A Nation of Dependents

First, it was Newt Gingrich saying President Obama was the "food stamp president."  That invoked howls of racism (naturally) from the loony Left.  If you can't argue on the merits of an issue, lets bring out the old, reliable "race card," right boys and girls?  Now, we have Mitt Romney stating, "...over the past three years, Barack Obama has been replacing our merit-based society with an entitlement society.".  There is a lot of truth to that statement, as well as to the food stamp comment by Gingrich. Forty-six million Americans will receive food stamps this year.  That is a 44% increase from 2007, one full year before Obama took office.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 49% of American households contain at least one person receiving benefits from some form of federal entitlement program.  In the first two years of the Obama Regime, Social Security Disability rose up by 10%.  I suppose it is safe to say many Americans, faced with no job prospects under Obama, are opting for disability payments.   Obama has even aided in the much hated "corporate welfare" that Democrats and "Occupy Wall St." anarchists like to rail against.  Federal grants to the "green energy" sector have quadrupled to over $18 billion in 2009.  Yes, that's right, Occupiers.  Your beloved Messiah is a corporate welfare specialist.

It is crystal clear what President Obama meant when he stated he wanted to "fundamentally change America."   He is turning the United States of America into a nation of dependents.  It is an old strategy by Socialists.  Make the electorate completely dependent on the federal government until they no longer care about being an "electorate."  We will become a nation of serfs, dependent upon the almighty federal government for everything.  If this movie sounds familiar, there is a good reason.  This same Socialist experiment has been tried before in the Soviet Union, the satellite countries behind the Iron Curtain, Cuba of today, Venezuela of today and on and on.  This movie does not end well for the serfs.   But, you know what is really sad?  There are literally millions of Americans who want this system of government.  They no longer care to try to make their way into the world on their own.  They want the government to take care of that little problem for them.  If Obama is reelected, they may well get their wish.  But, to those who want this, to those who think we must "change" to wealth redistribution, I say, be careful of what you wish for.  You may get it.