Equality of outcomes (the focus of every democrat policy) is the single greatest threat to liberty in America.  As long as we allow the federal government and our representatives to obsess over how they can and should use government incentives or government largess to accommodatete every human weakness, or every public whim, we shall continue to see our liberties reduced and our freedoms eroded, each and every one hidden beneath a label that reads “For the common good.”

But it is almost impossible for the government to act for the common good.  Everything it does favors someone or something, by deciding first who should pay for it, and then who should benefit from it.  Any policy that does not somehow draw equally from all quarters favors one party over another.  Any benefit that cannot be shared equally by all citizens, selects some group for special treatment at the expense of others.  And even if we imagine a policy that took evenly from all, and gave back to all in equal measure, would it not be a waste of resources for the government to pay for the administration of such a program–when the people could easily make such choices on their own without the middle-man of a government bureaucracy–unless it was to protect everyone equally from some outside force that might jeopardize the playing field?

It is apparent that our own government is the biggest threat to equality, for it is the single biggest player on the field, and growing every day.

Our government was meant to establish and secure an environment with a simple system of predictable and understandable laws that would keep the playing field fair so that the people each could choose where, how, when, or even if they will succeed.   The government was never supposed to enter the game, for it at once has a significant and unfair advantage–one it cannot exercise without favoring one side or the other.  The only cure for that is less of what we already have. 

More government can therefore never equal more equality.  It can never equate to more freedom. Government must contract to allow the people, for good or bad, the freedom to hose for themselves, and to allow them to then learn  from their own mistakes.  Only then can they take responsibility for their own success and their own freedom.