NO FREE LUNCHES

We live in a day and age where the main level of thinking is based upon the visible world. There are people out there who actually believe that there are free lunches. Because they do not see where the money comes from, they automatically assume that it cost nothing. It is beyond their mental capabilities to understand that there are no free lunches. If someone takes me to lunch and pays for it, it is free to me but the person who took me to lunch had to spend his money.

We are also living in a day and time when people want the unearned. Because of being indulged, we live in a time of laziness. People do not want to work for what they possess. They want the government to provide for their needs rather than working for it. So they vote to have the productive taxed and give to those who did not earn it. It used to be a shame to receive public assistance. Not anymore. It is now treated as one’s birthright.

Man can never successfully circumvent economic law because economic law has been predetermined. Man will forever beat his head against these predetermined laws in hope that he can make them go away and he will be free to do whatever he desires to do. It has been attempted many times and man has failed miserably every time and in every place. Yet, man continues on as if there is no economic law.

One thing about man’s law is that it shows a respect of persons. God’s law, on the other hand, is not a respecter of persons. An Associated Press article had the following headline, "Free cell phones offered to low-income Tenn. residents." To qualify for these free cell phones one has to meet certain income guidelines. In other words, an individual would have to be in government determined poverty or receive governmental assistance from Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income.

This program is called SafeLink Wireless. TracFone Wireless Inc. is providing this service. The recipients receive a cell phone with access to 911 emergency services and 68 minutes of free air time. The reason that TracFone is involved is because the government is subsidizing the program for $10 per recipient. The company will provide the other $3.50. The total estimated amount of those qualifying for this program is 800,000. This means that the taxpayers are saddled with a tax payment of $8,000,000. This service is free to those who did not earn it. The taxpayers pick up the tab. In other words, the government steals from the productive and gives it to the undeserving.

The reasoning behind this welfare program is so that these undeserving people can supposedly make a call in case of an emergency. This sounds good on the surface. However, those in favor of this program never stop to think that there are reasons that poor people do not have cell phones other than their cost. Some of these people would not know how to operate a cell phone even if you give them a free one and instructed them how to use it. How many of these people are going to carry their cell phones with them at all times? How often are these people going to have an emergency that warrants giving them a cell phone?

This is just another example of the government seeking to gain control over people’s lives by the way of man’s law. People do not deserve a cell phone. It is not an inherent right. If poor people need a cell phone, let them pay for it with their own funds and not with taxpayer money. Some of us are sick of these asinine government welfare programs. The world owes no one a living. We have to earn our way through life. Once again, there are no free lunches. Let them pay for their own cell phones.