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Throwing Self-Reliance to the Wind

Personal responsibility? Nah. Just let the government take care of you. Let the government be in charge of your retirement savings. Sure, nothing will be there for you when you retire, but don’t let that little detail bother you. The government will take away earnings from those who have worked hard to achieve greater rewards. Then those funds will be given to you so that you can continue slacking. And are you wondering what kind of life you get without personal responsibility? Well, we have one example right here.

Black U.S. AIDS rates now rival those in some African countries. Read the details here. Do you suppose that a lack of personal responsibility might have something to do with that? Relying on the government to educate your kids about AIDS obviously isn’t sufficing. That’s where solid parenting comes in. If you’re not already doing that, now just might be a good time to look into it.

Praying for lower gas prices: An invitation to fallacious reasoning

Yes, people are once again praying for lower gas prices.

If gas prices go down following the prayers, should the prayers be credited for the lower prices? This is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc in action: “After this, therefore because of this.” The presence of rain after I do a rain dance does not indicate that the rain fell due to my special dance. Thus, the temporal succession of events does not necessarily establish a causal connection between them.

I went to church a two weeks ago. Then gas prices went up. Did gas prices rise due to my church attendence? Well, ok, I didn’t really go to church two weeks ago. But I think you get the point.