Liberty protects all individuals

The current Marxist/Facist trends so popular with the current administration is a threat to personal freedom.  Making people wards of the state through entitlements robs them of personal liberty.  I saw that impact when I went into Romania shortly after the fall of Communism.  People were wondering who was going to take care of them rather than create opportunities for themselves.  their whole lives wre built on dependency upon the state.

Recipients of entitlements will seldom, if ever, vote away what they are receiving at the expense of others -- no matter what strings are attached.  This is human nature.  Give a person something to help them, but do it a second longer than needed, and all they want is more, and more, and more.  They are wards, owned by the state, at that point.  No longer in charge of their lives.

Liberty makes people dependent on themselves, self-reliant.  You might not like the manner in which others enjoy their liberties, if you are morally left or right, but all are free and personally responsible.  Many want to be free to do as they please, but do not want the responsibility of liberty.  Think of Brave New World.  Free to pursue any pleasure, but ordered and controlled by the state in every area, even in pleasure.  

Give me liberty, free of the shackles of burdensome government.  I will live my life, be responsible for my life, and share the Gospel of Christ and His freedom...