Tending our Economic Garden

[jejstover]

Tending our Economic Garden ... 
An Analogy

Our economy is a lot like a garden overgrown with weeds.

While there are still flowers visible, it's obviously a mess.

The flowers in our economic garden are the businesses that provide jobs and produce everything we choose to buy.

The weeds are government programs, such as bailouts, subsidies, and regulations. Like weeds, government programs absorb nutrients (i.e. capital) that businesses need to flourish.

The "Do Nothing" Approach

Some want to give up on our economy. They say there is nothing we can do or that it’s best to do nothing. But, if we don’t act:

Government weeds will continue to grow bigger and stronger, eventually crowding out all the flowers.

The American spirit of personal initiative and responsibility will continue to diminish, leaving us dependent and weak.

We’ll be further under the thumb of politicians and bureaucrats, the people who run the Postal Service, Amtrak, and the DMV!

Government-run economies lead only to poverty and despair. In the 20th century millions of people literally starved to death as a direct result of government agriculture programs.

The Libertarian Way

The right approach is to pick up a shovel and dig out every weed. That's what Libertarians want to do. Dig up every failed government program that is choking the economy and toss it on the compost heap of history. A few examples:

Stop every business bailout and subsidy. Weak businesses must die so stronger, better-managed businesses can thrive.

Shut down wasteful government bureaucracies, like the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, and Energy. Americans would have better and cheaper food, businesses, schools, and power without them.

Close the Federal Reserve. Sound economies are based on sound money, not by inflating our savings away.

Your help is needed to weed our economic garden.

Join the Libertarian Moms Group here at CafeMom today and join us as we tend our nation's garden at: http://www.cafemom.com/group/3523

Tags: economy, politics, libertarian, government, moms

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[Leslillli]

Jul. 2, 2009 at 2:58 PM

that is an awesome analogy!!

now you know i like to weed out the garden :)

[casie1124]

Jul. 2, 2009 at 3:09 PM

Just need to find my gardening gloves :)

[kittymommy]

Jul. 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM Great journal Jan!! what a simple way to put it.

[wiksgals]

Jul. 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM

Fantastic, Jan! Libertarian Moms has been a great way for me to connect with like-minded women, learn more about the political process, and has empowered me to live differently & have the confidence to actually become the change I want to see in the world. I encourage all moms to check out the group regardless of your views.

[TinasTribe]

Jul. 2, 2009 at 11:26 PM

Fabulous Jan! I am so glad that I found my way to the garden and that because of people like you, have the tools to tend to it!

[jejstover]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:05 AM

Ladies ... its a pleasure tending the garden with you.  

As more and more moms continue to be frustrated with politics as usual, I hope they will check out our Libertarian Moms Group and join us in our efforts to rein in government and restore our Republic!

(Original Poster)

[itisstarry]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM

Great journal Jan! Hopefully it will get people thinking, and will bring some new mammas to Libertarian Mammas, the smartest group on the cafe!

[Karin78]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Now this sounds like a "shovel-ready" project!

[nookers]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM

Love the analogy! The problem is the stinkin weeds have already dropped their seeds and some bueracratic "bird" has come along, gobbled up the seed and is flying over "prime soil" waiting to crap it out and start the weed patch all over again.

[jejstover]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 8:18 PM

Yes, but the seeds of Liberty are a hardy stock ... tended to by Patriots for generations.  We just need more Patriots out there weeding the garden now and in time we'll see the Tree of Liberty thrive again!

(Original Poster)