Here We Go

So it begins. The United States has become just like the rest of the Socialist West. The entire political debate from now on will be centered around this disaster that is national health care. Every election will now be about first repealing it, then, if and when that fails, how to "fix" all the problems this monstrosity is going to cause.

Next up: legalizing all illegals so they can suck on this newly grown government teat, let them get legal jobs, so millions more illegals can come take the underground jobs they leave behind.

The slope this country has been sliding down to hell on has just gotten a lot steeper.

November is going to determine a lot. Unfortunately the road to getting rid of this monstrosity will involve getting a majority in the House, 60 votes in the Senate, and the Presidency as well. I'm not holding my breath for the courts to stop this nightmare.

More on Chicken Little

Here's a radical idea: Why don't we actually play up a real threat to the United States and western civilization as we know it? Something that is happening now. Something that is going to affect us in 15 or 25 years, not 150 or 250.

It's the double slam-dunk of falling birth rates and the loss of identity due to liberalism and the transformation of people from self-reliant citizens to wards of the state.

In parts of Europe, notably Russia, Eastern Europe, Greece, Italy and Spain, the birthrate has become so low, that the population of some nations will be halving a little over each generation. That sort of presents a problem as to who is going to work to fund the welfare state that Europe is.

Europe has already felt the tip of the iceberg of the consequences of relying on immigration of people from North Africa and the Middle East. Forty percent of these immigrants end up permanently on the welfare system, and the refusal of these people to integrate into European society along with the Europeans' birthrates is going to sound the death knell for these countries identity in its entirety. But who cares right? So long as those checks and state health care keep on coming.

People have had their will and identity so drained by the social liberal nanny state that they can't even be bothered to breed anymore. And those that may still want to can't afford to because of the fact that the tax structure in the welfare state just doesn't reward families. It punishes them. Faced with their extinction as a people and culture, they'll apologize themselves out of existence before actually finding the balls to do anything about it.

And this is the path that the current administration has laid out for us, to follow the Europeans into the abyss.

I'd say that's a bit more of something to worry about than Global Cooling (oh wait that was thirty years ago, now it's Warming).

This is the REAL population bomb.

Whatever happened to personal responsiblity?

I just have to know. When did we stop being responsible for our own actions and taking care of ourselves? Nobody else should have to make less money because you don't have enough ambition or self-esteem to better yourself and position in life. The whole point of a capitalistic society is that it is perfectly in tune with human nature in that the majority (aka normal) of people want to better themselves and their financial position of themselves and their families. A capitalistic society allows for that through way of hard work and/or entrepreneurship. There of course those that wallow in self-pity at their minimum wage job and expect society to pick up the slack. Why? There are plenty of resources for these people to get off their asses and go to school or training to better themselves and their careers. in the forms of loans and grants. They just don't want to make the effort, or need to see someone about some anti-depressants.

There's a reason why socialism/communism has failed in the past and will continue to fail every time it is attempted no matter what label you want to put on it. There's a reason why capitalism flourishes when it isn't handicapped by governmental interference. Capitalism is totally in tune with human nature, while socialism/communism kills all practical incentives to work hard and efficiently. Socialistic societies lose their smartest and best people to other societies where they can actually be rewarded for what they have to offer.

Capitalism: I may be a cashier at Walmart now, but if I apply for a federal loan/grant and go to school for an actual useful degree I can better my career and lot in life.

Socialism/Communism: I wanted to be a doctor growing up, but why should I go to school for 12+ years, bust my ass for the amount I am eventually going to be compensated by the government for all my hard work? Not to mention the amount of stress once I do actually become a doctor. Maybe I should move to instead.

You cannot force human nature to change.

Go Save the Trees and STFU

If you're like me, you don't like other people telling you what to do. If you're going to tell me what to do, you better be paying me to do it. And even then I might decide it isn't particularly worth it.

I used to be a Democrat and left leaning in my thoughts and voting. That was when I was a teenager and in my early 20s. Then a funny thing happened. I had to graduate college and actually get a real job.

Turns out I don't like working all of Monday just to pay for stuff that other people think is important. That's bad enough. I don't want that to turn into Monday, Tuesday and half of Wednesday. That is where we are headed every time we allow the government to get bigger and more expensive. And allowing this ObamaCare thing to become reality will pretty much get us there instantly.

And please don't tell me that Obama said only the rich will be paying (more) taxes. That's what the government said when trying to make the income tax permanently legal too. How's that working out?

So if you want to save the (trees, homeless, animals, whatever) go do it yourself. Donate your money, your time, and God bless you. But don't be sticking your grubby hands in MY pocket to fund your little projects, thanks. You spend your time and money on what you think is important and I'll spend my money on what I think is important. Like feeding my family.

In other words, don't expect to tell me what to do AND expect ME to pay YOU for it.