#73 You Earned It; You Keep It!

Freedom's Vigil: Sunday I heard a sound byte of McCain's regular radio address. He said that taking money away from people and giving it to other people who were not paying any income taxes was a giveaway. He's right, but he needs to be more complete. He needs to show the killer instinct necessary to overcome his adversary. He should have ended his statement like this: ... but a giveaway to get votes. It's nothing more than a bribe." (To his credit, on Sunday I heard McCain say exactly that.)McCain cannot and should not try to offer more trinkets from other people's money than Obama does. Instead, he should spend time explaining why trinkets from other people's money should not be handed out by the government. He should explain that they are stolen, albeit "legally" from other people and that is not what America is about. America is about the freedom of the individual to earn his own trinkets or not, but not to take other people's money. Let's hear something inspiring from McCain, not the negative, hateful talk of Obama wanting to seize the property of others like so many African leaders, like Mandel, do. Help give people the confidence that if they are honest and hard-working they can achieve material success, and if they don't, their children, by being exposed to their parents' good values, will probably achieve financial success and share it with their parents. Tell people that they don't have to give up their freedom to government or take away anyone else's freedom to have financial security. Point out that living by the government instead of by freedom always results in misery, including financial misery. Name names - Cuba, North Korea, Red China, and Russia. Bring it home and remind people that the financial mess America is in now was caused by the Democrats in Congress blocking Republicans who wanted to reign in giving out unqualified mortgages. These Republicans also wanted to reign in the high-flying boys on Wall Street who were doing very dubious things with everyone's mortgage.
I ask you, honored reader, to start pushing along these lines in your daily conversation with others. You may have heard of Bernie Goldberg's book, "Crazies On The Left; Wimps On The Right." Let's change the latter part of that title to "Crusaders On The Right."
Two-Guns at peternickerson12@yahoo.com.