Over the past few years, I have found myself taking note of ethics and morals more than ever before. Since I remember, life has been a matter of winning at most any expense, but I have realized the importance of accomplishing goals ethically and morally. Winning a sporting event because you cheat will not yield nearly the payoff as though you did so without cheating; it is important to be moral and upright.
The same concept is true in every aspect of life. Do you find yourself cheating to do better on a test, lying to have your way, or even, ignoring your conscience so you can accomplish something else? We all know that it is wrong, but why do we still have the tendency to behave so poorly?
My conscience tells me that what does not belong to me should not be mine.
For example: if you have $10 and I want it, it would be wrong of me to take it from you.
The same goes for the government and your taxes. Taxation is a system of taking one man’s wealth and redistributing it to another. This allocation of resource is once again unethical and immoral. But to understand this topic in full detail, I highly recommend my readers take my advice and read “The Law” by Frederich Bastiat, a French economist. You can read it for free by clicking on the title/link in the previous sentence. My hope it that we can come to a mutual agreement that even though “the general good” seems to be a fair concept, it is actually quite immoral.
I do feel badly for prescribing my readers more reading assignments, but as I have put it in my mission statement, the goal is clear.
The Couger Report has an analysis of The Law here: http://charlescouger.com/book-club/15-things-you-mush-read-before-voting/6-the-law-by-bastiat/
Also posted is an online copy of the law, and 14 other things you should read before voting.
Nice work Dronen.