Really?

Let's take a walk out to your back yard, imagine you have a pair of apple trees. One tree is healthy and produces lots of fruit, the other lags behind quite a bit and just has a meager supply of apples. They both live in a similar environment, getting equal amounts of sunshine and water, yet one does remarkably better than the other. As a homeowner who love apples, apple sauce, apple juice and apple pie, would you take steps to get the tree that isn't doing as well to produce more fruit, or retard the growth and production of the tree that shines as an apple producer?

Suppose your a teacher, and in your classroom you have a few students who shine and produce A+ work, while there are some who attend your class whose grades border on failing. Would it reflect better on you to encourage the students to shine to learn at an aggressive pace independently, so you could spend additional time to raise the others up those who need extra attention grades, or would it be wise to take your shining stars and hold them back so the borderline students weren't such a contrast?

As an employer would you stunt your best workers production, so the slackers could compete on a level playing field and the output would be similar, or would it be prudent to allow your best producers to soar to new heights and help the company grow?

As the leader of a country is it advisable to redistribute the wealth of the productive part of your society, bringing down their standard of living, so you can raise the standard the slackers live at? Or would it be smarter to encourage the less productive to become educated and contribute more, allowing everyone to flourish at a higher level?

This last example is how the liberal left views life and the obligations of society. Put into context it seems foolish,no? They'd rather punish the productive and bring them down a notch or two rather than encourage the less fortunate to succeed. This is why the poverty in the inner cities never improves. This is why the drop out rate in inner city high schools soars. This is why the teenage pregnancy rate is out of control. It's easier to lower the standard, than to educate and encourage. It's a twisted version of life and at it's best absurd, and a perversion of productivity. Yet we're sold this program by politicians everyday. What clear thinking individual buys into this?

Social justice and the leveling of the playing field to find parity in society is an assault on our freedom, and a cancer that eats at our country. It begins early in life, seemingly innocent. Trophies for all, not keeping score, all star teams that include everyone. This is the beginning of the tumor that'll choke the life out of a productive and powerful America. Competition and the desire to excel is the motivation that drives entrepreneur's endeavors, the spirit that drive innovation. Stop it at it source. Call out the politicians who speak this nonsense. When put into context it doesn't make a bit of sense!

God Bless!
Capt. Bill