Obama is a Socialist

Barack Obama’s candidacy for President ostensibly exists as the one true vessel for “hope and change” for our troubled nation. Indeed, tens of thousands of the junior Senator from Illinois’ supporters consistently fill professional sporting venues to hear the Democrat Party nominee’s ideas for what he can do for them. They eagerly await the flood of government spending programs they feel they are entitled to.
This strikes me with more than a little irony. Was it really so long ago that another young Democrat was promoting a very different idea? On a cold January day in 1961, John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address to his nation, and to the world. In his famous, and not so subtle, challenge to the American people he said, “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” A concept undoubtedly lost on most people, the general electorate is only interested in what each candidate has to offer me, me, me.
Mr. Obama is not short on ideas. It’s the integrity (or lack thereof) of said ideas that has me worried. Make no mistake: Barack Obama is a socialist. From his plan to socialize (excuse me, nationalize) healthcare to his tax breaks for the “middle class” (how does anybody think he is going to pay for these programs), Obama’s entire platform is nothing more than modern, chic Marxism. The Obama campaign would have us believe that the privatization of Social Security is a bad thing! I suppose people currently investing anything in Social Security ultimately making more money would be a bad thing for Barack Obama, his campaign, and the Democrat Party. I shudder when I think about the average voter buying into this line of thinking.
One thing even Barack Obama is unabashedly unashamed to admit is that his Administration would promote massive spending. Somehow, this ridiculous expansion of government spending will be accomplished not by raising taxes, but by actually cutting them for the middle class. Wait, what? Mr. Obama should be careful with his plan to further tax the “upper” class; in 2005 the top 5% of wage earners paid almost 60% of all federal income taxes (IRS Data as published in the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119786208643933077.html). Who is complaining about a lack of fairness again?
I challenge the reader to understand what the American dream really is. The American dream is not the hope of receiving a government check to buy your house or go to college. What is it that entitles you to these things anyway? Are you entitled to go to college because you happen to be born in the United States? Sadly, I think many people have assumed the mindset of living in the Land of Entitlement instead of the Land of Opportunity, and Barack Obama is their fulfiller.
Obama is no John F. Kennedy. The inexperienced, empty-suit, all talk no walk, junior first-term senator from Illinois is full of good intentions but short on realistic application. It’s really no surprise that the top ten poorest cities in the United States have one thing in common: Democrat leadership. “It’s the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats, yet are still disadvantaged.” Barack Obama preys (politically) on the less-than-fortunate. I fear they are taking the bait. Hook, line, and sinker.