"When deeds speak, words are nothing." That is a quote from Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. Proudhon is best known as the first anarchist, although what he meant by anarchist. leaned a lot closer to communism than most people would guess! When I think of anarchy, I think of a very limited government. What Proudhon meant was no real private property, and worker/peasant possession over private property. A communist by any other name is still a communist!
Still, the man had the right idea with the quote above at least. Deeds do speak louder than words. Our politicians would do well to take note of that. All of them just talk and talk and talk about how they are for the little man, and then everything they do favors the large corporations. Think about O'Bama care, for instance. Who benefits from having everyone in the country needing to have medical insurance? Surely not those who have seen their costs rise as these others are added into the system. Surely not those who have lost their jobs since it was enacted because they were too expensive to keep on. And certainly not those who now have to struggle to make their health insurance payments, when they used to just pay as they went. No, the people who benefited from THAT boondoggle were the insurance companies, who now have a captive customer and the politicians who have seen their reach into their constituents' pockets go even deeper. At a personal level, deeds do say more than words. Personal charity can go a long way towards making life easier for someone you know. Many nonprofits advertise voraciously that they are trying to help the poor or the sick. Yet many of them spend less than $0.50 of every dollar they bring in on things other than helping the poor. In fact, some of these charitable organizations spend millions to keep their top management employed. The best run organizations for helping the poor are run by volunteers, in my opinion. If you want me to volunteer my time and money to your cause, then you better be volunteering your time and money as well. If not, then I can't help you. Some people talk a good talk, but then don't do the walk. Ever have someone say they will always be there for you... and then walk away when you really needed the help? I see that happen all of the time. And yet, the people that they have betrayed never even seem to realize that they didn't do what they said. Life is crazy that way! For me, I care little what a man has to say. It doesn't impress me. If he follows through on what he says, then I am impressed. In the end, I guess I am saying: (Don't talk the talk, if you won't walk the walk."
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