Communists want everything to be free. The problem with that is that for everything that the government gives away for free, someone else has to work for free.
If everything was free, the store shelves would be emptied as soon as the crowds of people could carry the merchandise out. Since the goods were provided for free, the producers would have to work for free. But if everything was free, who would work? Such a system is obviously unsustainable. You can't force someone to be productive when their needs are provided for free.
Since even communists can see that you can't eliminate money, they seek to distribute it as they see fit. This defeats the purpose of money. Again, the communists are trying to give free money to those who didn't earn it by taking it from the people who did. Money represents labor. When money is forcibly taken from the laborer, the laborer is forced to work for free according to the value of money taken.
This is more proof that capitalism is so much better than socialism or its big brother, communism.
Communists regard capitalists as greedy. I say the reverse is true. It is much more likely that a rich man going into a store where everything is free would only come home with a week's worth of groceries, rather than loads of TVs, electronics, and clothes. If a poor man was able to go to a store where everything was free, he would come home with more than he could fit in his car. The poor person would take home several large screen TVs, lots of jewelry, clothes, etc. But the rich person would leave most of it because they would think "what would I do with all that stuff?" "Where would I put it?"
Take for example a rich man who worked to provide for his needs. He doesn't feel he needs anything more because he has all he needs. He has a house, cars, clothes, food, and every other thing he needs. He is not in debt, and has saved up a considerable amount of money. He regularly gives to his church and other charitable causes. Also, consider the example of this poor person. The poor person is heavily in debt from unwise spending because of his greed. The poor person is working, but barely able to make ends meet to buy food, pay the credit card bills, rent, satellite TV bill, and car payments. The poor person may even own a house, two cars, designer clothes, and a big screen TV. Now which of these two is the greedy one? Is it the rich man, debt free, with a large bank account? Or is it the poor person in debt, barely able to make payments?
What if I were to tell you that both the rich man and the poor man in the above example had the same annual income? The rich man lived within his means, while the poor man allowed greed to rob his future.
Rich people aren't rich because of greed. And poor people can be their own worst enemy because of greed.
Without the gold standard, the government's greed is unregulated and can spiral out of control with printing money, which causes inflation. This steals value from citizens' hard earned money. Beyond that, the balance of power is shifted from the people to the government. Every dollar is like a vote. The more the government takes away from the people (either by taxation or by inflation), the more the government "votes" for what is produced.
Originally posted August 27, 2009
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