The 10th Amendment

To the editor:

Look it up. Years ago this vital of Amendments was torn to shreds by guilt festering in the upper middle class and wealthy elitist enclaves and government officials. As they try to atone for their sense of success-guilt, through a massive federal government. They assume that others who have achieved marginal or no success are victims of society. There is little or no accountability for God-given differences or lack of personal effort. Its all about tainted American freedom, failed Capitalism and systematic prejudice preventing equal but unearned outcomes. Where is the road map for equal opportunity? Their only cure is lovingly motivated but punitive legislation. This is done through the socialist concept of providing lots of expensive “free stuff.”

Their solution is to legislate taxes on success enabling continuous generational victim failure, through expanding the definition of victims, press intimidation, punitive legislation, escalating taxation and redistribution of wealth. This process continues until there is no wealth for anyone, just mediocrity and more want through socialism. They believe big government, which caused the problems, can fix them through ignoring the 10th Amendment.

Jim Howse

La Grange