CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 8, 2024
WHAT ARE WE AMERICANS TO MAKE OF THE SEISMIC POLITICAL SHIFT IN THE UK? LABOUR WON IT’S BIGGEST VISTORY SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE COUNTRY WILL NOW BE GOVERNED BY A CENTER-LEFT COALITION. AS IN THE STATES THAT CAN ONLY MEAN HIGHER TAXES AND MORE SPENDING ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS. WHAT THE NEW PRIME MINISTER’S FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. WHERE HAVE YOU GONE MARGARET THATCHER?
ACROSS EUROPE, COUNTRIES ARE REBELLING AGAINST INCUMBENT POLITICIANS.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT: FOR TOO LONG PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED TO GOVERNMENT FIRST AND THEMSELVES SECOND, OR NOT AT ALL. POLITICIANS ENCOURAGE THIS ATTITUDE BECAUSE IT EMPOWERS THEM, WHICH IS PRECISELY THEIR GOAL. SELF-RELIANCE IS RAPIDLY BECOMING SOMETHING FROM THE PAST AND RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT IS NOW IN VOGUE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO MORE FOR YOU THAN YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF BY MAKING THE RIGHT PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC DECISIONS. AND SO GOVERNMENT GROWS, THE DEBT GROWS, REGULATIONS GROW, AND OUR FREEDOMS SHRINK. TO PARAPHRASE A SONG FROM THE 60’S: WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN? I’M CAL THOMAS.
