You wanted to keep your plan. And you COULD...unless it needed adjustment to be economically viable. The Unintended Consequences of Government intervention

 Unintended consequences. The ripple effect in the water that will become a churning, giant tsunami wave crashing on distant shores. The tremors building and rumbling into an eventual 9.5 Richter earthquake, resulting in the shock waves weeks thereafter. The argument with the spouse that leads to a small remark that you wish you could take back. You had "no idea" that would be taken that way! But it is interpreted in ways you'd never foreseen! The butterfly effect. Unintended consequences can be extremely detrimental to the individual with regard to Government intervention. Markets and personal liberties can be rattled, indirectly, by the unintended consequences of their actions. Many examples can be cited throughout history. One example in particular is one that is fresh in the news, as well as in our everyday lives.

  Governmental intervention and its unintended consequences can be exemplified through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. EVERYONE needs healthcare coverage, don't they? What could go wrong with creating a national healthcare plan? You may already HAVE insurance. Why not help those that are unable to do so? Sounds fair, doesn't it? And you LOVE your plan! That’s why you most likely spent an entire day fleshing out “your plan” in a mind numbing meeting. You spent hours with insurance representatives, agonizing over the options, to which you found the perfect, little combination of benefits that complimented you and your family. You wanted to keep "your plan"! And they ensured within the law itself that you COULD keep your plan...as long as it wasn't adjusted! It was considered grandfathered, as long as no changes were made to your plan. Any sort of adjustment that did not comply with the affordable care act was canceled by law. Examples abound within the “News” cycles and stories. In Colorado, plans that have adjusted to the economic demands of the Affordable Healthcare Act are currently being discontinued. Maybe it was due to that fact they can’t handle the new economic strain? Maybe, they've moved to an economically viable solution to forge the business's "going concern", as they strive to meet new demands from the consequences of being compliant to the A.C.A?

   There is an interesting, “perfect storm” that occurs when an existing plan adjusts its benefits to weather the new, excrement storm that looms over the horizon. It loses its “grandfathered status”. That plan is no longer under the definition of a “grandfathered plan”. It is also no longer under the definition of “your plan”. You lose “your plan”. A grandfathered plan is a health plan in force on March 23, 2010. It can continue to be an exempt plan if it follows certain requirements, to maintain the grandfathered status. Some of the requirements that would cause the loss of grandfathered status include: Eliminating benefits, increasing a participants’ percentage cost-sharing requirement, certain reductions in employer or employee organization contributions rates, annual benefit limits that are changed. A provision in the law states that when your plan did not comply with the requirements, that it was no longer grandfathered. Once canceled, you were required to be issued a written notice. This notice was to explain all of the reasons for the cancellation, along with the fact that you’ll need to procure another plan. In a perfect world, your ORIGINAL plan was grandfathered. The unintended consequences of government intervention at work. Market forces, due to this law, caused a situation that lead to almost every plan to be re-calibrated in order to cover the new cost and the new expenses. Being forced to cover people that already had conditions that would not allow them to receive insurance, which required paying TONS of additional medical expenses, caused plan adjustments to occur. And that's when your pretty, little plan was “shocked to death” and you received a nice little “Dear John” letter from your provider in the mail. But government didn't really consider those consequences, and to what extent those consequential results would eventually lead (Or DID they…that’s another topic, for another day). We now have to pay for the intervention of their “intentions”.

   Ultimately, when the government intercedes, you get the ripples from the consequences of their actions. The butterfly effect from the flapping of their political “wings” leads to a national disaster that will cause years of strife and a “Trail of Tears”. A politician’s status of being “needed”, which in turn defines them as elite, means that they are throwing YOU the bone. They’ll be fine on their politically crafted, Cadillac Plans that you or I will never have the opportunity to enjoy.  It is you and I that will be continually burned by the “Unintended Consequences” of their actions. Unless we realize the REAL roles that are to be restored. WE vote them into office. THEY are public servants that should engage in that thing we call “representation”. We need to demand a return to the definition of a Representative Republic...as “We, The People”. 

And now, My moment of Zen...Stewart's Out, Future Secure. Here's why...

   There an interesting phenomenon that continually occurs within the Media world and the progressive left. If you have views and opinions that stand against progressive ideology, you are the enemy. You are attacked for having them. Pummeled into powder, based upon your viewpoint. You will be laughed at, branded as an extremist kook, and then tarred and feathered. They will set out to silence you based upon your "intolerance", regardless of your right to free speech. They will even make up stories about you, with lies built upon complete fabrications in order to place doubt upon the minds of the unwitting. On top of all of that, they will then REPEAT the lies in a similar, or even verbatim fashion through every mouth piece and media outlet available to them. Of course, if everyone is saying it, it must be true! And if everyone says it enough times in a row the same way, then it becomes actual FACT!
 
   An interesting juxtaposition is those with a complicit view of Progressivism. These individuals are revered and placed upon pedestals. They are given accolades that are created solely to provide the perception of legitimacy and credibility, much like a major motion picture receiving the Best Picture award when it hasn't even been screened in the theater. They are provided with high positions of influence and power due to their subservience to the cause. As is the case for those such as Katie Couric or Rosie O'Donnell, failure in the ratings department oddly never costs you your job. To the contrary, you will be provided MANY chances to fail with similar results (which is actually the definition of insanity, by the way). You may even be promoted to even higher positions in the world of media. The end goal is to make it stick with the public. To underestimate the general public's intelligence. To assume that if the public sees the good little progressive operative elevated and promoted, it will be assumed that the good little progressive operative is more astute than we are to actually believe. And we, the peons that are not famous, would blindly accept this premise and follow the lead of bolstering the fabricated prominence of a failed talent being gifted opportunity after opportunity with no means of measurable success.

   The Daily Show on Comedy Central is an evolutionary journey into “Inside baseball” media fandom. The media's obsession with it may be related to the satire of the field in which they operate. It began as an apolitical, satirical show with an endearingly arrogant host, Craig Kilborn. I personally followed the Daily Show from its beginnings. When they mention the current target age group, they indicate my exact age to the year! Being a young conservative, but one with a sense of humor as well as a thick skin, I was able to laugh even while my views were the target of its jokes. The Daily Show began in 1996, with reporters such as A Whitney Brown. Mr. Brown once interviewed a cult that believed a spaceship would descend upon earth to abduct its followers and cart them off to another planet in the form of it's rapture. He was told that the planet of destination was located in Pleiadian cluster, to which he asked, “The Pleidan Cluster…is that made of Nougat”? The show didn't strive to take one particular political side. Instead, it bashed both sides of the political spectrum equally. Craig Kilborn’s “5 Questions” along with staples like “Moment for Us” (where he arrogantly and awkwardly hit on the female guests on his show with a pseudo romantic setting) and, of course the coup de grace which was “The Moment of Zen”, made for a show filled with laughs while poking at the current news of the day.

   When Craig Kilborn exited the show, Jon Stewart was tapped to take the lead. Initially, his start was slightly awkward and he was grasping to fit his style into the template of what has been the show’s format. Over time, being the comedic powerhouse Mr. Stewart is, he was able to comfortably fill the role. He also began to appear on various talk shows, where at one point his unabashed and no holds barred candor came to light. The conflict of Mr. Stewart's transparent disdain for the news media even led to a verbal beat down of host Tucker Carlson on CNN. It was at this point that the progressive media began to take note of The Daily Show. Awards began to be given to the show for its ratings and creativity. The media fascination grew even fonder. And like that “underground band” that you held onto so dear, you began to seethe over the new found attention by the media elite. They began to reference and court the show like the fan-boys and girls they've become.  The new found attention was fine in the beginning, as Mr. Stewart didn't seem to be affected by it and stayed true to the focus of the shows content. But, eventually he succumbed to the adulation of the national mainstream media. Presidential Endorsements by Mr. Stewart were given extreme amounts of weight. He began to be offered hosting positions for many industry award shows. He had finally given in to the sickening adulation of the news reporters and journalists in the industry.

   At this point, along with myself, the core fan base began to wane and fall by the wayside. The show still had high ratings, but many long time fans were replaced with a different kind of audience. The show began to head towards a Progressive media format, where elevation and hype is given as a reward for the "battle points" it scores against libertarian and conservative viewpoints. The show began to take itself a bit too seriously. And as the progressive slide picked up steam, the unabashed vitriol against the right continued. When many people began to reference it as a news resource, it was at that point that it began to slowly die. But, occasionally, they opened the other side to scrutiny and parody. More often than not, they've become a former shell of itself, similar to Saturday Night Live (SNL). SNL flat out ignored gaffes by the left that wrote skits themselves, only to spend their energy on parodying the right and losing its comedic value in the process. The show sacrificed its core (comedy) for the cause. This left many thinking, “When will this get funny?” While The Daily Show did keep much of its humor, it was at times uncomfortable to watch. Similar to a comic picking on a child with Down syndrome.  

   The exit strategy for Mr. Stewart is clear. The sky is the limit for him. Years of carrying the water for the left will open every door they’re in charge of locking and unlocking. His reward for pushing the narrative will be the "Brink’s truck of cash" of any amount, dumped into his lap. This was the case with NBC’s proposal for a position with “Meet the Press”. With the concept of the Nightly News being an irrelevant animal, NBC is well aware of a need for a change. A pivot into this brave new world is a possibility that they may need to explore. So it should be of little shock to everyone if we see Mr. Stewart manning a Nightly News Chair soon. In fact, at the moment, I hear there’s one available. And you don't even have to be truthful to man that station. Good night, Mr. Stewart. And good luck.

My Apologies, even though Libs are hypocrites, we still love you (inspired by my Whole Foods Adventure)

     I must make a confession. I feel that I'm big enough to "Man Up" (sorry to evoke an anti-PC term. Maybe I should have used that confusing red neck term "Cowboy up") to a realization that I've come to grips over. There are many aspects of liberalism that I am reluctantly happy to embrace. Your grass-fed beef is especially tasty. Goes great with your "Jammy" Sonoma Zinfandel. I love your artisan, wood-fired roasted, flatbreads pizzas. YUUUMM. Taking an 8 person Coleman pup tent into a field to campout for 5 days and watch 30 musical acts perform sets of 20 minute musical masturbation noodling can even be quite enjoyable too. I've spent many an afternoon in a dusty record store, thumbing through stacks of albums in a quest for that perfect classic vinyl album that will pop & crack in all of its high fidelity glory. It is my "Mecca"! Even your "college favorite" comedian, that occasionally stars on your liberal "Funny or Die" type sketch comedy show, is also hilarious. They'll poke fun at us and our values, but I can look past that because we all should be able to make fun of ourselves! Even your organic Mac & Cheese is to die for.

     But your governmental policies and lifestyle choices are horrid. Your ideology fails every time it’s attempted. Yet you continue vilify capitalism, which has worked every time it's been tried. You camp out in front of the Halliburton office building in protest of capitalism, not ever realizing that you actively engage in Capitalism daily. Consumed with your iPhones & iPads, which allow you to post anti capitalism rhetoric on your Facebook & Twitter accounts, the hypocrisy is thick in your world. Every time you sell a grilled cheese or nitrous balloon at a Phish concert, you engage in capitalism. Each time you meticulously weigh out your illegal stash of Northern Lights to maximize it for the most cash from the stoner kid dropping by your "flat", you’re engaging in capitalism. That favorite coffee shop with the local art for sale on the wall (capitalism in action alert!) that sells that tasteless soy bean vegan burger...that’s called capitalism. Your favorite hardcore punk group (signed to a capitalist label like a Sony or an Atlantic Records) engages in capitalism through selling "merch" along with the tickets to their show. All while their lyrics scream against such actions, they continue to reside within a hypocritical dilemma on a daily basis. This happens while still involving capitalism in their lives as a “necessary evil” just to survive.

    You've even inadvertently CREATED a market inside capitalism!!!! You've met the need for those who don't want to consume any edible item that HAS A FACE (Veganism)!!! Congratulations! Thanks for joining us in this glorious, “Adam Smith Hidden Hand” economy! Yes, government may have created that scenic, mountain bike trail that you so long to traverse in the wee sunrise hours of the frosty AM. But that paper thin bike that swallows your behind like a whale sucking up mounds of krill, that was built by capitalism! The skin tight shorts that are painted on, with the bike shirt that has the loud emblems which make you look like the NASCAR driver of biking? That was capitalism as well. In fact, you've effectively have become a walking, hypocritical billboard for the company that made your skin tight biking digs. The necessary evil…is capitalism. It’s necessary because it works (it IS a perfect system). It’s only evil because we, as imperfect sinful beings, corrupt it and turn it evil. Reason NUMBER ONE that conservatives, like myself, put a heavy focus on morality and faith. This allows you to be a free individual that can actual function in public. Go ahead and accept the need for Capitalism. I've accepted the need for your contributions! Or, you could return to foot juggling your Hacky Sack while you sit back and allow those “great, brilliant minds” of our “spotless and clean” government officials to take care of you and everything else. That should work out swimmingly.

Down with Disease. Socialism has taken over!

We need to raise awareness on the growing disease called socialism. Maybe we should wear a red ribbon, maybe have a 5K? We could get musicians together to write a kumbaya song that would raise awareness of this growing problem...oh wait, they did that already...it was called "We are the World". Sure, that was written for acquiring aid for Africa! But a globalist view of world citizenry is a fundamental cornerstone in the socialist’s way of thinking. Well then, How about we start a nonprofit 501(c) (3), (but not a 501(c) (4) political action group because we'll never get that one approved), to help spread the awareness of the literal takeover of our entire country from within. Using the typical liberal channels, unfortunately, will not resonate or be effective as is the case with many other awareness campaigns on other issues.

    So, then, shall we use the capitalist approach? Maybe a purchase a neon tattoo of a 140 character "Tweet" hashtaging every scandal that the government has perpetuated on Kim Kardasian's rear? Although she would have more than ample capacity to wear it, the character limitations wouldn't allow us the fit every scandal in 140 characters. Maybe paying for ad time during the Super Bowl to read the statistics of every failed locality and the party affiliation of their leadership, along with their length of tenure. Detroit alone has been under liberal leadership for decades and is bankrupt...no surprise. How about we list the contributor’s list and tally of lobbyist’s right below the candidate’s name in the voting booth. Streamline the disgust!  Maybe we can go all out and officially decimate the integrity of the groundwork of what the founders died for by meeting with a attention deficit camera whore with green lipstick who swims in a bathtub of Fruit loop's. And why not?  She has 4 million "hits", so I guess she's legitimate?

    The overall cure for this disease is to meet it uninformed on their level. The left are WIZARDS of this method. Unfortunately, when they have this prime opportunity at their fingertips, they will use it to deceive and distort every shred of truth. Factual ideas and concepts collapse like the house of cards that the lefts ideology is built upon whenever they are challenged. Where the conservatives miss the mark is on two issues.

     First, conservatives attempt to address this issue by having it vocalized by someone who speaks utterly to fast while wearing a bow tie. The conservative case is usually presented by someone who looks like they were the last pick for kickball in middle school. And its typically addressed in an uptight manner with awkwardly delivered humor, if any at all. We, as conservatives, must infiltrate the culture. Unfortunately this is a process that we should have embarked upon decades ago. The left understood this (possibly due to CPUSA marching orders issued by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956 while addressing ambassadors from the west at the Polish Embassy). Luckily, or maybe out of final frustration, many are beginning this quest. Whether it be in the form of children's books and DVD's or Clay-mation movies, instructive and captivating factual based media needs to be initiated. A move to inject conservatism into the culture MUST begin for a change to occur.

    Secondly, education must also be a part of the plan. Deceiving the public with false narratives not only takes less effort, it takes less time. In 12 years of education, you receive a diploma. In 2 to 4 additional years, at the very least, you receive a degree. The point ultimately is that education is a long process. Taking an uninformed public to be educated on an ideology that has been misrepresented, by the body politic along with the mainstream media, will be a tedious undertaking. But, it will require a dynamic and well versed representative of conservatism to accomplish the hurdles of this task. This is what made Reagan so effective. Communicating the concepts in a way that the public can empathize with and understand. This needs to be rebooted. The march needs to begin.

The Republican "Reach-a-round" the aisle. The desire for playing ball with Democrats

    “Come on people now. Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another right now”, because “all we are saying is give peace a chance”. The tune that the Democrats love to croon. It’s what they believe the citizens of our great nation desire from their elected officials. They believe in the concept of “reaching across the aisle”. In reality, The media and the Democrats wish to impose upon them a Republican “reach around”. It’s a dance that the Democrats long to have and it is extended to the Republicans ONLY as long as Democrats get to lead. It’s their way or the highway. And the media will audibly vocalize the frustrations of the Democrats to enrage the public at large.

    An excellent example of the media’s desire to bellyache about the inability of Republicans to “cooperate” with their views is Obamacare. Obamacare, AKA the A.C.A. (which was the technical acronym, now being touted due to the fully displayed failure of this progressive ideology in practice). A Washington Post leftwing stenographer wrote an opinion piece asking, “When will republicans begin to love Obamacare? The left continually wants our acceptance of their will, while we deny our principles. When will we "Heart" Obamacare? When will we love it and be happy with it? When we pull the plug, say our last goodbyes and put it to rest. We'll fondly reminiscence about it when we take those trips down Obamacare memory lane. Remember the "Slut" & "Pajama Boy" ads? Those were great! Remember when the website wouldn't work & it didn't sign you up! Oops! LOL!! How about the prank where you suddenly realized your premiums DOUBLED and your deductibles sky rocketed! Oh, the look on their faces!!! Oh, Obamacare, how we "Heart" you and loathe you...RIP. Thank you, media and Democrats for boldfaced lying to us and sticking this into our system without proper vetting. Silly ole’ citizenry, Mr. Gruber is proud of you! He’s proud of the media and Democrats for manipulating everyone to pass a law that would've never made it through the process if it was viewed in all of its glory.

    If the system as designed would've been allowed to work, we would've circumvented this debacle. The struggle to shove improper legislation as this on through would've been prevented from fully coming to fruition. What they fail to understand is that Republicans must stand on principle, even if it causes gridlock. Ultimately, that was the design of our government. The structural framework of our Constitution firmly displays the concept separation of powers. Having experienced many forms of governmental tyranny, the founders painstakingly fleshed out the concepts to create this new design. From the flow of the legislative process to the admittance of Presidential endorsements that are Congressionally approved, gridlock is purposely embedded. Take a gander into the legislative process. A proposal is issued for a bill that is then referred to the House Ways and Means Committee to ultimately land a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill is then swatted over to the Senate, where the Senate Finance Committee puts their greasy paws all over it.  Then the Senate has to vote on it, take what it currently looks like after another manipulation, and submit it for the President’s approval. He could say, “YAY!” or “NAY!!” Congress gets it back and could override the President’s veto by a 2/3^rd’s majority vote in each chamber. If this is supposed to be a seamless, quick, productive process you wouldn't get that from just the cumbersome steps that I've just listed. And this was done with purposeful intentions. Nothing would dash across the finish line until fully vetted and scrutinized. This would result in legislation that is beneficial to the republic. They also only convened 4 months out of a year. The less a congress was in session, the less we’d flood the system with useless, detrimental legislation.

 
    So, due to the fact that Republicans wish for free market principles, such as a free market solution to the Healthcare problem, they are painted as the failure of progress. For standing firmly on their principles, even if it results in the disruption of governmental operations, they are attacked. The media steps in and then becomes the 24/7 bullhorn for the Democrats. The public begins to buys into it after consistent repetition of talking points. Say something enough times the same way, it becomes “the truth”. Similar to the manner in which a group of individuals committing a crime must do to beat an accusation. But the actual vilification is then placed upon the Republicans for not playing along and selling out their principles. Without a well-educated citizenry, versed in the constitutional design of our freedom, we will continue to fall for these fabricated lies and continue to move further away from the founder’s creation.

The "Spiritual Totalitarianism" - Our Representative Republic

          There is an innate desire embedded within the fabric of humanity. It is based upon a natural desire for guidance. There is a will within human beings to be provided with structure & guidance. A sense of security is found in this type of guidance. The yearning guidance facilitates it's emergence through the seeking of leadership. And leadership resides in many places. It's found in every facet of our existence. You can witness leadership in action within the family unit, the workplace, and from our government. Leadership is also evident in divinity and spirituality. There are many different forms and styles of leadership. Some forms derive from motivational perspectives based upon rational thought. Others are simply formed out of our barbaric nature. Regardless of style, a yearning for leadership is ingrained in the heart of all beings and can illustrate the differences between the Progressive and Conservative political viewpoints.

     
     Totalitarianism is the leadership style that seems to have been “norm” for the majority of the globe. It has been that way since the beginning of time. Most every nation’s governmental structure is built upon some flavor and form of dictatorship, usually consisting of a solitary leader or ruling class. Many of these nations’ historical accounts consist of centuries of a type of totalitarian leadership form. In turn, most citizens of these totalitarian nations are subservient to their leaders, as this way of life is all they've known. The problem lies with the leaders at the top. Being humans, with a sinful nature, these rulers or elite ruling class groups will not govern towards the will of the people. They will typically pursue their own self-interest. The will of the citizens is an afterthought and any benefit, whether it be small or marginal, will be a byproduct of selfish pursuits. So while pursuing self-interest, by default they will serve to some degree, their view of what actually is "the will of the citizens". The totalitarian leader doesn't typically view a higher authority above and beyond themselves. While pursing self-interest, they allow greed and other human desires to grow and influence without conscience. Neglect of the people will ultimately occur. Complete suppression and even torture of the people will be employed and are meant to solidify the ruler’s role as totalitarian leader to ensure decades of power. Ultimately, man without any regard for moral authority, is completely dangerous to the people they govern. Unfortunately, this is the root of Progressivism. The Progressive sees themselves as being born with the talent and birthright to guide all of the citizens due to their superior intellect. This explains their lack of faith in a higher power. It also explains their arrogant desire to eliminate themselves from being held to an equal and similar standard as every other citizen in a nation.

       
  In contrast, we must take a look at the development and makeup of how our nation was born. Many will say we live in a Democracy. Many will recognize that we actually live in a Representative Republic. But, I ascertain, that the American design of Governance is actually a form of "Spiritual Totalitarianism." God is the ruler of our elected officials. Decisions and actions of those who we've elected into office are to be governed upon their "Fear of God" and respect for their creator. Our elected leader is nothing more than an executor-executing the laws provided by the lawmakers of the country, Congress. Our Lawmakers are nothing more than a collection of representatives and senators that spar in a process that consists of SO MUCH gridlock (by design) that they are only allowed to submit logical legislative solutions. This is the cornerstone upon which the Founders based the construction of this new form of Government. But ultimately, the leader is GOD! Decisions are based on those principles. It's not a topless form of government, because those close to the top were seeking God's countenance to instruct their path of service "to the will of the people." They were allowing God to be the ultimate ruler and placed themselves as servants of God and their constituents. This is where Conservatism resides. Conservatism sees God’s role as ruler and acknowledges its adherence to Godly principles. They do not view themselves above anyone else, but see that everyone be given equal CHANCE to succeed. Whether or not success is initiated or attempted by an individual is that individual’s choice.

       
   As the views of the role of our leadership change in many areas of culture, we must realize the root of our governmental design. The fundamentals of its founding and composition are crucial to maintaining its integrity. Certainly, a separation of an established style of religion as mandated by the government is necessary in allowing us to remain the free society. The founders escaped a government ruled by a national religion and focused on the importance of its separation. But, a severing of God and our leaders should never be enacted. Doing so opens the door for corruption, lawlessness, and facilitates a quenching of thirst for unbridled power. Just as the design of a system of checks and balances is employed to maintain the integrity of each branch and area of power, we must have a moral authority as well. God must be in charge to keep a system of checks and balances between our duties and actions as elected servants and our overall self-interest. These “spiritual ethics” are what should govern us individually, which ultimately leads to effective governance collectively.

The War on Capitalism

    The politicized "War on...fill in the blank" fad doesn't involve a race or gender. It isn't carried out by some media-rebranded, "right winged brigade of bigoted, Ozzy & Harriet, prude throwbacks”, as the left wing socialists wish to portray conservatives. It is a war that is waged from the left side. It's the "tolerant" left side that despises every idea that doesn't fall in line with their ideology. Where opposing viewpoints are to be "tolerantly" banned instead of ignored. Your ability to opt out based upon your own choice not to partake, which should be firmly planted in your own free-will, is to be “tolerantly” regulated with their guidance. This is achieved through silencing opposition with overreaching legislation. And this war isn't a new one. It's actually been waged for over a century. This is The War on Capitalism. To further explain this, you must dig for the root differences between conservatives and liberals. Morality is the basis between both the conservative ideology and the liberal viewpoint, with the types of morality being what make them completely different.
 
      For the Conservative point of view, you must look towards divine morality. It's the belief in an almighty God that is the force to which guidance is provided. It's what keeps conservative "capitalists" within the boundaries of godly practices and away from acting in complete selfishness. They act upon individual self-interest, not selfishness. It's the self-interest of the individual and the individual's personal interest (family, friends, neighbors, communities, & churches) that is of main concern. They involve themselves in helping the community based upon what is pleasing to God. The "fear" of God is how they are judged and governed. Freedom for them is a divine gift from God and government should be involved only to meet the necessary, barebones needs of the community. It's also the belief that, second only to God's providence; no one else will be concerned for the well being of an individual more than that of the individual themselves.
 
      As for the Liberal, a humanitarian morality is the basis of their virtue. The community or "village" is the overall concern. Decisions and guidance is managed base upon its effects on the community and “Mother Earth” (animals, nature, et al). They justify their goodness through their participation or involvement with community service groups and organizations. Ultimately, Government is what oversees this group’s ideology. Following what's legal and trying to define ethics solely from what is good or bad for others is how they achieve justification. Funding the governing body, in the form of taxation, is seen as a rightful duty or a "tithe" to allow it to continue to operate and provide for the collectives needs. But the ability to have freedom to engage in activities that are justified by the government are how they base "Freedom". They assess the intelligence level of the general public, based upon their assumptions, to justify their call to public service. It is they, who are deemed to be smart and talented enough to "know what's best" for us. The court system is used to fortify these activities in a codified manner, giving justification to its allowance into the culture and eventually, the community.
 
     Now that the differences are established, we then need to break down the concept of capitalism and the "Private Sector". An individual sees a need or assesses a situation that may pose a need or solution. Through creativity, ingenuity, and risk, the individual attempts to meet that need. In meeting that need, the individual understands they have the opportunity to financially gain a return upon their investment and risk failure or collapse if they are unsuccessful. They employ other individuals, which allow better facilitation of this need. Many times, they utilize other services or products with financial capital that would enhance the vision to which they are trying to achieve. Other individuals with creativity, ingenuity, and risk may decide to compete in this arena with a better idea to meet that need. In doing so, resources are excellently managed. Any waste of resources would result in less profit. Negative externalities from their output are minimized to avoid damaging other resources. The community can cast their "votes" if an entity is acting inappropriately by engaging in refusing to purchase their product or refusing their support of services through their buying power. Is it a perfect system? Yes & no. The system ITSELF is perfect in addressing the needs of the community, allocating the resources, and providing just the right amount to satisfy the demand. Where it falls short is not to be blamed by the system. It's those running the system. The fallible, imperfect, sinful, egotistical human that will manipulate or take advantage of the benefits & trust of the system is where it falls short. But that's where the morality comes into play. If your moral grounding is such that you have personal "lines in the sand" that you will not cross (like trustworthy business practices and respect for other individuals & customers) this line won't be crossed and the system will operate with full merit. Without it, employee's wages are not fairly allocated, resources are abused, negative externalities are ignored and finances are exploited. This is what causes the tarnishing of the capitalist system.
 
    Now that the players are introduced and the process is laid out, the war is then explained. After listening to recent comments made by Prince Charles of England (from a family funded completely by taxpayer revenue, allowing every aspect of their needs to be provided by the Government, that without the Royal designation would be considered to be on Welfare) was stated as saying "After all, it is perhaps worth bearing in mind that at the end of the day the primary purpose of capitalism should surely be to serve the wider, long-term interests and concerns of humanity."  But alas, capitalism DOES serve the wider, long term interest of humanity! It meets our needs, addresses the concerns, & provides the resources. A great example of this was Boris Yeltsin’s (Communist Russia’s Leader at the time) visit to an American grocery store in 1989, where he saw that all of the resources Russia was lacking at the time were packed on shelves in overabundance and available in different forms or flavors, Yeltsin was noted as saying, “When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people.” “That such a potentially super-rich country as ours has been brought to a state of such poverty! It is terrible to think of it.” The Occupy Wall Street “Movement” (Which has largely disappeared from the media) was attacking capitalism. They failed to make the case because not only did they mainly came across as disgruntled, spoiled, ex-employees that were disillusioned by the struggle up the corporate ladder, they were also were utilizing many of the benefits of a capitalist economy (iPad's & iPhones, etc.). Some were college graduates that demanded to be paid as if they earned their stripes through the ranks of a business just because they received a degree. Unfortunately for them, competition doesn’t just reside in the corporate world, but also in those vying for a career. To blame a system and not those who corrupt a system is extremely short sighted. Ultimately, Government cannot create a bureaucracy large enough or efficient enough to handle the strain of meeting the population’s needs. This should lead many to realize that a War on Capitalism is more than just being fair or just. It's about perpetuating a movement to shift freedom from the individual to the collective "village" which is run by the Government to regulate every activity. This creates a permanent underclass that will be subservient to those they elect. And the new elite that are continually elected will continue to diminish the power of our country economically to level the playing field with other countries and set the stage for a one world government. Capitalism elevates and provides prosperity for individuals which increase the power of the country. A robust economy makes it extremely difficult to remove Sovereignty. Just remember the overall question, who will regulate the regulators???