Posted by
John Caile on Monday, November 03, 2008 5:49:05 PM
November 4th, 2008 may well go down in history as the year that Americans chose between Freedom, with all it's possibilities for success (and of course, failure) and the "soft" Slavery of the nanny-state, with it's false promise of "security."
Sadly, even if John McCain pulls a Harry Truman-like last minute win from the fire, he will be hard pressed to fight the insidious tentacles of Socialism that already extend well beyond the so-called "poor" to include a huge segment of the middle class.
More than two-thirds of the Federal Budget is devoted to social service "entitlements" - add in State spending for everything from education to food stamps, and you will be hard pressed to find ANY citizen who isn't getting a "taste" from the government teat.
Worse, Obama and his co-conspirators in the Congress plan to take even more income from the hardest working producers in our society, and hand it over (in the form of a check) to the 40% of Americans who already pay NO income taxes - guaranteeing a whole new generation of ready made Democrat voters.
No matter who becomes President, the expansion of intrusive government will need to be fought. But make no mistake - there IS a difference between the two candidates. Despite the flaws that John McCain has (and there are many), he at least believes fundamentally in the American system of freedom, entrepreneurship, and personal responsibility.
Barak Obama, on the other hand, envisions a radically different America - a Socialist Utopia that rewards mediocraty and dependency, while punishing success and stifling intiative.
Choose wisely, America...