Heavy-Handed Politics once again serves up some excellent quotes to ponder (here and here):
As this election is becoming more and more a question of socialism versus capitalism, we need to think about what the American way of life has always been - what is it that has made America great? It is not the government that has made this nation great; rather, it has been the freedom to achieve, succeed, and excel that has allowed every day Americans to make this country great. In a socialist society, success is punished (higher taxes on higher earners). In a socialist society, lack of achievement is coddled and protected (perpetual welfare and handouts). In a socialist society, the government provides everything to everyone (universal education/health care/college tuition/etc.). In a socialist society, class warfare is everything (sound familiar?).
Our choice is simple in this election: While John McCain may not be your favorite pick, it is clear that Barack Obama is a socialist, and is proposing a socialist direction for America. The Democrats (and, to be fair, some big-government Republicans, too) are pushing America ever closer toward socialism. An Obama Presidency, coupled with a Democrat supermajority in Congress, could send us over the edge of the cliff. Consider the words of one of American history's greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln (h/t kber):
Exactly.
There's my two cents.
"Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it is not my intention to do away with government. It is, rather, to make it work - work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it."
-- Ronald Reagan --
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."
-- Thomas Jefferson --
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."
-- Milton Friedman --
"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."
-- Ayn Rand --
"Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer."
-- Ludwig von Mises --
"The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Frederic Bastiat --
"How odd that all those boring lessons from our grandparents turn out to be true in the globalized, hip 21st century: Save your money. Don't borrow what you can't pay back. Look first at a man's character, not his degrees. And if a promised return on an investment seems too good to be true, it probably is."
-- Victor Davis Hanson --
As this election is becoming more and more a question of socialism versus capitalism, we need to think about what the American way of life has always been - what is it that has made America great? It is not the government that has made this nation great; rather, it has been the freedom to achieve, succeed, and excel that has allowed every day Americans to make this country great. In a socialist society, success is punished (higher taxes on higher earners). In a socialist society, lack of achievement is coddled and protected (perpetual welfare and handouts). In a socialist society, the government provides everything to everyone (universal education/health care/college tuition/etc.). In a socialist society, class warfare is everything (sound familiar?).
Our choice is simple in this election: While John McCain may not be your favorite pick, it is clear that Barack Obama is a socialist, and is proposing a socialist direction for America. The Democrats (and, to be fair, some big-government Republicans, too) are pushing America ever closer toward socialism. An Obama Presidency, coupled with a Democrat supermajority in Congress, could send us over the edge of the cliff. Consider the words of one of American history's greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln (h/t kber):
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
-- Abraham Lincoln --
Exactly.
There's my two cents.
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