Land of Milk & Honey

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we've arrived. After watching the debate last night, I am convinced that Obama will be our next President. While I wish I was wrong, I don't feel that I am.

So, let's take a look at the new America, shall we? According to the Obama plan, we will:

-- fix education
-- provide/mandate health care for every American (read: government health care)
-- provide jobs for everyone
-- find cures for diseases like autism & down syndrome
-- achieve energy independence (while this will take 10 years, so someone else will get the credit for that)
-- provide the funds for everyone to go to college

All of this will be paid for by a) the "evil rich" who will be mandated to "spread the wealth", and b) the "scalpelized" federal government budget.

If I were one of the "evil rich" (and I'm definitely not), I would immediately move my business and my money elsewhere, because if I had busted my butt for years and years to achieve a certain amount of wealth, I don't necessarily think it is my President's business to determine where my money should be spent. With all due respect, Mr. President, I worked for it, you didn't. I should be the one to determine where it goes. Do I feel like I should have to pay taxes? Yes. Do I feel it should be a disproportionate share because I make more money? No. The only reason I have more money is because I worked and slaved and sacrificed, which everyone in this country has the opportunity to do. By choosing to avail yourself of this opportunity, you shouldn't be penalized for it.

As far as taking a scalpel to the federal government's budget, we all know that's not going to happen. In order to achieve this utopian society where everyone gets everything handed to them and we will cure every single problem, the government is going to have to exponentially grow.

Which means, of course, that the federal deficit will balloon (again). And here's my question: when you don't have any money and you're already in the red, where do you get the extra money from? Who do we owe it to? We must owe someone, and I'm thinking it's China. So what do we do when China decides they'd like to take a few of our states as payment for the debt?

Nobody should be surprised that Obama has the policies he has - he's a wonderful product of the American education system. I've seen this with my own kids - we can't have "right" and "wrong" anymore, or "winners" and "losers". Everyone has to feel "good" and "special". We can't have anyone's feelings hurt by letting them feel that they're less than a winner. Everyone is "entitled" now, and their personal decisions/behavior are never taken into account.

Recently, a young single parent I know wanted to know why I wasn't voting for
Obama, as McCain "isn't going to do anything to help poor people". This is a person who obviously made the wrong choices, but now expects a check. And this is what's wrong with this country.