Our Daily Bread

When government deprives us of our ability to earn, it is tyranny. Even if government doles out money and provides benefits, it is harming our self-reliance and tearing away our dignity. Most of us do not wish to be wards of the state. No job is non-essential. People work to provide for themselves and their families. No welfare program can ever replace the satisfaction of depositing a pay check after a job well done. I watched a Texas judge throw a salon owner in jail because he is power-mad and arrogant. I see mayors, including my own in Nashville, and governors stealing freedom and dignity and I do not know how long lovers of liberty will endure such intolerable acts.