Fairness Doctrine - Equality vs Liberty

Thankfully President Bush has pledged to veto this piece of garbage legislation.

It's the old political trick. Pick on the politicians and they will change the rules and put you out of business.

This is a concept that liberals(socialists) just don't seem to get. It's not about everyone being equal, it's about everyone having the liberty to make their own choices. Of course people won't always DO the same things with those opportunities. That's why you have thousands of rags to riches stories. People who saw an opportunity, worked their tail off and got ahead. If they would have slacked off they wouldn't have made it. If they have a different idea of what they want their life to be, they could have done that as well. The fact is that there are an infinite number of opportunities out there. Not everyone will take advantage of them. Not everyone will even seek them out. It's no one else's job to find them and hand them to you on a silver platter. It doesn't work that way.

This country was founded on Liberty. Freedom. People can choose what they want to do and in so doing they choose where they want to live, how much money they will make, who they will marry, how many kids they will have, what they are going to eat... the list goes on and on. You are responsible for your OWN life.

If this country had been founded on Equality (like some of our socialist buddies... i.e. France), then you would have a different system. You may choose a lot of things, but when it comes down to it, the government is going to try and level the system. If you manage to make more money, they will take more and more of your money and redistribute it to the poorer people. It's socialism. It's government control, regulation, and when it all comes down to it, it's not government raising everyone up to a higher standard, but rather government LIMITING how far you can go.

The fairness doctrine was tried. It failed because the system will level itself out. If the only people that want to listen to talk radio are conservatives, then more conservative stations will pop up. If people WANTED, or better stated, if there was a market for liberal radio, then Air America would have been a success. "Progressive" radio will catch on, if there is a market for it. Rush Limbaugh isn't the most listened to radio personality in history because he's the only person on the radio, but rather because people LIKE to listen to him, or like hating to listen to him. Basically, if people turned off their radios, or turn the station, the market would determine that there needs to be a change.

The fairness doctrine never worked, because it was never needed. The market will determine what shows should and should not be heard, not just politicians.

And remember when people say the market, I mean you. I mean your friends, neighbors, pastors, co-workers... you know "the people".