In light of the grotesque TRILLION dollar spending bill approved by the President and Congress a few days ago, and Obama's proposed federal budget through September.. totaling more than $410 billion (another record spending budget).. including substantial "political earmarks".. we Americans are fast becoming serfs to the world's lenders. Our "government" also intends to double gifts to foreign governments.. whether friend of foe. As we dig ourselves deeper into this mess, the lenders (Arabs, China, Asia) who have financed this spending binge are likely to turn off the tap.. sooner, rather than later. THEN the real battle begins.
We are being forced into a confiscatory tax situation. But rather than increase taxes now (which is not politically attractive), this administration is instead BORROWING against future tax collections. The burden being piled on us is becoming astromical in size. This is exactly how a nation destroys it's economic viability. We, as a nation- through our elected "leaders", are being subjected to an intense effort to become forced/indentured laborers under Socialism/Marxism tyranical rule. Many of our neighbors simply don't realize it quite yet.
Obama's desire is to impose on America the morality of collectivism. When Obama, and almost all other politicians, make their arguments for fairness and compassion, they are NOT advocating voluntary charitable giving. They insist on imposing government sponsored confiscation of some people's property and income.. in order to use it to benefit another group of people. Over time, recipients of this money come to depend on the labor of others for their sustenance. These donee's are chosen by the government on the basis of perceived "need", or (more likely) voting record. It is in the political best interest of this kind of government to nurture a large dependent class.. and keep it large, even though the entire economy is driven into the ground and economic opportunities for ALL are extinguished in the process. It's a recipe for misery and hopelessness everywhere it is imposed.
Do the fruits of your labor belong to you, or does it belong to the government, who (after absconding with the government's cut of the action) turns around and doles what remains to another group of people that has been designated 'worthy" and/or dependent? Think about it.. a growing percentage of your income/assets will be confiscated and transfered to people who "qualify" according to the government. You will become - in essence- a slave to the needs/desires of people you don't know, can't control, and who will likely "NEED" more of your income as time goes on. Where does it end? It's an immoral system.
Collectivism is not the opposite of capitalism. It's the opposite of freedom and liberty.
Obama yearns for a elitist Socialist future for America. His vision is to grow a government wherein we are forced to trade freedom and opportunity for misery and despair.
Contrast Obama's vision to that voiced by Ronald Reagan in his First Inaugural Address...
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.
We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick--professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "we the people," this breed called Americans."
Another President, Abraham Lincoln, was a man of very humble beginnings and much failure during his lifetime. But his vision of the American opportunity offers a fresh perspective on freedom and opportunity. It's alarming to see how far our leadership has fallen in such a short period of time.
Abraham Lincoln's wisdom offers us a stark contrast the Socialist Collectivism that Obama hopes to impose on America. Here are a few of Lincoln's musings:
"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."
"Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors." Socialism is the quickest way to destroy the spirit of a nation.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." Whoa- hardly what we have today
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." A trillion dollar spending bill?
"You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." Do I even need to comment on this one? Keeping the masses down and dependant on government is the structural backbone of the Socialism.
It's time to resist Socialism with all our might, energy and resources. If we don't, the American Dream will certainly be a vague memory and no doubt "revised" in textbooks in accordance with the collective's edict. Ownership of personal property will become a foreign concept.
