It's always tough to talk about Social programs in a negative light. Tough because of the genuine need that exists in our country and our world to help people with real needs; while a large amount of Americans, especially Progressives and Liberals, are using Social programs to get elected by demonizing conservative Americans who still believe in the American Dream. They paint anyone who stands against laziness and ignorance as having no heart and being nothing more than a greedy capitalist. They say that those on Social Programs are victims of a Nation that is oppressing people into poverty for the benefit of only the elite.
I would like to say that THEY are dillusional. They are not though. What they are is corrupt and looking out for ONLY themselves. Their agenda is a fabricated tool to ensure they maintain control of a corrupt government.
There are drawbacks to ANY political structure/economic structure/government. Capitalism allows ANYONE to succeed. Which means that ANYONE can fail as well. You can work as much or as little as you'd like - and you will be rewarded accordingly. This means that there will be "winners" and "losers". Socialism on the other hand promotes mediocrity for all. It requires those that work hard and succeed to share their "winnings" with those that choose not to work hard. It TAKES their success from them and RE-DISTRIBUTES it at the descretion of the government. It FORCES people to participate in programs with THEIR money that they have no desire to participate in. We have Socialist programs everywhere in our country today: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, etc. And the current government is introducing even more Socialist programs, such as the new Health Care reform bill. It FORCES people to participate in a program whether they want to or not; and punishes them if they don't spend their money the way the government tells them to. That is the foundation of "social economics". That is UN-AMERICAN.
In Socialism, the goal is to have the vast majority of the population be in the "middle-class". So those that would work harder to achieve more are not able to. Those that would choose to be lazy and not contribute to the success of our economy/country are allowed to do so with no fear of going without housing, clothing, or food.
But what about the politicians? What happens to THEIR wealth? Well, they are the Socialists that are changing our country, so surely they are leading by example and giving all of their wealth away .... right? Not a chance. They are some of the biggest income earners in our country!! They make well over $100,000 a year and have no problems voting to give themselves salary increases. They make WAY more than the average American ..... and they get paid using OUR income taxes people!!! We work hard so THEY can get paid!!! How are they "serving" Americans when they are over-paying themselves using AMERICAN'S HARD-EARNED MONEY? I know - the total income that politicians earn is not that big relative to the massive spending the government does and we should be more concerned about all the spending than the salaries of Congress. WHAT?!??!?! WRONG!!!
The principal here is that the people WE vote to "serve" our best interests continue to ask Americans to give more and more and receive less and less while they give themselves MORE and MORE and MORE!! And the "more" they are getting comes from US!! This should infuriate Americans!!! How can we trust them to do ANYTHING in our best interest if we can't trust them to pay themselves a FAIR salary for the HONOR of being able to represent us??
Second issue is that we allow them to be "career politicians". Again, how can we possibly trust people that must say whatever it takes to get re-elected, regardless of how they really feel and regardless of what is really best for Americans???
Again, focus on the principal here. We elect people to respresent us. They take our hard-earned money to pay themselves outrageous salaries. Under the disguise of helping the lower and middle-classes, they play games with the rules that impact our economy and our job security. They lie to us in order to get re-elected so they can continue to be shielded from the new American way of life that they are forcing on the rest of us.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO ELECT THESE CORRUPT PEOPLE!! Most often, we vote "for" someone STRICTLY because they are not the party in control at the time. THAT is ignorance. We need to get the RIGHT people elected. Easier said than done, I know.
But do you really think things are going to get better without us doing something different? We cannot just sit around and allow the same thing to happen and expect a different result. Electing Obama wasn't "change" from Bush. It was only an accelaration of the Socialist crap that Bush continued after Clinton really jump-started the nanny-state in the 90's (yes it existed before Clinton, but not anywhere near the level it rose to under Clinton).
It will be PAINFUL to get our Country back on track. It will be PAINFUL to turn away the government handouts and start creating a backbone in this country again.
It will be PAINFUL to do the right thing. Isn't it always though? Isn't it easier to eat a donut than it is to walk 5 miles? Isn't it easier to allow your kid to get away with things than it is to take to the time to teach him that there are consequences for his choices? Isn't it easier to just look the other way, or blame someone else, or just plead ignorance? Of course those things are easier. But are they RIGHT?
We need to get Americans off the sugar-tit and back in front of a mirror and taking responsibility for THEMSELVES.
It won't be easy. And the only part you can control is your part. But do your part. Don't look for someone else to do it for you. Set the example. Do what you know is right.
the Patriot
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