Can’t “Do It My Way” Anymore

I have decided that the urge to control others is the most dangerous addiction of the 21st century. In fact, the illustration of the Lilliputians imprisoning Gulliver when he traveled to to their country, perfectly illustrates the way we Americans are being immobilized as tiny people with tiny ropes tie us down. One or two minuscule ropes would mean nothing, but the ever-growing number of little laws, small regulations, and teeny rules have bound us to the ground unable to move.

I came across the latest example this weekend when I read "Philanthropy And Its Enemies." The self righteous “do-gooders” of our era have decided that even the independent foundations must be politically correct from the make up of their boards to the places they distribute money. Such meddling ignores the true diversity resulting from individuals voluntarily donating money to achieve innumerable goals as a result of individual freedom. Instead, organizations such as the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Greenlining, and the Council on Foundations, are trying to force the rest of us to provide for their current ideals and causes, not our own. Never mind that we are spending our own after tax money to fund and support our own foundations and should be allowed to make our own decisions.