Social Justice – Playing Robin Hood

I have to admit, when I was a little girl, it never occurred to me to wonder why Robin Hood was the good guy. He stole from the rich to give to the poor, and I grew up under that ideology. Now that I look back, though, I wonder why all the rich folk of the story are portrayed as evil and only Robin Hood can save the downtrodden people.

There’s one key difference between the society of Robin Hood and our American Society, and that difference is how "rich" is made.

Robin Hood lived in the time of serfdom, where you were either born rich or born poor, and there was never any way to change that. The opportunity to create wealth didn’t exist for those poor. That’s not the case in America.

Robin Hood is not someone I want my kids to look up to in a modern perspective. Because without that historical background, my kids might just think I’m promoting a "take from the rich and give to the poor" philosophy.

Then again, I’ve been pretty clear with my kids that this isn’t the way to go so maybe they’ll be able to guard against the insidiousness of the current Social Justice climate in America.

Robin Hood might have been a hero in his day, but in America, today, Robin Hood is a thief.

Many of the rich in America worked long and hard to become rich, after being poor for many years themselves.

The kind of social justice that promotes redistributing wealth is not the kind of social justice America needs.

The new Healthcare Reform law signed by President Obama yesterday tries to do just that. It takes from people who have good healthcare insurance plans or people who don’t need healthcare insurance plans, and gives to those who don’t have health insurance. If someone wants to self-insure, they should be allowed to do so. If someone wants health insurance but can’t afford it, maybe they should think about dropping their cable and cell phone. Seriously. I paid $5,000 in premiums annually for health insurance when my family of 4 had a gross income of less than $25,000 a year. We made sacrifices, but that was our choice. Too many people these days act like children and refuse to make tough choices. Don’t be one of them.

Life is not fair and this desperate need of the Social Justice movement to make life fair is a disgrace to the diversity of the world and the human population.

If you believe this is about healthcare, think again. This is about insurance for healthcare. It would be no different if Congress passed a law that said everyone who could afford homeowner’s or renter’s insurance should subsidize those who can’t afford it.

And if we let this law stand, if we do not repeal this bill, this is exactly what might eventually happen.

Anyone playing Robin Hood in America today deserves to go to jail for theft. Government officials included.

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