Hey Nodopey

I did not write this, it came from a member of my McCain Ravelry group but I felt it was sooooo good I have posted it.


I implore you to review the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, etc. Revisit the intentions and words of our Founders (Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Adams, Mason, Washington, etc.). What makes the United States so different from other countries is that citizens are assumed to be able to discern for themselves the best way to educate their children, take care of the needy, and spend their own hard-earned money. It is incumbent upon the citizens of the U.S. to take care of themselves, to take prudent decisions in order to truly enjoy the blessings of liberty. To assume that a large number of people are unable to support themselves and incapable of improving their situations is to do an enormous disservice to those people. Are they not men? Do they not have the same dignity, drive, and desire that others do to fulfill the human need to feel productive and to be independent? A large overbearing government that levies and forcibly collects punitive and confiscatory taxes to the extent that hard-working, law-abiding people are unduly constricted economically sounds the death knell for a free nation of independent people. A government that extracts the lawfully and hard-earned income from some citizens in order to subsidize the unproductive and often illegal behavior of other citizens is the killer of liberty, self reliance, invention, and decency. You must understand the immorality of socialism and communism, that it is the murderer of the American Dream because it is incompatible with human nature. Please, do not kill that dream for those who might achieve it if the incentives were there; don’t steal that dream from those of us who attained it through hard work, economic responsibility, and diligence; and don’t delete the potential for achieving the American dream from the futures of our children. When unhindered and unfettered from gratuitous government intervention, representative democracy works, the free market works, and an electorate comprised of citizens who know that they ultimately are responsible for themselves, their families, and their communities, works.