The thing that really started to turn me away from limited government (at least on some levels) was the fact that slavery is still an ongoing problem worldwide, and it's a problem that's *growing*. In places where there is no government oversight, the likes of organized crime oftentimes fill the power void. And the weak and poor are the ones who bear the burden of the abuse.
The fact that there are probably 25 million sex slaves in the world currently is staggering. The system in which they exist is almost entirely below the radar, the underworld in which they survive lacking any 'governance' other than the tyranny of the sex traffickers.
May God bring light and freedom to the women and children who have been victims of sexual exploitation. Have mercy, Lord!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Big vs. Small Government: A Catch 22
I was pondering what I thought about big government vs. small governemt. I don't like the idea of big government as it's oppressive and the tax burden continues to grow and grow as the tax base continues to shrink and shrink.
Big gov't supporters say things like "if left to their own devices, big businesses will do nothing but exploit people and laws for their own ends; that's why we need more governance and oversight!" Small government supporters say stuff like "yeah, but whose job is it to 'watch the watchers'? Big government, if left to its own devices, will simply run over over opposition as a bastion of inefficiency and waste, with its own internal power struggles, corruptions, and endless oversight."
I do believe in original sin, which means I believe that both are, in a sense, correct. Mankind, when left to his own devices, typically chooses evil (Romans 1) except when to choose "good" would further his own agenda (i.e. good PR for example). I don't like the idea of mankind being exploited by a small minority of leaders or a big conglomerate of leaders.
I dislike Barak and I dislike big government republicans. I dislike both of them for moral, economic, ethical, and terrorism stances that each choose to support. But of course, I'm saying this from a "Christ-in-me, the-hope-of-my-glory" posture, which I'm quite positive that neither of these groups hold to. We've forsaken our founding fathers' position as a nation under God instead tried to subject God to the rules of the nation (think of this as 'one God under nation' postmodern stance).
May God return to these shores again. He's the only hope we have.
Big gov't supporters say things like "if left to their own devices, big businesses will do nothing but exploit people and laws for their own ends; that's why we need more governance and oversight!" Small government supporters say stuff like "yeah, but whose job is it to 'watch the watchers'? Big government, if left to its own devices, will simply run over over opposition as a bastion of inefficiency and waste, with its own internal power struggles, corruptions, and endless oversight."
I do believe in original sin, which means I believe that both are, in a sense, correct. Mankind, when left to his own devices, typically chooses evil (Romans 1) except when to choose "good" would further his own agenda (i.e. good PR for example). I don't like the idea of mankind being exploited by a small minority of leaders or a big conglomerate of leaders.
I dislike Barak and I dislike big government republicans. I dislike both of them for moral, economic, ethical, and terrorism stances that each choose to support. But of course, I'm saying this from a "Christ-in-me, the-hope-of-my-glory" posture, which I'm quite positive that neither of these groups hold to. We've forsaken our founding fathers' position as a nation under God instead tried to subject God to the rules of the nation (think of this as 'one God under nation' postmodern stance).
May God return to these shores again. He's the only hope we have.
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