Some historical thoughts from Tony Blankley (an immigrant who understands the foundational principles of this country):
…we enter our history’s second stage in the struggle against the abomination of socialism. Just as slavery had been contained in the South, so entitlement socialism has, until this week, been more or less contained in service to only the poor and the elderly — and even those programs (for the elderly) operate on the principle of beneficiaries paying monthly premiums for the benefits they will later get (Medicare/Social Security). Only the poor, under Medicaid, received benefit without premium payment.
But now, just as the Kansas-Nebraska Act broke through the geographic limit to slave states, the Democratic party’s 2010 health-care law has broken the boundary that limited socialism. Now, the chains of socialism are to be clamped onto the able-bodied middle class — not merely retirees who have paid their insurance premiums and the presumed-helpless poor.
Forcing people to pay for others’ welfare is just a new form of slavery. Or, as Hayek wrote, serfdom.
An excellent column which sums up the big questions very well. This is one of those points where libertarians and conservatives can agree.
And let’s not forget that the party of the slaveholders was the Democratic Party, something for which they’ve never apologized. Maybe Our Community-Organizer-In-Chief can fit it into His schedule since He does seem to love apologizing for other people’s past sins.
Only when the sins are invalid.
the party of the slaveholders was the Democratic Party, something for which they’ve never apologized. Maybe Our Community-Organizer-In-Chief can fit it into His schedule since He does seem to love apologizing for other people’s past sins.
FWIW, it’s interesting that Obama has slaveholder ancestors, but no slave ancestors.