Makers to Takers

Obama’s State of the Union address was another iteration of his Redistribution of Wealth philosophy. As arguably the best political orator to come down the pike in decades he is a master in using “make you feel good” code words and phrases to sell his ideology to the masses. One of the first examples of this was his statement in November, 2008 regarding why he had chosen the present moment to run for the Presidency. His words were to the effect that he felt now was the time to “bring the American people together”. Ahh, what an ideal goal for a populace that was struggling with an economy that was destroying their jobs and wealth but what he actually meant was “I believe now is the time I can persuade the majority of voters to believe as I do”. The list of code words is endless -- invest means spend, fair and balanced means take from the producers and give to the non-producers, lead means push from behind, accountability means blame someone else, social justice means penalize entrepreneurship  and reward government dependency, create jobs means expand the government work force  --  and the list goes on.

Obama is aware that to openly state his real desire of redistributing the wealth is politically dangerous and so talks of his goals in terms that that provide cover for his followers when disputing those that challenge his policies and is shielding the intent of transforming productive “makers”  to government dependent “takers”. This is essential element of our becoming a social democracy and is nothing short of buying the votes of unsuspecting citizens.

We cannot, however, lay the full blame of this phenomenon upon Obama. Unfortunately, the entire nation is responsible for the conditions that allow this destruction of our Republic. In my lifetime I have witnessed the social/cultural event which I refer to as the conversion of a nation of Makers to one of Takers. I personally, as did not many other conservative minded citizens, see this evolving until it became so obvious with the rise to power of one man with no moral, cultural, social, or political leadership abilities  --  only his “popularity”.

 Is it too late to turn back the Takers from becoming the ruling class? I do not know the answer, but I do know what will be required to do so and I do have grave concerns as to the final outcome.