Letters to the Editor
Understanding Hopelessness
While reading The Life of John Birch by Robert Welch, I realized that as encouraging as the TNA article “Standing Against Defeat” in the August 24 issue was, it missed dealing with what causes defeatism. Robert Welch wrote that John Birch stood against the communists because they took food from their citizens by force, and in the United States you have a chance to make a better life. Well, the problem is that though governments in the United States don’t use force to steal food, they do use oppressive taxes. Also, today getting a college degree leads to starving in order to pay off school debts, or you can default, ruining your credit.
Having federal policy send jobs overseas takes a toll on the health of an American physically, spiritually, and mentally after years of not being able to find another good-paying job. Defeatism comes from worrying about being homeless, owing to oppressive taxes. Defeatism also comes from wishing you could buy a slice of pizza while people on welfare buy whatever frozen pizza is on sale, week after week. Or not having a $1.89 to buy Little Bites while someone on welfare spends $46.99 on cupcakes, along with $25 on a birthday cake. Hope is lost when you walk down condom- and drug needle-infested streets knowing that it’s quite possible your tax dollars paid for them.
We really need to address the root cause of defeatism. Thankfully articles such as “Standing Against Defeat” keep defeatism from turning into depression. It also allows those that feel defeated to have a little hope to keep going.
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