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“US – prepare to be financially devastated. The US was going to be poorer anyways – neither Obama nor McCain could fix the economy no matter how much they might try tinkering with it. But now with Obama you will be giving MORE money to the government, and guess what? You’re NOT going to get any of it back. Not in cash, and not in services. You are just gonna be poorer. Contrary to what you’ve been told.
Haven’t Obama supporters noticed how the citizens in socialist/communist countries just keep getting poorer and poorer as time goes by?
You trust the government to take care of you? No matter who had won, the government is NOT going to “take care of you”. Except in a bad way.”

Now, nearly 2 years later, we have learned how far off he was–yes, he grossly UNDERSTATED the problem. Now $13T in debt (plus another $130T in obligations such as Social Security), with some 60% of Americans feeding off the blood and sweat of the other 40% who pay taxes, with the Fed government in control of over 50% of what used to be private industry, and the Radical Left in charge of our government seeking to pass, before Nov 2010, cap and tax, amnesty for illegal immigrants (i.e., 20M criminals who will owe instant legality to Obama), and a “Wall Street regulatory reform bill” (i.e., the further extension of Federal government control of private industry), the United States has little chance of survival in any sort of representative republic form without BOTH wholesale changes in the makeup of all of government, drastic reduction in government, drastic spending cuts, substantial tax cuts, a fully secure border and removal of criminal illegals, and a restoration of the Constitution. I hold out NO hope of this happening, as both the Democrats and Republicans are morally bankrupt thieves and political whores who will do all they can to sell the soul of this once great Nation in exchange for the personal accumulation of wealth and power.

A socialist environment that throws away billions of dollars a year doesn’t need to exist when our current form of government has sufficed for over 230 years. Streamline our process, update our laws, and govern like just human beings. Yes, Socialism gives back to those in need, but so do honest hard working Americans that live in a democratic society. The move towards a more equal society is never what the United States has wanted. We have even fought wars over such things. I think all Americans should take a step back at their own family history’s and see what their families have directly given for the sake of the U.S. still being a democratic and free country. A country that was built for competition and free market. A country that was built for the pursuit of happiness and not for those wanting to take away your choices, liberties, and pursuit to keep your own happiness.

I would certainly agree that people need to be less ignorant…

And it’s true that President Obama has come into a very difficult situation. But it is a situation that is not the making of one party or another. There are economic legacies from every administration back to FDR affecting our current situation.

Our current situation is indicative of a whole political system that has lost focus on its original purpose. The differences between the two major political parties used to be more about different philosophies in how to go about accomplishing the same basic goals for our nation. Since the 1960s, however, it seems to have changed into a fundamental difference in the perceived role of government in the lives of US citizens. For conservative minded people, the Federal Government’s role is to ensure citizens an equal opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For liberally minded people, the Federal Government’s role seems to be ensuring citizens an equal lifestyle – even at the expense of a disproportionate segment of its citizenry. Beyond the fact that this is expectation is not economically sustainable, it’s just not fair.

No, government does not need to “step in and take control” of the foreclosure mess. In fact, it was government stepping in and forcing the lending institutions to grant questionable mortgages that played a huge role in getting us into this mess in the first place. True, some lending institutions then leveraged those mortgages in irresponsible and unsustainable ways. But it’s safe to say that no responsible lending institution would have been granting loans to people who had no legitimate way to pay them back without a government gun to their heads. But that gun was placed to their heads by ACORN and other liberal activist groups lobbying their representatives in the name of “making the American Dream accessible to everyone.”

This leads us back to the difference in the perceived role of government and the to the all-too-common end-result of that difference in perception. Liberal policies have consistently lead to the institution of widespread, but unsustainable, financial situations all across the US. It’s the age-old story of unintended results from well-intended efforts. Some would suggest that liberal politicians attempt wealth redistribution because it buys them voting blocks for future elections. Some would say that they have a higher vision for our nation. I think that it’s an inherent arrogance that leads them to believe that people just can’t make it on their own so they need government to save them and take over their lives. Make no mistake, we’re potentially entering a new generation of slavery. If you’re dependent on the government for your well-being, you are enslaved to them and you will have to do whatever they tell you to do. In my mind, that’s not equal opportunity, that’s not freedom and it’s sure as the world not the American Dream.

And for the record, I’ve done my own research and I’ve drawn my own conclusions on this…I used to be a liberal. But look at the maps. Most of the US Counties have citizens (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, etc) who go out and work and make their small cities, towns and communities work. These people feel less vulnerable because they are not trapped in an urban situation that is so dependent on government services. People in large urban areas often feel more dependant on government because they rely on public transportation, public water, public sewer, public waste disposal, and other public services. Some rely heavily on public housing and other so-called entitlement programs. It’s no wonder that so many urban voters tend to vote liberal – they perceive themselves (consciously or subconsciously) to be more dependant on government in their everyday lives. If someone cuts off the power and water in the country (or even in a small city or town) for a day it’s not that big a deal. If that happens in the city it’s cause for rioting…we’ve seen it time and again. So government is a big security blanket for the urban mindset. “The government’s going take care of me…” so urban voters tend to vote for bigger government – who cares how we’re going to pay for it, it’s all free money anyway…right? But is that freedom???