Planting Thorns and Thistles

A nation always harvests what it plants. When good work is punished and idleness is rewarded, the result is inevitable: thorns instead of fruit. Scripture is blunt no one gathers grapes from thistles. Yet we increasingly tax productive men into the ground while subsidizing irresponsibility and disorder. The small, land-owning farmer has long been one of the most productive forces in society, but he is treated as obsolete while dependency is financed and protected. Destroy the vines, plant the weeds, and don’t be surprised when the harvest fails.