Dollars Making Sense by T. Edwin Perry
My posts are typically an argument for Conservative Values and a criticism of how those values are being perverted and oppressed by the actions of our Government. These transgressions are not limited to the Obama Administration, and are not even directly targeted at any President of our nation. After all, when it comes to the laws of this nation and its out-of-control spending, it starts with Congress, and due to their defined terms of service, that Congress will likely extend far beyond the Administration of any individual President. And, while the President can influence the course of Congressional Activity, it is the responsibility of the Congress to do their own jobs, and to write reasonable and rational laws, founded in the principles of the Constitution and equally applied to EVERYONE!
Unfortunately, the actions and intents of our Congress has, for decades, at least, been motivated by the “Progressive” undermining of our system of Government. “Social Justice” and the creation of special Entitlements do nothing but spur Class Warfare. The Taxing of one group to pay for the benefits of another, even when it is the result of the purest of intentions, is a violation of the trust and responsibility of our system of Government founded on the idea that “All Men are Created Equal.”
Somewhere along the line, we seem to have forgotten the basic Principles and Values that our Founders placed on our Economics, which is strange considering that their FACES adorn the currency that we use every day. Here’s a reminder about how our DOLLARS can make some SENSE out of these issues.
$1 Bill – George Washington: “No Pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time be more valuable.” (Note: Pecuniary means “relating to money.”)
$2 Bill – Thomas Jefferson: “It is incumbent on every Generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which, if acted on, would save one-half the wars of the world.”
$5 Bill – Abraham Lincoln: “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”
$10 Bill – Alexander Hamilton: “There is no part of the administration of Government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so much as the business of taxation. The man who understands these principles best will be least likely to resort to oppressive expedients, or sacrifice any particular class of citizens to the procurement of revenue. It might be demonstrated that the most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.”
$20 Bill – Andrew Jackson: “The Duty of Government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.”
$50 Bill – Ulysses S. Grant: “Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.”
And, perhaps the simplest and most poignant thought of all goes to the largest circulated currency we use:
$100 Bill – Benjamin Franklin: “A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.”
Just imagine how different our Economy could be if our Government just followed these simple ideas today…
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