Willing Slaves Of The Welfare State

"If we are to be mothered, mother must know best. . . . In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They 'cash in.' It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science. . . . Let us not be deceived by phrases about 'Man taking charge of his own destiny.' All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of others. . . . The more completely we are planned the more powerful they will be." (C. S. Lewis in “Is Progress Possible? Willing Slaves of the Welfare State”)

Lewis was right on when he warned us not to be deceived by talk of man taking charge of his own destiny. All that happens is that some men, the elitist's in Government, from the President to all members of the far left in this country will take charge of the destiny of others. All this talk about how the government is spending all this money taking over more and more of the economy because they care about the people of this country is a load of crap. If these elitist's were really concerned they would be subject to the same laws the rest of us are, they would give up their government pension for life and their special health care that the average citizen will never get. They pass laws that affect our lives but they exempt themselves while they take more power and diminish the freedoms for the rest of us.