GBTV: The Unrecognized Virtues of Owning Property
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“We don’t talk about taking money. We talk about making money,” says rabbi Daniel Lapin to Glenn Beck.
What does he mean?
He’s talking about the fundamental principle of increasing one’s revenues by earning money.
“People think in terms of ‘taking’ money,” says rabbi Lapin, “’We must take it from the rich! And that way, we’ll all have!’”
“No!” the rabbi disagrees, “Let everybody be free to make it and then we’ll ‘all have.’”
“What do you think about these people that say . . . ‘Jesus was a communist’?” asks Glenn Beck. “People will quote the bible left and right and say, ‘Yeah, you should take it from the rich.’”
“They should keep their day jobs, I think, because theology is probably not their main area,” replies rabbi Lapin.
“Look, I mean, Jesus was a rabbi and there’s no reason to suppose that he wasn’t intimately familiar with the Torah, with the Old Testament,” rabbi Lapin explains, “I’m afraid you’ll search in vain there for any notions of socialism or any notion of redistribution.”
Indeed, many theologians argue against the idea of taking the wealth or property of another in the name of “fairness.”
“But then we’ll all be equal!” some (Occupiers) might argue.
The person who encourages the forcible confiscation of property in the name of “fairness,” although they may have a very loose understanding of charity, fails to understand that when charity becomes compulsory, it ceases to exist and instead becomes theft—a condemnable act.
Rabbi Lapin explains the importance of the notion of private property.
“Here’s the basic decision that every society has to make: If you want to take a whole lot of us away and start a new society, a new culture, a new community on a remote desert island, Glenn Beck is going to have to make several decisions right up front. One of them is: Are you going to allow everyone to have their own pieces of land? Or are you going to have the land owned by everyone?”
“That’s fundamental. In other words, is private ownership of property ‘okay’? And out of that decision results two completely separate and incompatible systems: one works, one flounders and fails.”
Watch rabbi Daniel Lapin, author of Thou Shall Prosper, and Glenn Beck discuss the virtues of owning property (via GBTV):
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loriann12
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:35amIf you paid taxes to everyone who had Indian blood, no one would be paying taxes. Any family in the USA who has been here (can trace their roots) for more than a couple hundred years, more than likely has Indian blood. I can trace my family back to the early 1700′s on this continent. I have Blackfoot, Osage and Cherokee. does that mean you want to just give your taxes to me? I’m sorry, I have more pride than that. My problem is that the taxes I pay don’t run the government, they pay the poor to live. When my husband was without a job for 2 months, I didn’t run to the government for help. I scaled down everything, trusted family to help if needed, and went on with life. No one OWES me a living. No one OWES me land. If I would have to sell my house and get rid of the mortgage payment to make a smaller rent payment, so be it. Government subsidies to the Indians have done nothing but take their pride away.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:34amMost people think they can own land and other stuff in this life. While the truth is that you can’t own property or money or gold, or silver. It will never belong to you. It all belongs to God because He is the only one that can take it with Him. The rest of us are allowed to occupy a piece of property or have gold if we so choose. But soon as we die then it will be someone else that has it.
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:01amAmen, I agree it all belongs to God. but every man or women has the right to work and do the best they can to have a home and family and serve God, and no one has the right to take it from them. these lowlifes that won‘t work don’t deserve nothing. the Bible states that a man that won’t work and support his own family is worst than and infidel, and if you don‘t work you don’t eat. The Government should cut out welfare as we know it.
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:12amAgreed!!
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:24amAmen, Heavyduty!
Report Post »Joe Schmuck
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:30amAgree … and adding a bit;
It’s give and take. The Government ‘takes from’ whereas God’s folks ‘give to’.
With govt’s redistribution you end up paying for your neighbor’s GM Volt!
God’s way of redistribution is thru the hearts of His people. They know who the poor and needy are and they will meet their needs.
Report Post »TheCrusader007
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:21amCorrect, but god gives to whom he wants to bless.
Report Post »In other words, you can see many people in the bible not being poor at all, but were savvyy business man and god made them prosper – like Abraham and the forefathers.
God blesses the man who is diligent in his works and honors him.
I know many people who build a great business and property out of nothing and would not have the “right” to have them share it with me. Period.
And when I have not made it that far, either being to lazy or not taking risks or just plain luck, be content and worship the Lord Jesus.
Joe Schmuck
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:40amTheCrusader007 Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:21am
CAUTION … you need to be very careful. It would be easy to misunderstand you. That you are implying all rich people are Godly people and the poor are lazy and possible un-Godly. Jesus had nothing.
God’s people, whether rich or poor, will help one another. Do they have to? By no means. It’s in their heart.
Report Post »normbal
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 3:54pmsubtle difference, but true.
A good friend of mine, a life-long seeker, student of buddhism, christianity and every new age “religion” you can imagine, tells me there have only been two major religions in the world that addressed property and “ownership,” those being christianity and buddhism.
Guatama Siddharta, “The Buddha” around 500 BC told us it wasn’t the “things” themselves, but our “attachments” to them that were the problem.
Jesus Christ, son of the living God, told us not to store up things on earth that moths would eat and rust destroy but to store up our treasure in heaven. He judged a prince once by asking him to simply give up every earthly possession as the sole requirement to follow him. But his other followers owned cloaks, and swords, so personal property wasn’t forbidden, just how you thought about it.
Attachments. Possessions. Who owns or is owned by, what?
Report Post »reform
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:14pmOkay for the history buffs out there when did the government tie in property taxes to your land? Why would they do this?
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:06am“The FOOL says in his heart, ‘there is no God.’”
Report Post »chazman
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:43am… we must pay taxes on our land. In reality, the government owns all land, we just have a right to it until we can no longer pay the tax on it.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:17amAlthough that nice, what does that have to do with this article?
Report Post »Ruffus
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 6:57amWhat’s mine is mine…..except what daddygovt teals…I give alot and I get alot from my giving….the big govt steal wont stop and we are doomed to see WWIII in our lifetime – there is no stopping this. We whine and whine, but since we have much to lose, we will risk NOTHING……Newt or someone else will run away with the nomination and then get buried by 2 billion worth of trash-adds because…..more than 50% of America is stupid beyond belief. And they are lazy, worthless slugs who want free everything…. What did your kids learn in school yesterday? My duaghter learned the other day about Thanksgiving and somehow they wiggled in the taking of land….wonderful…..TAKING OF LAND? are you F-N kidding me? Do you know how the tribes got the land?? They raped and murdered their enemies and TOOK the land!
SOLUTION – get three guns – AR’s preferrably, lots of ammo – many pounds of flour and rice, a couple sacks of corn seed and wheat seed….maybe some veggie seeds too – and yeast – don’t forget the yeast….get yourself 20-50 acres in nowhere, and call it a life…..when you hear the first shot – either JOIN OR DIE!
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:18amHow old are you? Join or die? Seriously?
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:24amI would add a bolt action rifle in .308 that is accurate out to 500 yds to the ARs – you may need to ‘communicate’ from a longer distance. A mob of untrained punks looking to take your food and water can be detered easily when one of their thugs receives that message.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 5:07amI like Dave Ramsey’s example…
Report Post »A woman had a table she was going to throw out. It was old and had a bad finish.
A man saw it by the road, and bought it from her for $5.
He sanded it and cleaned it up.
Another woman was looking to buy a new table and was fearing she would have to spend $50 for a new one, but, saw the one he fixed up, which he was selling for $10.
Now, in this example the first woman made a $5 profit for not throwing away her table.
The man made a $5 profit for some elbow grease.
The third woman came out ahead $40 by not having to buy a brand new table.
In all, three people were ENRICHED. In al, they were enriched by $50!!
Wealth was created, and NOBODY had money TAKEN from them!
The PIE GREW!!!
What people do not understand is the definition of the pie! The pie is the sum total of the value of all of our assets.
Yes, taking from someone else gets you some pie. But, stirring the pie does not make it any larger. With a growing population, you MUST make it larger. If you want more people to have bigger pieces of pie, you must have a bigger pie.
lukerw
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 6:21amVALUE is a ByProduct of Rareness, thereby Limit… and in the Mind of the Beholder. It both parties are happy with a Trade, both can be said to Profit from the Transaction. But, all Transactions are based upon the ideal that item Possessed by each Party is Owned by each Party… otherwise, the Transaction is Illegal!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:00amI like that example. It’s kind of like scrapping, except the first person threw it away. My FIL works for a storage facility. Every now and then, peope abandon their storage units. They try to find them, resolve the issue, but occasionally it’s just abandoned. He goes through it, finds what’s reuseable (sometimes it’s all just trash) and either gives some to family or sells some. My husband (before he broke his leg) gathered TV’s and microwaves off the side of the street that were being thrown away, scraps them out for their base metals and turns it in at a recycle center. The enviornment is saved because it didn’t ALL end up in a landfill, we get a little money, and you know the recycle center made money.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:17am@tomferrari, the only thing you left out is that the government taxed each person a percentage of their pie,now the government has sticky fingers and the peoples pie is so nasty that they can not share it with the people who need the pie, but they can give it to those who are to lazy to make their own pie,but they don’t want the pie because it is not a whole fresh baked pie,so again the government has screwed up even pie making like they do every thing else.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:29amThat’s an excellent analogy.
Report Post »Searchingforthelight
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:47amThe American dream. I’ve lived with a home, and I’ve lived without one.
Report Post »You will never starve with your own land. Food can be put up for years.
I remember playing in the snow and finding frozen fruits and vegetables that hadn’t been picked
before the first snow. I’ve had a peach tree that broke several years in a row from over production.
TomFerrari
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 5:12amIf you want everyone to have at least 4oz of pie, and you have a 100oz pie, and you have 30 people, what do you do? Currently some of them have no pie. Currently, joe has 10 oz of pie. Taking most of joe’s pie does NOT solve the problem! There still is not enough pie!
We must all strive to make the pie bigger? How? By making our own small pies.
You see, there really isn’t ONE pie. We talk about one pie, but, that is just a number that we have come up with by ADDING UP everyone’s individual pies together so we can monitor how much pie there is.
If we want more people to have more pie, we need a bigger pie.
Report Post »Taking from the few who have some extra pie is absolutly insufficient to solve our needs.
All it does is allow the pie-takers to brag to the pie deficient, “hey, I’m taking their pie!”
After the pie-takers are done, NOBODY has enough pie… EXCEPT FOR THE PIE TAKERS AND THEIR FRIENDS!
skiz
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:36amAll this talk of pie is making me hungry! Just do what’s right people. Right and wrong. We all now what is it. Some of us wont admit it.God knows!
Report Post »idarusskie
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 5:26amwhy don’t you pick this fruit that breaks its limbs or have someone else pick it for you on shares?
Report Post »mr7md
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:14amDisagree. The money needs to be paid, in turn, to the people the Indians stole it from.
Oh wait. No, not them, the peoples BEFORE them: after all, THEY, in their turn, stole it from the poor sclubs there before (who, it was found, didn’t have bows and arrows, just rocks).
And so on. Get with the real world.
Report Post »Gatekeeper
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:49amShouldn’t Beck have one of his Mormon Bishops on? You‘d think that he wouldn’t want a Rabbi because he believes Mormonism fulfills the Old Testament?
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:30amIs there a Mormon bishop who recently wrote a book on wealth and prosperity? I don’t think so. so STFU.
Report Post »Gatekeeper
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 5:20pmMy point is, Beck doesn’t seem comfortable in his faith as a Mormon. I have yet to see a big time Mormon figure come on and preach bible prophecy. Hagge wouldn‘t even be qualified to preach that under Mormon teaching wouldn’t he?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:39amGlenn Beck enjoys toying with ideas of Jesus Christ, which defines Beck as anti-Christ.
Not a Christian.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:20amGood grief, you don’t know what an anti-christ is, do you? Please for the sake of all here ,use a damn dictionary before you post anything.
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:15amToying…Sure, if you want to use that word…Others call it educating oneself … I learned more from “toying” with things than I did from anything else.. Glenn hasn’t taken ones word for it about his beliefs … He has branched out to others to find why they believe different.. He didn’t jump on the band wagon and say this has to be the way… I watch my daughter “toying” with things everyday, and we both have learned a lot while she is doing so.. Does that make me anti-education?
Report Post »jnjons23
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:27amok. the idea of property legally obtained does not exist in the us. the people of the santa maria, pinta, & ninia, with colombo found out that they didn’t discover america, but they discovered was that the indians did not have guns. they took the land, & killed most of the indians & the remnant were placed on reservations where there were terrible conditions & land that could not support them. All you liberals & conservatives with your vast holding got your land illegally & perpetuate the criminal act of theft and death for the Indians.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:02amThe Indians Columbus found in America were not the original inhibitors either.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:11amyour last sentence is beyond stupid. You gotta be on some strong meds.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 4:53amThings WERE much different in 1492. America was still 300 years away. For the first couple of thousand years the native north american population spent there time worshiping rocks and trees and warring with each other. A more advanced race came and the land changed hands. I don’t think you can hold me responsible for things that happened then any more than a black man can. The fact is, everyone has the same chance to prosper now.
Report Post »smalldog
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 6:18amjnjons23…
I believe the native Americans did have a concept of land ownership. Sometimes, people talk about the ‘territory’ or ‘range’ they inhabited. The natives had skirmishes and wars over the control of land long before Columbus arrived.
They had concepts about who settled the center or inner part of the encampment and who set up house on the outskirts. Why the difference? Those on the outskirts were closer to the toilet area. The center was desirable in many ways.
Did every Indian have their land taken? Surely some sold their land and profited from the bargain? Some squandered the money and goods received? Left nothing for their children and grandchildren?
What happens today? Politicians squandering the resources of their children and grandchildren? Racking up massive debts that cannot be repaid?
Is ever child and grandchild entitled to the property of their ancestors?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 7:07amI’m part “Native American.” By your rationale, the government should just give me some land as retribution. That is what makes America so unique. Most of it’s citizens (by a very small margin these days) don’t want things just handed to them. It used to be a hit to your pride to have to go on welfare. I remember an older woman, either widowed or divorced, dressed nice and paying for groceries with food stamps. This was back when they were actual stamps. She looked like this was an act of desperation. now I see women who have daughters with illigitimate children, just to get more welfare, and very proud to use that EBT card.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:19amSurvival of the fittest, bitches. what’s the matter? Doesn’t evolutionary theory apply to people as well?
Report Post »trench99
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:28amBetter re-read your history. Columbus wasn’t “armed” he was trying to sail to India hence the “Indians” name. Many Indian tribes were nomadic and did not “own” the land, but simply lived in particular regions. Aggressive tribes did “own” lands, they also conquered lands from other tribes. Yes Indians killed other Indians long before Columbus, and well after Washington.
Report Post »Quest4Freedom
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:16amI wonder what ever happened to the “Kennewick man”? As I understand it, the remains were given to the “Native Americans” to discard and cover-up the truth that there were others in America before them. Does anyone have any information on this?
Report Post »stool
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:21am“Are you going to allow everyone to have their own pieces of land? Or are you going to have the land owned by everyone?”
What bullshiiit, of course the rich will buy up the land and rent jt out to the poor so that the rich can sit on their lazy butts making millions in rent while the poor work from dawn to dusk and barely are able to exist and one out of a hundred will join the ranks of the rich so the rich can say WORK HARDER POOR PEOPLE WORK EVEN HARDER. 99% of that hard work will make the rich even richer and 1% will advance to the rich class.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:43am@stool,
“What bullshiiit, of course the rich will buy up the land and rent jt out to the poor so that the rich can sit on their lazy butts making millions in rent while the poor work from dawn to dusk and barely are able to exist …”
Why would someone sell their land if they’re free to use it to make money for themselves?
But this, of course, assumes that there are no restrictions on trade, as is currently the case; and also no protections for businesses.
“Rich” isn’t a class – in a free market, you lose money if you don’t serve the consumer.
See here.
How to Reach the Left | Roderick T. Long
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hjO1ak4_M
mr7md
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 1:05am@Stool:
Report Post »This is hardly worth responding to. You ass. If everyone on the island starts off equal (“Here’s the basic decision that every society has to make: If you want to take a whole lot of us away and start a new society, a new culture, a new community on a remote desert island…) and you say, ‘The rich will buy up all the land’, you need to first premise your rant with how they got rich in the first place. Remember, this is a hypothetical. You’re probably the kind who believes that on a highway, some cars are slow BECAUSE others are fast. I work my ass off – NOBODY has the right to ANY of what I make, apart from what I pay towards a MINIMAL government. If you don’t believe that, come and try, little Stool…
smalldog
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 6:22amPerhaps part of the problem is how the rich get rich? Insider deals? Hedge funds that collapse currencies?
Why isn’t Washington putting up financial firewalls to protect the currency of the United States? Keep the gamblers out of the people’s pockets? Stop all the bailouts? Just saying NO, auditing, and abolishing the Federal Reserve?
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:25amYou don’t know much about econ, do you? Do you understand EARNING or is it all class warfare with you. On a separate note, if you’re really concerned about unfair conditions and the “1%“ keeping the ”99%” down, get off your lazy self-righteousness ass, and go to Nairobi, Kenya and go protest. I dare you. What’s the matter? Afraid you won‘t be able to use Facebook or twitter while you’re there?
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:45pmThis was one of the best episodes of GBTV I have ever seen.
I’m not a spiritual guy, not by a long shot but I have to tell you I am a self employed individual and what Daniel Lapin had to say really hit home!
I love it when common sense just steps up and slaps you right in the face…
Thanks Daniel, I needed that!
Report Post »Teribssn
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:55pmAgreed!
Report Post »KrisW1
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:30amVery thoughtful of Glen Beck and his staff to share such valuable advice from a caring rabbi Daniel Lapin. Thank you.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:31amAgreed. It was awfully good.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 11:07amI agree. This was a great interview.
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:45pmJesus wasn’t a communist, He was a liberal.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:23pmThis is a quote from a very wise Blazer that I have not seen here for a while. If he or she is reading this, I wish you were still contributing!
“The hard part isn’t wrapping your head around a Christianity that loves man. It’s not becoming a socialist in the process.
Charity and giving is one thing, taking it from others is another.
It is not kind to those who are taken from, and since they had no choice in the matter, it is not a good work.”
Report Post »truemedia
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:31amtherightofbilly says: “The hard part isn’t wrapping your head around a Christianity that loves man. It’s not becoming a socialist in the process.
??? Then you don’t know the parable of unfaithful servant. The Parable of the Rich land owner and the Parable of the Denari and the day labors!!!! Each one state a capitalistic view. The New Testamement church lived by the doctrine if a man won’t work neither shall he eat! Sounds hard but being hard to such folly is important. Christianity is compassionate to those who are victims or through life challenges NOT to those who WILLINGFULLY choose to be poor. Jesus said the poor you will ALWAYS HAVE. does that mean we don’t help them. No , but it means your not going to solve proverty! Help where you can and don’t interfere where one chooses to not work for neither shall he eat
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:42am@Truemedia,
I think you may have misunderstood the quote.
Report Post »Joshua7
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:11pmYes, this was a great segment. It really gets down to the nuts and bolts of the argument between the progressives and the conservatives. I look foward to more interviews Rabbi Lapin, Glenn!
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:51pmThis really hit home last night. I hope to see more of the Rabbi.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:22amThe rabbi’s the man!
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:03pmWhats mine is MINE.From my lowly,but majestic Colorado spruce tree out back,to my old flag pole.On a common city lot.
Report Post »1/4 of a acre or a 1,000 acres, THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND.If anyone tries to take it from you,shoot him/her.
Be sure its paid for of course!
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:17pmThe bullet?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:17pmOr the Gun.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:43pmHow about an old man with a big stick,“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra”,?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:06amThat works too. Like the old song goes, “This land is my land, this land ain’t your land. Get off now”
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:55pm“‘But then we’ll all be equal!’ some (Occupiers) might argue.”
Equally poor, that is.
Report Post »Joshua7
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:13pmPretty much. Great post!
Report Post »Luke21
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:55pmThose that claim Jesus (Yeshua) is a socialist, don’t know scripture. Jesus claimed to be the Messiah. He claimed to be the voice of the burning bush in Exodus 3 (see e.g. John 8:58). Thus Jesus would not contradict Torah – in fact He stated plainly that He came to fulfill it (Mathew 5:17).
God not only believes in property rights, He instituted the principle. The Abrahamic covenant was a land grant. He did not say to Abraham you’ll have civil rights, on the contrary He promised Him land for an inheritance:
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
(Gen 15:18-21)
Reiterated WITHOUT condition as an everlasting possession in Gen 17:8.
Reiterated & confirmed to ISAAC in Gen 26, again W/OUT condition: ..I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. Gen 26:3
Again reiterated & confirmed also W/OUT condition to Jacob (aka ISRAEL) in Gen 35:10-12
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 12:09amAn outstanding post sir. Well done.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:52pmI’m afraid the Rabbi is in the dark on this one. The left gets this idea from the New Testament because they can‘t understand the New Testament in context and the true meaning of it’s content lest they be born again and understand what the New Testament says in a Spiritual sense. The New Testament contained is the Old Testament explained. There is no way a person on the left could know God, if they were to come to know God, they would not be on the left any longer! If anyone be of any religion and come to understand the New Testament along with the New Testament they would be a Christian!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:37pmThe use of a rabbi to make this point is not going to go over well with the Jew haters, but yes, private property is essential to economic mobility.
Private property is what saved the Pilgrims from completely dying off.
See here.
The Real Story of Thanksgiving
George Mason University economist Russ Roberts on how the Pilgrims were hurt by sharing.
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4439390/the-real-story-of-thanksgiving/
And private property is what saved the buffalo from extinction, what solves the rainforest depletion problem, what allows some Native Indians to escape poverty and to prosper, and what is solving the ocean fish depletion problem, to name several benefits.
See here.
Stossel – ‘The Tragedy Of The Commons’ 12/5/10 1 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdzaEiYx5o
Private property and the profit motive – in a free market – raises the standard of living for all, and allows economic mobility for all.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:47amthanks for the link. everyone should watch all 4 parts. i did and it blew my mind
Report Post »shimauma
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:20pm“The person who encourages the forcible confiscation of property in the name of “fairness,” although they may have a very loose understanding of charity, fails to understand that when charity becomes compulsory, it ceases to exist and instead becomes theft—a condemnable act.”
WHY is it so hard for leftists to admit to this. THEY do not want to be charitable, so they make everyone pay in the pot so they don’t look bad when they give the minimal amount. Remember, leftist charities are done with fanfare and glamor and LOTS of kickbacks(united way!!). A conservative donates anonymously and by the most direct route(Salvation ARMY)
Report Post »escape_from_socialism
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:17pmI have add that book, to my xmas list.
Report Post »just happy
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:16pmThis segment was SOOO inspiring. Glenn is right , We all should have a Rabbi. Subscribe to Rabbi Lapin’s web sight and you get the added bonus of the shared wisdom of his remarkable wife. It is a joy to read their comments. thoughttools@rabbidaniellapin.com wonderful man.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:16pmI own Thou Shall Prosper.. Rabbi Lapin always provides great insight.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 13, 2011 at 10:14pmCommunal property failed at Jamestown, and I like how Stossel puts it, “A public park sounds wonderful, a public toilet doesn’t”
What I do notice now is there are more HOA’s popping up with any housing developement, and they are having so much sayso in how you keep your property looking, and what you can put on your property. This is the first step towards a communal property system. You don’t really own your house, we just let you stay there, until you make us mad, then we will make your life hell.
Report Post »Give Me Newt Or Give Me Death
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:32amindeed. hit the nail on the head.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:37amCorrect, and it needs to change, SOON.
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 2:29pmNo one is forced to live in an HOA community. That is a choice. Communistic government can determine where one lives.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 9:38pmTry to buy a new home now, they all have HOA’s. There are very few that don’t, and your right, you don’t have to buy one, but if you want a nice new house in a good school district, you must join.
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