Hillary Clinton announced a “child poverty plan” today. Her plan expands the government nanny state towards socialism. She’s merely playing politics here. It’s a last ditch effort to win votes from Obama. Sure, it’s nice to take care of “the children”, but why does the federal government have to do it?
She says she will pay for it by toughening enforcement to collect taxes currently owed but not paid. Uh-huh. So she’s going to use the IRS to terrorize people in to paying unconstitutional taxes so that the federal government can deliver “free” and “fresh” food to children living in poor areas.
I have a better idea to help with child poverty. Repeal the income tax to free up poor families to make more money to feed their own. Repeal the income tax so that people will be more likely to give their money away to charities and churches that always do a much better job at helping the poor than the federal government.
The federal government can’t even help people properly after a disaster like hurricane Katrina. Instead of putting free market measures in place to encourage charitable giving we get a a dose of Hugo Chavez-like socialism.
At some point we are going to have to change the term “land of the free” to “land of the coerced.”
During the debate last night Obama said the following:
“It is not going to be easy to have a sensible energy policy in this country. Exxon/Mobil made $11 billion last quarter. They’re not going to give up those profits easily.”
What in the Constitution allows the government to take profits from a private company? It is comments like these that make me ill at the thought of Obama becoming President. Of course, the federal government already takes their cut. I guess the first law of Obamanomics says they will take more.
American voters will have a choice between the lesser of two evils yet again in the Presidential election of 2008.
It is the equivalent of choosing mint chocolate chip over strawberry ice cream. Sure they taste different, but the end result is the same. You will still get fat. Or in the case of the election you will still get evil. Like ice cream, evil comes in many flavors. This year your featured flavors are fascism and socialism.
On the Democratic side you have the choice of two flavors: light vanilla socialism or french vanilla socialism. On the Republican side your only choice is a single scoop of soft serve fascism. Unfortunately, the political reality is that an independent or third party flavor will likely melt away into non-relevance unless enough of us truly want change.
In this interview Judge Napolitano (always a favorite of mine) promotes his book “A Nation Of Sheep” and in the end endorses Ron Paul without actually saying he endorses Ron Paul. It is a great interview and worth your time. It is in 3 parts.
This was a very good 25 minute speech at CPAC today. I only wish the media covered it more widely. He went in to his normal monetary policy stuff, but had some choice words about McCain as well. The portion about a strong national defense was also very good. Especially when he talked about Osama Bin Laden’s plan to financially bankrupt the United States. Well… listen to it yourself. Right now I have the audio. I’m guessing someone will have the video up as well at some point.
This is an excellent speech on economics delivered by Ron Paul to business and financial leaders in Seattle on January 31st, 2008. So take some time away from watching the main stream media ignore Ron Paul and watch him where he is more at home: on the Internet. It is in 6 parts.
Last year Liberty Maven uncovered the not so shocking Official Media Guide to Attacking Ron Paul. Now we have uncovered another document written by the “Main Stream Media Czar” that went out to all of the media outlets. Yet more proof that the media wants to decide your next President before you get a chance to even consider other options. The unedited text of the secret document is below.
This will take more effort to watch than your average mindless youtube video. I highly recommend you watch all the parts though. Truly great stuff.
STOPandLook productions brings you an animated series exploring the substance behind the political terminology used in contemporary debates. There are 6 parts to this series (including the introduction).
Much has been said recently blaming the official Ron Paul campaign organization for not doing things properly to get Paul the GOP nomination. They have not done things perfectly, but even a perfect campaign would not secure the nomination for Ron Paul in the election of 2008.
The problem is that America is not quite ready for Ron Paul. More accurately, America is not ready for the message of true liberty. We have to learn to accept it after the results in the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary. This does not mean we should stop the wonderful things we are doing. In fact, it means quite the opposite. Donate more money. Keep canvassing. Sign up as a precinct captain. Do whatever it takes to maximize the Ron Paul vote.
His movement of support suggests that someday America will be ready. Revolutions take time to build. George W. Bush sparked this revolution with his failed policies. He made it possible. We can thank him for that. Ron Paul lit the fire for the revolution with his candidacy. Ron Paul Republican candidates and grassroots supporters all across the country will keep that fire lit long after Ron Paul announces the end of his campaign.
I now believe true liberty is attainable 4 years from now. The best potential for this is if three things occur.
First, we must be vigilant about electing Ron Paul Republicans running for office locally. There is nothingmore important than this. This will help begin the change from the ground up, paving the way for the message to rise to victory in 2012.
Second, a Democrat must become President in 2008. This may sound odd coming from a Ron Paul supporter who despises taxes and socialism, but to win minds and change hearts things must get worse before they get better. Things are not bad enough yet.
Third, the economy must get much worse within the 4 years of the next President’s term. If Ron Paul’s economic forecasts are correct, there is a good chance of this happening.
If the failed Republican Bush regime is immediately followed by four years of a failed Democratic regime where will the majority of unhappy voters lend their support in 2012? They certainly would not go to the Democrat. They most likely will not go to the establishment Republican because voters will remember Bush’s failure. I believe the votes will go to someone with a true message of change: a candidate like Ron Paul.
The stars must align properly. Suffering through four years of economic turmoil will be difficult, but we all may be looking back on the election of 2008 as the election that lit the fire for true liberty in our lifetime.
Of course, I’m just some naive dude with a blog so what do I know?
Liberty Maven
