Letter to Salt Lake Tribune

As amazed as I am, I am told this letter will be published in the liberally slanted Salt Lake Tribune in the coming days (probably on Saturday).

There sure seems to be a lot of those who simultaneously support every agenda and initiative of Big Government yet believe that their own lives will somehow go untouched. It is as though they believe that they will be rewarded for their unconditional loyalty. Here’s the question we must ask ourselves: Am I willing to be the first to allow my freedoms to be limited, assuming that becomes necessary? If I am going to ask my fellow Americans via the government to pay for the welfare of all, I must stand ready to make the sacrifices that are asked of me. If I am not willing to be first in line for that duty, I cannot ask my neighbor to fund these programs. We all must understand that our country, in spite of its reckless fetish for spending, does not have unlimited means. There is always a day of reckoning and we will pay for our loose purse with our wealth, blood, or freedom. Make no mistake: freedom is not free.