Get off of our liberty.

Did you know that according to the founding documents, especially the Declaration of independence, that our country is founded on the ideals that we, as people, are endowed by our Creator, whoever and however that may be, with the three inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.

Let's talk some more about Liberty shall we?

First of all, Liberty is the ability to live one's life, make one's own life choices and decisions without the influence or direction of government, religous entities or any other group or entities.

That is the Liberty the founding documents refer to, there is no confusion debate or need for interpretation about that by any so called constitutional scholars.

So, if we are supposed to be a people with individual Liberty, why are there so many laws forcing people to do specific things?

Why are people forced to purchase insurance?  Why are people forced to wear motorcycle helmets?  Why are people forced to wear seatbelts?

There really is no good reason for these laws to be on the books except as part of a conspiracy between corporate entities and elected legislators.

For example, One excuse for seatbelts and helmets , perhaps the biggest one, is that the public is forced to pay for hospitalizations and care for those who go without.

However, they already force people to purchase insurance.  Why not simply let the insurance companies provide variations of insurance policies such as an auto policy  for those who choose to wear seatbelts and another policy for those who choose not to?  This way, no matter what choice the individual makes, as is his or her right to do so, the taxpayers are covered and not having to pay for their costs.

Same goes for having helmet and no helmet policy options for motorcycle riders.  it accommodates individual liberty and protects the public from unnecessary costs because of poor decisions on the individual's part.

This is where our legislators have gone wrong.  They do not allow people to bear the full responsibility for their decisions. in the name of fearing the costs to the public for poor decisions made by those same individuals.

People, individuals, must be allowed to fail.  It is a natural consequence of an individual making their own decisions.  some will succeed, others will fail.  The sooner people learn the effects of poor decision making, they usually tend to start making better decisions.

All that happens now is that people are shielded from poor decisions and the public must bear the cost for individual failure.  This ultimately raises the total cost of failure that the public must cover.

This isn't to say that people who are needing assistance due to unforseen circumstances and "amicable failures" meaning that they made poor decisions but the community for some reason or other doesn't hold it against them, must go without support or assistance of any kind.  The community can and will band together to help it's members when it's needed.

This happens already as there are fundraisers for local people all the time in the form of dinners, pancake breakfasts, raffles, donation locations and many other events that are purely community, not governmentally originated.

By allowing people to fail or succeed on their own merits in their own communities in front of everyone else in their community who will decide for themselves how amicable the failure is o is not, we allow communities to bond tighter and know each other.   Trust each other and learn who can be counted on and who cannot.

Ensuring individual Liberty above all else helps build stronger, more capable people and communities. This is much better in contrast to the dependent and unstable wrecks of society we have now.