Common Sense and Human Instinct

Thomas Paine wrote about Common Sense many years ago – so long ago in fact, that we do not know of any one who was there at the time. The basic premise is that Common Sense applied appropriately by clear-thinking people will provide us by its very nature, the freest and best life possible. Thomas Paine understood what Common Sense truly is and wrote Common Sense. Our Founding Fathers understood his writings and wrote the Constitution. We as people lost much of our common sense somewhere in the course of our history. Now, we are all fighting for our very lives. But, we were warned.

We ask, "How did this happen to us?"

It was one law and one only, personal income tax. How does Common Sense apply to this American law?

No government that is by the people, for the people can ever place a monetary value on the work that any person or persons either can or can’t perform. The person sets that value and either accepts the offer of financial gains for the work performed and never the other way around. Common Sense and Human Instinct tells us this.
People have become so frustrated with their lives, never having time for what they know is important in life, but feeling helpless because they constantly feel like they cannot reach their goals. Generations past allowed our government to take a portion of our earnings, which we know is our time, called it a temporary tax and convinced the people that they were going to use it for our “general welfare”. I’m sure it all sounded pretty good to them. Common Sense simply didn't prevail. Those generations believed their politicians. We today are all now paying the price for that folly. We’re fighting for our very lives now that our government believes it can provide the best life (healthcare) to us.
Thomas Paine recognized Common Sense as the intellectual thread that binds humanity; our Founding Fathers used that Common Sense. They wrote our Constitution.
Thomas Paine understood the deep value of what that little phrase means – Common Sense. It’s a sense we all have and we share it as Americans. We’ve realized that instead of them doing what we tell them we want them to do, they are telling us what we need and that only they (our government) can give it to us. They are, however, just politicians and no one special. They have no inherent birthright. Education is simply knowledge and does not reflect wisdom. They may speak well to people, but they don’t speak for the people. We listen to them with great confidence at times and great trepidation at times. A few of us now believe their last hope has arrived and must rely for their very lives on our government. These few who are so confused, their lives are just a mess; they just want someone to help because they do need help. Instead of relying on family, friend, neighbour and community, they foolishly believe they can elect someone to give them that help. That’s very sad since it reflects lack of Common Sense.

However, we were warned by Thomas Paine even before our Constitution was written.