If you don’t believe that Senator Barack Obama’s goal in politics is wealth redistribution then please take the time to listen to this audio clip:
Senator Obama is a pompous radical, a Socialist who fails to see the destruction such power-driven ideologies have wrought upon mankind. It is morally unacceptable to use power to take property or alter lives, even if the perceived outcome for your favorite segment of society is favorable. The sad thing is that Socialism has never proven beneficial for its supposed beneficiaries, moreoften perpetuating poverty than lifting people out of it. Despite dubious benefit and lack of moral justification, it is Constitutionally illegal for government to embark on redistribution schemes. This sort of power was never included in our legal system; in fact, America’s system of checks and balances on concentrated government power was designed to limit populist excesses of this very nature.
In the audio clip you’ll hear Obama declare that “when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.” You’ll also hear him lament on the “tragedy that the Constitution wasn’t radically reinterpreted to force redistribution of wealth for African Americans,” and how government’s legal separation of powers is a hindrance to the overall goal of wealth redistribution!
Economists have long reached concensus that using force to redistribute wealth lowers society’s overall prosperity. No matter what your ideological persuasion, this much is true. Politically, expanding the powers of government to be able to invade the private domain, take from some, give to others, and erode property rights proves disastrous time and again. Our Founding Fathers were brilliant in limiting government’s power. This was the big issue of the age, and one for which they did a good job in establishing the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They were fearful of large government and did their best to separate powers and limit unilateral authority. These are great principals we must remember and put in perspective when given the choice to vote for the spoils of government plunder. It is all too easy to redistribute other peoples wealth, but it will one day be your turn, not matter where you sit on the wealth spectrum. We are all doomed to inhabit a world of limited opportunity with a pervasive, powerful government. Doesn’t this scare anyone else?
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