Front Porch Sense Episode 7: The Proper Role of Government

Episode 7: The Proper Role of Government

Today people are trained to turn to government to find solutions for nearly every challenge. Government is involved in everything from health care to education to redistribution of wealth.

How do we know what situations are appropriate for government intervention and which are not? In this video Marnie discusses the proper role of government.

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The example stories in this video are adapted from Ezra Taft Benson’s “The Proper Role of Government.”

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Pursuit of Happiness, Big Dreams and Entitlement

Episode 6: Big Dreams, The Pursuit of Happiness and Entitlement

What do big dreams and the pursuit of happiness have to do with entitlement? Very little! In this episode, Marnie explores why taking away challenges and giving people things for free diminishes their happiness and keeps them from becoming the people capable of achieving great things.

Let’s stop robbing people of their big dreams and the ability to pursue their own brand of happiness!

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5 Top Concerns for America

Episode 5: 5 Concerns for America

Marnie’s dad, Jack Morton, joins her on her front porch to talk about what’s happening in the world. Jack, an octogenarian, shares the 5 concerns for America that he has. These are five things that he’s seen drastically deteriorate in the last fifty years (since Marnie was born).

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racism in America and the proper role of government

Episode 2: Racism and the Proper Role of Government

In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns, author of Restoring Liberty: Personal Responsibility and Freedom in America, looks at hot-topic issues (like racism) and how we’re discussing them in America. Are we taking into account all the perspectives, geographic areas, cultural differences? The discord we’re experiencing is a clue to a much deeper problem that strikes at the core of freedom in America.discusses racism. Let’s take a look at lawmaking, centralization, and decentralization in U.S. government.

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