ABORTION’S EFFECT ON THE SOCIAL FABRIC

Morals when followed drive a nation toward greatness and when they are lacking, their lack impedes the various institutions of society built upon that foundation. No matter which thread of the moral fabric is stretched or broken, the others will be affected in some manner as an evitable consequence of the disruption. When the disruption occurs, constant turmoil from discussion to violence is the result.

Thus, it is with abortion since 1973 that there has been constant discussion and violence. Because the Constitution wasn’t followed, carnage against the unborn is the result. Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court allowed personal considerations and emotion to cloud his mind. His decision called Roe v. Wade has resulted in millions of unborn being killed for the sake of human convenience. Through twisted logic, he found a right to kill the unborn, completely eviscerating the plain meaning of the words life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and posterity.

While abortion is an assault of the worst kind on the fabric of the nation in that it is the deliberate killing of the unborn (posterity), the effects are like a spider spinning a web to ensnare the unsuspecting victim. The strands of the web touch many places, but all stands lead to the inevitable destruction of the innocent. That being true, then all the threads (of the social fabric) are strained by the voracious appetites of the human spiders devouring their young. In other words, the immoral act of killing the young touches every facet of life. The two part series will cover the effects of abortion on Social Security and Employment.

For a nation to be a viable player on the world stage, there has to be the three basic components of business, employees for those businesses, and a tax structure that is balanced with both the nation’s needs and the taxpayers taken into consideration. A proper relationship of those three creates either a vibrant, healthy country or when there is an abundance of one or lack of one in relation to the others, trouble in the economy is the inevitable result. Another factor is the freedom and liberty of the people to create a healthy economic environment. The government either helps or hinders the development of nation’s wealth with its conduct relative to the freedom and liberty involved in conducting business. 

Some claim that poor nations must limit population and they tout abortion as one of those ways to limit births.  But that misses the point. Nations are poor because of the lack of qualified employees; they have tyrannical leaders that stifle economic development; and they refuse to develop the means to use natural resources and if they do, the proceeds often are distributed to an elite few that engage in an extravagant life style. Births aren’t the problem; it is the governments of those nations. Change the government in those nations, allow development, and the problem of poverty will eventually disappear.

The United States has always been blessed with an abundance of young workers coming yearly onto the employment scene. They could depend on entry level jobs which gave them experience as the matured and worked toward better jobs.  Those job opportunities are created by businesses that need workers to serve an expanding economy. New businesses are opened; the employees at all levels receive wages and pay taxes to keep the country afloat.  It should be obvious that people are the ones that create the businesses; do the work, and pay the taxes. It is not the government.

The economy in the 2002 wasn’t as healthy as could have been for many reasons. One is the fact that taxes were taking too much from pay checks leaving too little money in the private sector; two, there was a shortage of skilled employees in many professions (nursing and skilled technical were two of them) and in other professions where there were skilled employees, jobs can’t be found because of failing businesses. In many cases, businesses have closed and others have had to lay off workers for lack of sales, while others can’t find qualified employees. It appears that the relationships between business, workers, and taxes have become unbalanced.

In the tax realm, Social Security must be examined along with the relationship of the three parts. Those who work contribute to Social Security and those who are laid off don’t. Businesses contribute to the Social Security fund with amounts matching the employee contributions. Obviously, if people aren’t working and business is not good, the contributions will be lower. So one part does have an effect on each of the other parts whether they are in balance or out of balance.  That brings us to the problem abortion causes among the three and Social Security.

In Sorting It Out, it should be obvious that when one part of the fabric is broken, then other parts will eventually be torn as well. For the most part, no one event is isolated from other events when each is part of the social fabric is necessary for social and economic stability.

 © 12-18-2006 DEC

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