Who will take us to hell faster?

James Simpson
Published: September 11, 2008

Politics is not about right versus left. It is not about Republicans versus Democrats. It is not about liberal versus conservative. It is not about the haves versus the have-nots, and it’s not about us versus
them. These are just how things are framed for public consumption.

Politics is about control versus freedom. Every time you vote you are deciding which candidate you want to allow the opportunity to take more of your freedoms away. This is not how things are supposed
to work; unfortunately that is how things actually do work.

When was the last time a politician cut the growth of government or reduced the number of laws? It just doesn’t happen. When these charlatans talk about cutting government, what they really mean is a
cut in the rate of growth.

Once in a blue moon we get a small reduction, but that is inevitably followed by even greater increases.

Which brings me to the question of who, in the upcoming election, will lead us to hell slower? Who is most likely to take away our individual freedom and money at a faster pace then his opponent?

I believe the answer is clear. Obama will lead us into the abyss faster than McCain. Backed by a Democrat controlled congress — oh heck, let’s just call it what it is — backed by a socialist Congress,
he will make great strides towards ruining the United States. It is possible Obama could do more damage in four years than FDR was able to do in four terms with his economically destructive New Deal
programs.

In case you think that I am part of the “vast right-wing conspiracy,” think again. I can’t stand the damage that either side causes to our nation.

The book Breach Of Trust by Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) provides examples of how slimy Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey were.

Due to the way our system has been designed by these self-serving politicians, individuals who would improve the system, reduce laws, and truly lower taxes (without killing the goose that lays the
golden eggs) will never be elected to the presidency. They are “unelectable” because they are unwilling to compromise the principles of limited government in exchange for securing the support of one of
the two major parties.

Barack Obama wants to tax the rich and give over 90 percent of Americans a tax cut.

He is trying to buy votes with a promise that can’t be kept. Even, if by some odd chance, he does get elected and keep this promise, the damage will be significant.

Taxing the rich will slow economic growth. The taxes that would be redistributed (which Obama commonly refers to as economic justice) are going to be cycled through our tremendously inefficient
bureaucracy. Whereas the rich would, in one way or another, put their excess holdings into investments (i.e.: jobs and capital), the Obama plan would essentially grind these investments to a halt.

Obama also talks about health care for everyone.

His idea is to create a system that would allow those who can not get health care, or cannot afford health care, the opportunity to obtain government provided (read: taxpayer subsidized) health insurance.
This system would quickly become overburdened. It would make the problems and shortfalls of Medicare look infinitesimally small in a very short time. It would eventually require even more government
interference as many companies would stop providing health insurance as a benefit (a boost to the bottom line since the government can take over that financial burden).

Most of Obama’s solutions to the problems we face in the United States have unintended, yet grave, consequences. Regrettably many Americans have jumped onto the socialist bandwagon due to a lack
of economic education.

What little education we receive in kindergarten through high school seldom includes economics, and when it does we are fed the horrendous theories of John Maynard Keynes. Truly tragic!

If Barack Obama is elected people are going to be shocked at what kind of “change” we will, in fact, experience.

I believe in change, just not socialist change. Government is the reason for many of the problems we face, and the true solution is less government, not more government.

James Simpson lives in Lake Ridge.