an 的小不

Throughout history, people of character worked mostly for the sake of their children. "When will I also do something for my family?" is the question Jacob asks in Genesis (30:30) after working for years on salary without the chance to build savings. A man had not lived a complete life if he had to leave this earth without leaving a piece of it for his offspring. Which explains the etymology of the word "patrimony" in case you were wondering.

Cutting, or significantly attenuating, the link between each generation and its posterity debilitates one of the civilizing structures of society. Giving parents incentives to take care of children and giving children incentives to be considerate to parents supports a vibrant polity. Giving the occupants of the present a stake in the development of the future is a powerful guarantor of productivity and progress.

It becomes apparent here, as in so many areas, that the left does not see the accumulation of wealth by individuals as a virtue. Although human nature shows the desire for such accumulation to be the engine of job creation and technological advancement, it is deemed so offensive by these secular moralists that society-wide poverty is preferable. The noble savage is an ideal for which they are prepared to savage the noble.

My hope is that the Senate will be impeded from canceling this tax holiday. They will not let us live free anyway, piling on layers of intrusive mandates without limit and limits without mandate; let us at least die free. The law should be rendered permanent and the tax repealed forever, but these patricians will not brook our patrimony. Still, for one year, a year that slipped between the cracks, it would be nice to see a little sliver of light, a glint of justice, a flash of freedom.

As to Mister Linkletter, may he live to 120 (a Jewish blessing, based on the life of Moses) and enjoy the prosperity he earned.