My sister-in-law Becca emailed me the 4-minute video, " Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.". It is well worth watching!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc&feature=player_embedded
Wow. You can feel Representative Rogers' passion and concern over this awful piece of legislation. I loved his Abraham Lincoln quote: "You can't make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak." So true!
And yet, that's exactly what we seem to be hearing from the White House - that we must, in a spirit of "service" and "compassion" reach out to these poor and lonely and depressed and help them to rise above their victimized state so they can lead lives of dignity and respect. Oh, and we're going to do it by picking the pockets of every one else in this country whether they like it or not.
Contrast this Robin Hood attitude with a fabulous quote by President Ezra Taft Benson:
"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature" (First Presidency Message: Born of God, Ensign, July 1989).
The solution to our problems is not more government, but better human nature. That's a tough call for our society that has been preaching the idea "I'm free to do what I want any old time" for decades now. Time to turn the mattress over!
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1 comment:
oh wow wendi. SO worth the watch. i think i will post this on my blog, in fact.
what in the world is this government doing?!
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