The Danger of The Democrat Platform

It's high time someone told it the way it really is, without all the spin and hype.

Democrats profess to stand for certain things. Let's take a closer look:

1) Universal Health Care. Exceedingly expensive, made more so because government involvement, by law, will require administrative costs to be added. And, since the government's only source of income is taxes, the burden will be passed to all Americans, making them poorer, and more dependent upon the government

2) They want to "fight poverty", so they say. But the reverse is true. See #1 above - higher taxes equals less money in your pocket. Period. The Democrats fight to KEEP people poor, because it keeps them dependent (see #5 below). And if a person depends on you, they will vote for you, to keep the entitlements coming. Democrats NEED to keep people poor, and need to increase poverty.

3) They say they are "for the children." Again, the reverse is true. They use children. They exploit children (watch them parade kids in front of Congress and the press in order to push their agenda - you'll never see a Republican do that). Democrats are all for abortion, any time, any place, any reason - just how does that "protect" the children? They are killing them! And EVERY judge who has set child molesters free has been a Democrat. And every legislator that fought AGAINST Jessica's law has been a Democrat. Is that how they protect the children? If so, keep them away from my kids!

4) Democrats cannot get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan fast enough. That is true. But it is also dangerous. Every time we lose a war, we lose power, credibility, and we set ourselves up for more attacks because our enemies view retreat for what it is - weakness! And as much as I would like this to be a perfect world, it is not. In this world, the strong survive and the weak die. No matter how "civilized" some of us may become, life on this planet will ALWAYS be a case of survival of the fittest. So, it matters not at this point whether we should have gone to war. What matters now is that we win, because the alternative will create a more dangerous world for every American.

5) Democrats want to tax the rich even more. The problem lies in the simple fact that the poor do not add much to the GDP, nor do they hire a lot of employees. It is the wealthy who hire people, pay them, produce goods and keep the economy humming well enough so that most other Americans can live reasonably well. Take more money from the rich, and you reduce the capital for hiring and producing. This causes layoffs, reduced health care benefits etc. As a business owner myself, every time my taxes go up, I am forced to make cuts in the workforce, or buying equipment for producing the goods that Americans want and need. When my taxes go down, I can hire more people, and produce more. It cannot get any simpler than that. Why can't Democrats understand that?

6) Democrats want more entitlements. While it is nice to get "freebies", the problem lies in the simple fact that a) it raises taxes, and lowers our income, b) it makes us more dependent upon government, which reduces our freedoms, and c) it becomes a tool for generating votes (see #2 above). Not many people will bite the hand that feeds them. And that leads to tryanny of the worst kind. It is why blacks and latinos tend to be poorer, yet vote Democrat. Think about it - if a person depends on entitlements, that person becomes the slave to the master who hands out the entitlements. Like a whipped dog, waiting for his master to put a few morsels in his dish.

At this point, allow me to interject some insight. Whenever people are placed in such a position, they have little left to lose, and little self-respect. Is it any wonder that our prisons are full of people who come from such a background? They are not criminals because they are black, hispanic or because they are poor. They are criminals because liberal Democrats have robbed them of their dignity, self-respect and independence, and there is nothing left. Why not sell drugs? Why not steal? Why not join gangs?

7) Democrats want open borders and amnesty. And while it sounds good that America welcomes everyone, there are realities that the Democrats either refuse to acknowledge, or are simply ignorant of them. For one thing, America's resources are not without end - the more people who demand them, the less there is to go around, creating more poverty. And open borders would cause billions of people to come here, since America is the nation of opportunity that so many others want to come to. If you think housing is expensive now, imagine the cost when our population doubles (and demand doubles). And there are other limitations - we already do not have enough energy to go around. We do not have enough spaces in school or college classrooms for all students who want to attend. Environmentalists will not allow us to develop many areas, so resource availability will dwindle and evaporate. Unemployment would soar, as the population grows much faster than jobs. And imagine twice as many cars on the highways...the list goes on.

What I find really strange is the sheer hypocrisy of the liberals. For example, on the one hand they want to open America's doors for everyone. Yet it is those very same liberals who passed laws in most states that require communities to restrict growth. Here in Maine, only a certain number of building permits for new homes can be issued each year in a community. Even if you buy a piece a land, you may never be able to build your home on it, unless you "win" the permit lottery. Still, those liberals want us to let everyone come here. Where will they live? As I write this, my own community is passing zoning that would prohibit building on any piece of land less than 3.5 acres. Where would millions upon millions of immigrants live, when the liberals who invite them here will not allow them to build a place to live?

There is no doubt that the liberal, Democrat agenda is dangerous to America. And it becomes even more sinister because they are so adept at brainwashing uneducated, poorer people into believing that they will make life better and easier for them. Vote Democrat, and keep the food stamps and rent vouchers coming. Only now we can add health care, and other entitlements, to suck even more people into the insidious liberal web.

On the other hand, Republicans believe in empowering the people. Make them less dependent. Make them stronger. Help them to help themselves, and prosper.

The long and the short of it:

Democrats believe in giving a hungry person a fish. And when he is hungry again, they will allow him to come back tomorrow and beg for another fish.

A Republican would rather teach the hungry person HOW to fish, so he can continue feeding himself forever, with dignity, and without begging.

And when the day comes when the government coffers are empty, the people that depend upon government will perish. But those who were taught how to fish will survive.

You see, it really is this simple - Democrats know that weak, poor, dependent people keep Democrats in office for the short term. Republicans know that strong, independent people make a strong, free nation for the long term.

If you doubt this, ask yourself: how many poor, entitlement-dependent people ever got ahead? How many are in Congress? How many have ever been elected President? How many ever get to go to Harvard?

And then ask "Why?" It is not the Republicans who are holding them down, or imprisoning them with entitlements. Every entitlement is a chain that keeps a man bound to his master.

Don't believe it? If you have a job, and it provides good benefits that you and your family depend upon, just how often will you say "No" to your boss? Just how much would you grovel to keep your job? Be honest - no one is watching.

Except God.