WALL STREET BONDS: THE URBAN RENAISSANCE

By Terrence L. Gallman

WALL STREET BONDS THE URBAN RENAISSANCEFr t lng nw, th Amrin l hv llwd thmlv t b rudd tht th gvrnmnt'' job i t tk r f us: t fd u, clothe us, hu u, educate u, raise our hildrn, hl our infirmities, mng our finn, rtt us frm our enemies, gurd u gint all dangers (real nd imaginary), nd rvid for ur vr nd. Whr Amrin g wrong i in failing t recognize tht thr'' lw a th t uh devil''s brgin urrtdl carried out fr th good f all it. You want fr dutin for ur hildrn? Th gvrnmnt can tk r f it. In xhng fr fr public hl, hwvr, ur hildrn will b mldd nd indoctrinated int mlint, bdint itizn wh reflect the government''s vlu rthr than ur wn. Yu want fr hlth care? The gvrnmnt can take care of tht, too. In xhng, ur medical decisions--how you liv nd di--will ultimately b dtrmind b rrtin to whm u r little more than a lin itm imting their rfit nd l mrgin. Yu want t b insulated from all thing tht might u ffn? That''s not a rblm fr the gvrnmnt. Its thught li will u ht crime lw t riminliz h, thught nd tin tht may be litill incorrect. Yu wnt a gurnt f ft? Sur, but ur ll li will l have t b militarized and trind in bttlfild tactics, ur mmuniti nd communications will b subjected t rund-th-lk surveillance, nd u--th citizenry--will b trtd ut nd enemy mbtnt. Yu wnt t root ut domestic xtrmim and trrrim? Tht'' jut fin. But in th r of idntifing nd trgting trrrit, the gvrnmnt will hv th power to label nn who digr with it lii n xtrmit/trrrit nd ubjt thm to indefinite dtntin. Ar you trting t gt the picture? Thi is th trribl ri--th l of our frdm and th nlvmnt f future gnrtin--tht mut vntull b paid fr th gd nd rvi rndrd b a government wh ririti r th acquisition of vr-mr wr, ntrl and mn. A th ld dg wrn: "A gvrnmnt big enough to giv you vrthing u want i a government big enough t tk away everything tht u hv." Unfortunately, w''v been on th riving end f the gvrnmnt'' txr-fundd handouts--and it dtivl wll-intndd ditt--fr lng tht mn Amrin hv forgotten wht it i to think fr thmlv, provide fr thmlv, nd gvrn thmlv. Indd, thi age f entitlement i a fr r frm the kind of constitutional rubli Amri'' fundr nviind. Gone i th rud, indndnt-mindd, inring spirit f early Americans lik my rnt wh rjtd wht they lld "hnd-ut,"wrkd hrd fr whatever they had, rttd their homes nd fmili, nd blivd th government''s job w t gvrn bd n th consent of th governed nd not ditt. Cntrt those firl-indndnt, rl Amrin who took t hrt James Madison''s dmnitin t distrust ll th in wr with td'' citizens wh nt nl expect th gvrnmnt to r for their nd but have blindly entrusted the gvrnmnt with vt, growing powers. B giving the gvrnmnt the green light to t in l rnti and trt th itiznr hildrn in nd f caretakers, "w th l" hv llwd urlv t b demoted nd infntilizd, rdud frm knowledgeable, indndnt-mindd, bl mtr f a rubli t wayward, undiilind, dndnt, vulnrbl children inbl f ring for urlv. It'' tim t grw up. Inrdibl, despite the ft tht we allowed the gvrnmnt t bm ll-knwing, all-powerful nd all-mighty in th mistaken blif that it wuld mk our lives safer, ir and mr affluent, w''r till hkd when tht wr and might is used gint u.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1790251788
• ISBN13: 9781790251780
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"