Virginia – challenge to Federal healthcare

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/breaking-news-the-civil-war-is-over/?ref=opinion&nl=opinion&emc=tya1

NY Times
Virginia – challenge to Federal healthcare
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My Take

As the United States of America keeps on polarizing towards an absolute military-sate, more states as well as more individuals will challenge the tyrant. I have had times when I did not have health care insurance. Those were the times when food was scarce, and the little borrowed money was to pay delinquent taxes and utilities.

Sometimes, I was without utilities. Once I was weight months without electricity, and because my water was from a well, I did not have power from the pump, thus my water was fetched from the town’s pond. So, another federal law forcing me to have insurance, would be taking from the little food I had.

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama with their abundance of money have no idea how people live in poverty. Just as bad, congress has guaranteed income and perks that put the name America to shame. So, the poor are not part of the American plan. The protective net is only for women disguised as Families with children. That is why women go long ways to get that kid as a source of income. “Guaranteed income”, a woman told me.

Some young girls have bragged that they will not have to work for 20 years. “They knew they were sitting on a gold mine.” A baby becomes an anchor to steady income. When that baby reaches age for mom to get a job by welfare rules, another baby will replace the first. The chain goes on, because, the guy believed she was on the pill, but for 24 years he will remember that it was all part of that woman’s plan.

Even if the father has joint custody, but if mom has physical custody, the mam has no public recourse. So in reality only some people get really hurt from Obamcare—men. Neither democrats nor republicans have any respect for the poor, especially for the male gender, another tyrant-law just hurts a few—just those who are disposable by our government—only men who are poor.

However, for whatever reason, The State of Virginia is on the right track, because only those who chose to give money to the capitalist system are free to do so; the rest who can’t afford, may opt out. We are talking about the right to choose. Only those of us who have been without work know how the system functions.

I count five jobs-shutdowns and numerous layoffs. So, Linda Greenhouse should make research into real life before writing as if forced-health care is correct in a country where people use to be free with their own money—the USA—we use to call it “the land of the free”.

The Book of Mormon is about Jesus, not Socialism

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The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/51308137-82/mormon-book-poor-saints.html.csp


The case for Book of Mormon socialism

BY TROY WILLIAMS

First published Feb 26 2011 12:15AM

Updated Mar 1, 2011 03:23PM


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My Comment


While Williams’ general quotations from scripture are true, one must be careful in implying that the Book of Mormon is about socialism, because it is not about socialism. Just like the New Testament is not about socialism. Rather, both scriptures reflect on the principal of Christianity—love and equality on free-will-bases to achieve salvation.


Equality is one quality needed for salvation. Yes, Jesus did say that richesness was an obstacle to salvation (paraphrasing); but, neither Jesus nor Joseph Smith ever condemned wealth.


Also, Glen Beck and Mitt Romney are not the examples of LDS people, nor do they represent the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Though that does not mean they are bad people, not at all. But to use Beck and Romney as an implication of the LDS church is wrong.


By example, Romney is not the ideal church member.  The fact is that “Staples” of which Romney is one of its founders—if I am correct, and continues to have a large stake on, forces its employees to work on Sunday. Sunday is the Lord’s day, no work to be done, except emergencies or unavoidable tasks. Staples is open seven days a week.


So wile Mitt may keep the Sabbath day holly, he deprives his subordinates to do likewise. It is his money and his free agency.  Moreover, anyone who heard Romney’s debate with Kennedy for the Senate in the 90s, can see that Romney is not the person to be used as an example of the LDS church.

Getting back to socialism and the Book of Mormon. It is wrong to associate the Book of Mormon or the New Testament or the LDS Church with socialism. For, scripture as well as the LDS Church focus on helping each person to help him or herself. That is not redistribution of one’s money. Even though in Peter’s time as well as in the early LDS Church the practice did exist, it was not by force.


Extra taxes on the rich or on a corporation as Troy Williams suggests, is forced equality. That is unchristian. Therefore using the Book of Mormon or the New Testament to force equality is misusing the sacred scriptures, that is what Constantine did. Jesus gave us the scriptures to promote freedom, so people could choose eternal life.

However, if by free will, the people choose to be equal, then the scriptures can be used for such encouragement. Other wise, it is sacrilegious to compare the Book of Mormon with socialism.