Fourth of July, Transference or Freedom?
You hear the call to arms from the liberal progressives every day: free food, free housing, free healthcare, etc. Free? Is anything in life ever truly Free? The answer, much to the chagrin of our liberal neighbors, is sadly not. Nothing in this world is ever free; not even the gift of salvation is truly free, since the price of salvation was borne by our Savior. Yes we receive it at no cost to ourselves; but the price has been paid and most dearly, by someone else, somewhere else. This is the answer to the great myth of the "free" anything. There is nothing in life that does not come without cost, however you try to frame it. The only thing one can do is to try to mitigate the appearance of the costs, and usually by transferring it to another person, and also usually another person as far removed from ourselves as possible. In the secular state, 'free' programs are funded by taxpayer investment; which rise and fall accord...