When faced with economic uncertainty, people don't want freedom. When they can't see their economic future, they want the nanny state.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.
Whenever regulation increases, personal freedom decreases.
The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.
Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility become such a hard sell? That's something I never thought would happen here.
In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.
People demand freedom only when they have no power.
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.
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