While looking for an old email from a friend, I rediscovered this email from an American friend though I have not met him.
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I replied to Jim of course and expressed gratitude for his letter. He was planning to visit the PH that time, his ex-wife was a Filipina and they have a son who lived in the country.
Today I checked his blog, he still writes there. Among his recent posts that I like is this, reposting below.
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I like these:
* You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
* What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
Good to see that you're still writing, Jim.
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October 08, 2010
Nonoy,
Hi, my name is jim kearney. I hope this finds you and
yours well. I ran across your name in a list of people writing sections for the
book "Why Liberty". Congratulations on being selected.
Your name on that list caught me by surprise which is why
I am writing. I was not aware that a think tank existed in Manila. With the new
laws that passed saying people who do not believe in government cannot be
citizens of PI, it sort of dashed my hopes to moving there. I of course came to
the conclusion that the government was pushing for more government control
rather then more freedom.
Suddenly I get an email with your name on it and hope is
once again renewed. It has always been my dream to retire in the PI. Each year
we go there for vacation I want to just stay there instead of returning to the
US. Of course, I cannot do that yet since the kids still need me to help them
stand on their own. I love my kids but they do not want to live in PI like I do.
Well, anyway, I am interested in your think tank. I run
my own Libertarian blog here in the US and would be delighted to try and get
some exposure for you there (on a regular basis if possible). I would also like
to find other Libertarian minded indiviuals there who would like to be authors
on my blog. The more authors I get from around the world the more successful
the blog will be.
Please tell me more about your think tank.
I see you have some regular posts - can I repost those on
my blog as well. your content would be wlecomed to show that Libertarianism is
taking hold world wide and not just here in the US.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
May you be filled with the peace of the world and may
prosperity find its way to your wallet
yours in liberty
jimbo
My Personal Blog - http://www.LibertarianViewpoint.com
You Cannot
Legislate The Poor Into Prosperity
By jim kearney, on March 4th, 2018
Adrian_RogersAdrian Rogers was an American Pastor, author
and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Born in West Palm Beach,
Florida, he decided to enter the ministries at the age of 19. He dies of
pneumonia in November of 2005. I am not the religious type. Though raised as a
Catholic I do not follow the church teachings any longer.
None-the-less, I did found info on Adrian to be very
informative. He pushed the conservative agenda from the pulpit and believed
that Christians had a duty to be involved in government. He had a series titled
“God’s Way to Health, Wealth and Wisdom”. In that series he talked about how
young people don’t understand the importance or value of “honest” labor. The
series produced one of the most famous quotes seen widely across the internet.
I ran across the quote the other day and it started to
look into Adrian so I could present it to you here with a little background.
Enjoy!
You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by
legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
What one person receives without working for, another
person must work for without receiving.
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the
government does not first take from somebody else.
When half of the people get the idea that they do not
have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the
other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is
going to get what they work for, that, my dear friend, is the beginning of the
end of any nation.
You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
Yours in Liberty.
-----------I like these:
* You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
* What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
Good to see that you're still writing, Jim.
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