Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth – Washington Times

As President Bush said: “the role of government is not to create wealth, but to create the conditions that allow entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive.” This is true. Yet, more fundamentally, the government cannot create wealth; this is because it has the legal use of physical force over its citizens, which it should use only on those who initiate force, whether domestic or foreign.

However, no government can force a person to be productive or creative; governments can only stifle creativity and production.

No private citizen has the legal use of physical force over anyone. Private citizens deal with each other by voluntary consent through contractual relationships.

Private citizens need government to protect their individual rights so that they *can* be creative and productive.

Unfortunately, President Bush did not apply his own beliefs properly (witness Medicare D), and President Obama is acting like a dipsomaniac at an AA meeting by taking over the means of production and trade in the USA while having no intention of protecting the individual rights of the producers and traders.

What is he counting on? How long does President Obama think he can continue on this course before the USA collapses into a fascist dictatorship? It’s sooner than you might think.

Don’t let it go. It’s time to rediscover individual rights, liberty, and capitalism.

Mark A. Hurt, MD
Physician, Patriot