Too Much "We" Not Enough "Me"

People are always saying we should do this or we should do that. If someone thinks that a certain segment of society is too poor, too rich or just plain too anything they always say "we" should fix it. This usually makes me quite angry. If the whining left off there and didn't worm its way into politics I would not be upset at all, but politics is exactly where every bit of it winds up. The reasons this angers me are very simple.

First, why do these people presume to speak for me? I think that people should never be put on government welfare. Ever. But because people have said "we" should take care of the poor and have gotten the government involved I no longer have a choice in the matter. I deny the right of anyone to make such important decisions for anyone other than themselves. Note that I didn't say that people should not be able to be charitable to the poor. I just believe that each of us individually have the right to choose who we wish to help and in what way. Using government to force the issue takes away that right.

Second, those who want "us" to do something seem to never actually just shut up and do it for themselves. They always insist on using the force of government to make everyone comply with their wishes. If these people actually cared about whatever they think "we" have to do then they would get off their butts and actually work on the problem rather than beating other people over the head to work on it for them. You might say that if no one is forced to help then the problem will not be solved. This is a load of crap. We supposedly live in a democracy. (It is NOT a republic even though it was founded as one. Our ancestors changed it.) If this is a democracy then the majority of the people must be in favor of solving a problem for it to be addressed. So, If a majority of the people are for working on a problem, why do they need to drag the rest of the people into it? Their are more than enough of them to solve it themselves.

So, the next time you feel that "we" should do something think for a moment whether you are going to get out from in front of the TV and actually do something to directly help or not. If you aren't willing to help directly then you don't really care.