Steve GannEntitlement Nation
April 30th 2009 03:50
I'll skip the Obama 100 day grade post, because I'm less worried about the past 100 days as the next 100 years.
I'm not an Obama lover or hater...I love Freedom and I'm concerned that Americans seem to be trading their freedoms for what they perceive as security.
Most people have seen the famous video of the Obama supporter happily proclaiming that "She doesn't have to worry about paying her mortgage or putting gas in her car anymore" That Obama would take care of her.
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I think there are many more like her in the world.
Ask the majority of people if they want universal health care and they will answer in the affirmative.
Follow up with "Who would you like to pay for it? Many would say the government, meaning they want their neighbors to foot the bill.
One of my favorite columnists is Thomas Sowell who has the best quote on the current entitlement wave.
One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.
It would seem that we have done an 180 since Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country" quote
It shocks me of the number people that assume that the government has an unlimited amount of money to pay for their entitlements. Newsflash: We are broke and are mortgaging our children's future with China's investments.
# Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams (1814)
# They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
I'm not an Obama lover or hater...I love Freedom and I'm concerned that Americans seem to be trading their freedoms for what they perceive as security.
Most people have seen the famous video of the Obama supporter happily proclaiming that "She doesn't have to worry about paying her mortgage or putting gas in her car anymore" That Obama would take care of her.
Really Long Link
I think there are many more like her in the world.
Ask the majority of people if they want universal health care and they will answer in the affirmative.
Follow up with "Who would you like to pay for it? Many would say the government, meaning they want their neighbors to foot the bill.
One of my favorite columnists is Thomas Sowell who has the best quote on the current entitlement wave.
One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.
It would seem that we have done an 180 since Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country" quote
It shocks me of the number people that assume that the government has an unlimited amount of money to pay for their entitlements. Newsflash: We are broke and are mortgaging our children's future with China's investments.
# Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams (1814)
# They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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