"Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft, but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization." -- Daniel Quinn, "Ishmael."
Democracy is an experiment derived from the idea that all men (and women) are created equal and so should have an equal right to the determination of how their society should function. At what point though did the representatives of the Republic determine that the democracy wanted and was willing to accept the idea that the institution empowered to administer the bureaucracy of the people would now become the provider for the people.
This is a trial that has resulted in grave error and possibly the downfall of the Republic.
All people deserve equality of opportunity, but we cannot allow our government to dictate that all results be equal. It is time for people to take responsibility for themselves and the outcome they derive from their resources and efforts.
The fruit of the people's labor should, to the greatest extent possible, be left to the people's determination of how the fruit should be consumed. Common resources should be deployed as close to the source of origination as possible and at the discretion of those who produced the resources.
