Being an election year, the word change is being thrown around a lot. For some reason, change and hope are now viable positions to run on for the most powerful position in the world. Please, do not get me wrong, the United States government, being human, is far from perfect yet it is still far better than any other alternative we could choose from. There are however forces out there that want to change the way government is done here in the United States, and not for the better. These forces need to be stopped.
Change is generally a good thing, yet in the case of Senator Obama, or Senator Clinton, one has to ask themselves what kind of change would they bring? For the most part it is change that will leave only change in my pocket. What this means is that they will take more of our money to provide what they see as basic rights for people. The problem is, what they see as rights are really not rights, but the fruits of hard work.
Health Care for example, is not a basic right guaranteed by the Constitution, you will never find it there. Yet, some people are under the impression that they are guaranteed this service simply because they exist. They believe that they are entitled to health care. The fact is, they are not, and the government has no responsibility to give it to them. Aside from that, nothing that the government "gives" you is ever "free". Some one, some where is paying for this.
Lets look at one aspect of Hillary care, for example. Lets say that you are the main bread winner for your family, and every dollar you make goes to support your family. Under Hillary care you are mandated to have health insurance, or you run the risk of having your wages garnished... you already can not afford another expense, yet the government is now taking your wages to pay for free health care.
Now, you are hard working person, yet your neighbor does not work, collects welfare and is entitled to the same health care you are getting. Well, since the government has not recourse to their wages, since they earn nothing, where do you think the funds to pay for their health care is going to come from? Yep, you guessed it, your hard earned dollars, in the form of another tax. So now, your wages are being garnished because you can not afford to put your own family on health care, and your taxes are going up so that you can support your freeloading neighbor. I know that this is exactly the kind of change I want for the US.
Politicians are also saying that we need to change our foreign policy. They seem to think that simply electing a good talker will make all the evil people in the world go away. Someone who will assure them that America will no longer use its military force to protect itself and its interests around the world. Whether or not you think America is a bully (I do not) you must realize what this would mean for the country.
For the sake of argument I will cede the point that the United States is just a big bully (despite it being the most generous and caring national entity (aside from maybe the Vatican) human history has ever known). All of a sudden, the big bully decides that no matter what goes on, it will not intervene or retaliate. Fights that it has started, or continued, it will just walk away from. All of a sudden, everyone on the block gets to join in and destroy the bully. With the amount of people (internal and external) who want to destroy this country, now is not the time to elect someone who will drop our defenses and appease our enemies. It is that attitude that helped lead to WWI and WWII. That is also not the type of change I want to see for our country.
I guess, the uncritical view of Senators Obama and Clinton and the free ride their policies, or lack there of, is starting to scare me. I know that there are sane and rational people out there who are thinking the same things I am, but unfortunately it seems we are in the minority. Also, the young voters seem to think that the Democraps (sorry, it slipped) are the right choice to lead the country forward. The appeal of Sen. Obama is undeniable, yet the man stands for nothing but unbridled socialism. Have we not learned anything from the failures of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin? Look at Cuba and ask yourself if that is the kind of change you want for th country...
No sir, not me... I like my freedoms and having a little change in my pocket...
God guide this country through this election year change,
Prayers,
Pisio
Change is generally a good thing, yet in the case of Senator Obama, or Senator Clinton, one has to ask themselves what kind of change would they bring? For the most part it is change that will leave only change in my pocket. What this means is that they will take more of our money to provide what they see as basic rights for people. The problem is, what they see as rights are really not rights, but the fruits of hard work.
Health Care for example, is not a basic right guaranteed by the Constitution, you will never find it there. Yet, some people are under the impression that they are guaranteed this service simply because they exist. They believe that they are entitled to health care. The fact is, they are not, and the government has no responsibility to give it to them. Aside from that, nothing that the government "gives" you is ever "free". Some one, some where is paying for this.
Lets look at one aspect of Hillary care, for example. Lets say that you are the main bread winner for your family, and every dollar you make goes to support your family. Under Hillary care you are mandated to have health insurance, or you run the risk of having your wages garnished... you already can not afford another expense, yet the government is now taking your wages to pay for free health care.
Now, you are hard working person, yet your neighbor does not work, collects welfare and is entitled to the same health care you are getting. Well, since the government has not recourse to their wages, since they earn nothing, where do you think the funds to pay for their health care is going to come from? Yep, you guessed it, your hard earned dollars, in the form of another tax. So now, your wages are being garnished because you can not afford to put your own family on health care, and your taxes are going up so that you can support your freeloading neighbor. I know that this is exactly the kind of change I want for the US.
Politicians are also saying that we need to change our foreign policy. They seem to think that simply electing a good talker will make all the evil people in the world go away. Someone who will assure them that America will no longer use its military force to protect itself and its interests around the world. Whether or not you think America is a bully (I do not) you must realize what this would mean for the country.
For the sake of argument I will cede the point that the United States is just a big bully (despite it being the most generous and caring national entity (aside from maybe the Vatican) human history has ever known). All of a sudden, the big bully decides that no matter what goes on, it will not intervene or retaliate. Fights that it has started, or continued, it will just walk away from. All of a sudden, everyone on the block gets to join in and destroy the bully. With the amount of people (internal and external) who want to destroy this country, now is not the time to elect someone who will drop our defenses and appease our enemies. It is that attitude that helped lead to WWI and WWII. That is also not the type of change I want to see for our country.
I guess, the uncritical view of Senators Obama and Clinton and the free ride their policies, or lack there of, is starting to scare me. I know that there are sane and rational people out there who are thinking the same things I am, but unfortunately it seems we are in the minority. Also, the young voters seem to think that the Democraps (sorry, it slipped) are the right choice to lead the country forward. The appeal of Sen. Obama is undeniable, yet the man stands for nothing but unbridled socialism. Have we not learned anything from the failures of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin? Look at Cuba and ask yourself if that is the kind of change you want for th country...
No sir, not me... I like my freedoms and having a little change in my pocket...
God guide this country through this election year change,
Prayers,
Pisio
