Having watched the three debates that have taken place so far between the two tickets, it is clear to whom each side is appealing. Obama and Biden consistently hit the theme of making the individual’s life better. Romney and Ryan push the line of not making your life any harder.
The argument that the Obama/Biden government can make your live better counts on several factors being true. First, that the government can improve your life better than you can. Second, that the government’s involvement in your life improves the entire country.
When Joe Biden looked the nation in the eyes through TV during the debate and asked who we trusted more on our social programs… he was forcing us to answer the toughest question this nation faces. Are we as individuals or society responsible for our lives? Paul Ryan’s plan represents the hard work of planning for our own retirements and health care, it is only very recently that people began to believe these were the government’s duties instead of their own. If we choose to trust the government to handle our personal problems, we must accept that we are giving up on the manner of government that our founders created. We may elect Presidents and Congressmen… but there are no elections for IRS Agents or officials at Medicare/aid/Social Security.
The government that Obama/Biden are suggesting is not warm and fuzzy, it is cold, remorseless and incompetent. If you thought dealing with taxes was bad, imagine dealing with the same people for your healthcare and retirement.
Romney/Ryan pull their punches when it comes to these issues. The truth is that not only are the programs themselves destined for failure, the culture that is breeding inside the country will destroy us far sooner.
The Left says that they believe that the fate of the prosperity of the country begins and ends with the middle class. All others (The Rich, Corporations) must sacrifice to improve the middle class’s situation. However, to improve the lives of the middle class through social spending, the government must produce the money from somewhere. The Left’s go-to weapon is taxes. Taxing the rich will only hurt the rich people and benefit the poorer is central to their belief. Paul Ryan pointed out to Joe Biden that the rich people of this country do not possess enough money to fund the government. No matter how much you take from them, we will still be short of fulfilling the Left’s objectives. That doesn’t even include the negative effect it would have upon our economy.
The only other solution is to borrow more money. This solves the problem for the moment. We have enough money to pay the benefits we promised, but like getting hooked on painkillers that solve your immediate problem, the true cost of this addiction looms ahead of us.
How will the money we borrow be paid back? Not by us, we don’t have it, that’s why we are borrowing it now. The true victims of our promises are the children of the future generation. They have no say in our current behavior, yet will bear their costs. I’ve heard it said that nations are judged on how they take care of those who cannot take care of themselves, such as the very old and very young. I agree with the premise, but the ones that truly cannot fend for themselves are those who have yet to be born. What would they have to say about welfare for drug addicts and bailing out bankrupt companies that refuse to adapt to the current times?
Next time Joe Biden looks at you and asks if you trust him or Paul Ryan more to take care of your future, know that he is asking if you trust yourself… or a bureaucrat to know what’s best for you when it really matters.
Categories: Blog Posts
Stovepipe Sentinel 
Leave a comment