 'taking care of others' is a sign of a moral character,
so is taking care of oneself.

14. Relying on others to take care of YOU
when YOU are capable of taking care of yourself
is just plain SELFISH and the very definition of
IRRESPONSIBLE.

15. But it gets worse.
The more people come to rely on the State to take care of them,
the more they begin to develop a sense of ENTITLEMENT.

16. A sense of entitlement is the belief that
you do NOT owe others,
but others, in this case
the State and fellow taxpaying citizens
whose money supports the state
OWE YOU.
newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ille…

17. A sense of entitlement creates two other bad character traits:
INGRATITUDE & RESENTMENT.

The more people expect to be given,
the less grateful they will be for what they are given.
And they get resentful
when any of those entitlements are taken away.

18. The 3rd thing that bigger govt diminishes is
LIBERTY

19. This should be obvious.
The more government, the more rules.
The more rules, the less liberty.

In much of Europe, 4exmpl, govts tell store owners how many hrs they can keep their own stores open
France & German, u can’t keep ur own store open past a certain hr & you

20. And in the United States,federalregister.gov
the Federal Register (rules & regulations) was 2,620 pages long in 1936.
By 2012 it contained 78,961 pages of rules & regulations.

21. There are, however, some things big govt always does quit well:
~increase corruption, fraud, and theft~
How could it not?

22. Unless you think people are angels & that political power attracts angels, you know that a lot of people with almost unlimited power & with access to almost unlimited sums of (OUR) money will abuse those powers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A…

23. So for all these reasons SMALL GOVERNMENT was the vision of the people who founded the United States of America.
ourtp.org/blogs/blog/our…

24. It is the major reason America has given MORE people MORE freedom and MORE opportunity to live a better life than has ANY other country has.
heritage.org/political-proc…

25. Don't Buy It?
Here Are All the Facts & Sources
prageru.com/videos/bigger-…

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🎩HT Dennis Prager