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Do we Americans live in the land of the free; or the land of political slavery?  Political slavery, or socialism, means that the few who administer civil government tell the rest of us what to do.  To determine if we live in political slavery:

Ask a parent if they can spank their child without fear of the government removing the child from them.

Ask a school teacher if they can choose their own curriculum.

Ask a physician if they can choose the type of medicine, therapy, or hospital, by which they care for their patients.

Ask a business owner if he can operate without first consulting government as to his location, pay for employees, and tools he uses.

Ask a church if they can build a building or parking lot without first asking government about septic systems, phone taxes, employee taxes, fire prevention restrictions.

Ask an individual how long he works each year just to pay the government what he is taxed.  Let me answer that one for you; in 2013 all Americans worked until April 18th just to pay local, state and national taxes—30% of their work year!!

President Ronald Reagan warned us,

“Government that is big enough to give you everything you want is more likely to simply take everything you’ve got.”

(Speech given at St. John’s University in New York, March 28, 1985)

The Bible teaches that the only purpose of civil government is to keep one person from harming another person.  The Apostle Peter wrote that government servants were:

“…sent by [God] for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.”

(1 Peter 2:14)

When government controls the family, the church, education, and business, it is outside the will of God revealed in the Bible.  And that path always leads to death!  President Reagan also stated:

“I suggest to you there is no left or right, only an up or down. Up to the maximum of individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism; and…those who would sacrifice freedom for security have, whether they know it or not, chosen this downward path.”

And while national socialized medicine is presented as a great way to make sure everyone’s medical needs are met, the truth is, it is really about imposing government control on all of us.  Again, it was President Reagan who warned us,

“What can we do about this? …We can [contact] our congressmen and our senators… Say right now that… We do not want socialized medicine… If you don’t, this program I promise you will pass…and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known…until, one day…we will awake to find that we have socialism.”

“And…you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling…our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.”

(1961 Speech by Ronald Reagan, American Minute, Bill Federer, 2/6/2015)

Do we Americans live in the land of the free; or the land of political slavery?  You decide…then decide what to do about what you decide.

President Reagan encouraged us that we could win this battle when he stated:

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.”

(March 20, 1981, at the Conservative Political Action Conference Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC.)

 Think about it; because if you don’t, someone else will do your thinking for you—and for your children!  And you won’t like what that brings to you.  I’m Don Pinson; this has been Think About It.