In an attempt to steal yet another idea from Hear It From Us, I offer this commentary on the current climate of the national political process:
My sources are telling me that the election on Tuesday will produce the highest voter turn-out in American history (that’s even if you don’t count all the fraudulent votes cast by ACORN). Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat. or a third party wacko, the results from the election are bound to produce some animosity amongst the American voting public.
I am hoping that Obama is not elected to the highest office in the free world. And here’s why:
Electing an inexperienced, pro-tax, big spending, pro-abortion, socialist to the office of the Presidency will surely hurt the American public at large. This is the biggest no-brainer in the history of the earth.
Maybe you agree with Obama and his socialistic tendencies. The government, or elected politicians, should spread the wealth around. It should be the government’s job to take from those you can and give it to those who won’t. That’s fine, but you must then explain to me why, if I am working like heck, to produce a service or good that someone else finds valuable, the government should have any more say in what I do or how I operate my business. Adding more taxes to small or big businesses just adds more cost to the consumer. An unexplained tax policy that is no deeper than “spreading the wealth around” creates a boondoggle for not only the business owner but the consumer as well.
Let’s break this down, lower taxes to businesses mean higher profits and more growth for business…which in turn means higher revenues to the government. Higher revenues to the government because the business creates jobs and more jobs mean more income tax…for the government. Why a Presidential canidate would want to change this seems irresponsible and uneducated…or just plain demoralizing to the average “Joe.”
You may say, “That’s a good point” but doesn’t Obama want to help the little guy by allowing more opportunity for the little guy. The answer is No. His tax policy will do to business what his heatlh care plan will do to the individual. Under a government run health care system, the government removes the responsibility of the individual to take care of themselves. If people don’t take it upon themselves to “be healthy” they will depend on the government to do it for them. This will burden the government system and the quality of care someone may have been able to receive if they had those dollars to spend how they choose. So instead of saving money to pay for MRI’s and drugs that…let’s say…someone with MS may need throughout his/her lifetime, those dollars will be taken from me by force and given to someone else. Therefore reducing the numbers of dollars I have to spend on my own family’s health care. Dollars that were created because I chose to go out and hunt something down and kill it myself…without the help of the government.
“But you don’t understand, my old lady suffers from hypertension and diabetes becasue she smoked like a chimeny and ate like a pig. You are saying that we don’t deserve help.” Sure you do. Someone should have helped you to quit smoking and told you that the cost of the value meal will cost you much more in the long run.
“But Obama wants to bring about hope and change. Isn’t that a good thing?”
I don’t think you understand your question. Hope for what and change from what? Right now America feeds the world, America is the most generous nation in history, but publicly and privately, America is the most technologicaly advanced nation in the world. Hundreds of thosusands of people from all over the world flock to this nation every year for education and an apportunity to lead a life that cannot be realized elsewhere in the world. That is hope. And why would you want to change that? The change that Obama talks about is a change to a more egalitarian society. Sounds good. Everbody is equal. But that is a lie. People are not equal. If they were, I would be the back-up quarterback for the Titians and I would be leading them to a phenomial season. But I suck at throwing a football.
Now don’t get me wrong…all people are created equal. And when given liberty and freedom to pursue the gifts that God, the author of the universe, has given them, then they can excell in the areas of those gifts if they so choose.
If the government stiffles that choice and limits the abilities of the indvidual to pursue his/her dreams how is that good for the individual…and if it’s not good for the individual…how can it somehow be postive for the common good.
Hey, if Obama is elected…fine. If McCain is elected fine. I put my faith for my well being in a much higher place than any fallen man (and I include myself in that category) and look forward to the day that I am ruled by a King. But until that day comes…I hope that the kind of change that Obama is promising is never realized. If all this hope leads to a change toward socialism, then I plead NOT GUILTY.
