Message #270

[Ted S]

Ted, why do you post half truths I thought you were better than that.

I'm not posting any half truths. The difference is that you and I see the very same things different light.

If there were 100 people in a room and 95 of them were financially secure and 5 were in financial trouble I would see this as a mostly positive thing. After all, the vast majority are doing well.  I suspect that you would view the same situation differently because of the lowest 5%. You would prefer that all 100% be financially secure, as would I, but you would be willing to forcibly take from the top 5% and give it to the bottom 5% and I wouldn't.

I simply believe that history shows that societies formed around individual freedom bring a greater standard of living and more happiness to a greater number of people than do societies formed around forced equality.

That's all there is to it.