There is a lot of talk about who is the best
candidate…but very little is being said about what kind of country is best for
each candidate. In this current country,
I think Barrack Obama is the best candidate, but it comes with a huge
caveat…and it is that point which should be shouted…nay, broadcasted from one
coast to the other. See, we have 100
years of entitlements to manage, from unemployment to Social Security to
Medicare and foodstamps…and there is only one candidate that can run all of
these progressive policies. Obama is the
most qualified candidate to continue these policies that are bankrupting our
country, because he is the only candidate that wants these policies and
programs to expand until the system collapses and we fail as a country. Mitt Romney can’t balance the budget either,
but he is willing to keep playing this game of spinning as many plates as
possible for as long as possible. Mitt
Romney won’t end Medicare, he won’t stop Social Security…he will not end his
call for replacing Obamacare with his version…because he wants to be the guy
who saves them for a decade…then when it all goes to hell, he can say he did his
part to try and save it. Mitt’s methods
will not fix, save or help this country, because he isn’t capable of fixing the
actual problem…which is the policies and programs themselves.
Gary Johnson is not pretending to be able
to fix Social Security. He is not
capable of fixing it. He will not save
it for our children. He admits this, but
he also admits what the others will not.
It is not fixable, it is a Ponzi Scheme.
You can’t fix a Ponzi Scheme.
Gary Johnson is not pretending to be able to fix Medicare. He is not capable of fixing Medicare, because
Medicare is broke and needs to be done away with. “What about grandma?” My answer to that is, “What about her grandchild?” Who is more important? There are ways, however, of fixing this
country. The answers are difficult, and
they require REAL discussion and open books from Congress. Why do we not have a budget in three
years? We don’t know where we are
financially…the first thing a consultant does when he takes on a task of fixing
a company is he looks at the books. If
there are no books, there is no place to start.
Gary Johnson can fix the State of New Mexico, because he knew where he
started, he set a goal, and he did not lie about the issues confronting
him. If you vote for someone who allows
us to work without a budget, you are making the problem worse, and delaying the
eventual pain that will be worse and tougher to fix.
The problems that we have in this country
are directly related to Woodrow Wilson, FDR and the past 100 years of
compassionate government without rational limits to compassion defined and
responsibly adhered to. If our biggest
budget woes are from an overreaching military, Social Security’s unfunded
liabilities, Medicare and now financial investing in private companies with no
payback in sight…then the answer to these problems MUST INCLUDE these problems…that
is common sense. For the Republicans and
Democrats to argue that these programs cannot be touched is just their way of not admitting defeat. Yes, I said it. Taxes on the rich will not fix
these things; Cutting taxes will not allow us to grow out of these problems…these are both lies
that both sides believe because the truth that our system is broken is too
difficult to believe. Admitting failure is the first step. We failed as a country in our effort to support everyone from birth to retirement. It was an experiment that has lasted so long because of the individual exceptionalism that made our country the envy of the world, but we are now overwhelmed by the weight of it all. It will end, either by our controlled dissolution, or by a fatal collapse resulting in riots and anarchy.
I am called a
protest vote for not voting for the lesser of two evils. You’re damn right my vote is a protest, it is
a protest against myopia, corruption, dishonesty and fake patriotism. My vote cannot be bought, traded or scared
into changing. I am right, and the
alternative is another step, either big, or incrementally smaller…but still a
step in the direction of failure and tyranny.
You can say what you want, but if you repeat a lie, you are still
lying. You can be compassionate and
caring, but if you are willing to sink the whole ship to prove you cared about
the guy who fell overboard…then you are still murdering the many to prove you
are compassionate. Mao, Stalin, Hitler
and Mussolini all started out compassionate…but in the end, the only ones they
were compassionate to were the ones who agreed with them.
So…here is your opportunity. Your vote doesn’t have to be for continued failure…but it does
have to represent your view of this country’s future. If you support the way things are, Obama is
the best choice. If you support a slower
approach to tyranny and ruin…Romney is your man. If you think we need to address the real
problems with real solutions…then before you vote, read about Gary Johnson’s
ideas and his record. Libertarianism
isn’t about anarchy, it is about the proper role of government…and frankly, the
proper role of government is not to be involved in foreign countries with our
military, feeding lazy and corrupt people who are taking advantage of our
safety nets, acting as financial retirement managers, or running the health
care industry. You may not like the
responsibility of running your own life, but the alternative is much much
worse. We are seeing it unfold. Don’t choose the choice that doesn’t have a
chance to save our country…because closing your eyes won’t make our problems go
away. Grandma owes it to the next
generation to fix what her generation and the one before her started.
-Rev
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