Comments on: What Is Moral Failure in Obama-Speak? http://libertyworks.com/what-is-moral-failure-in-obama-speak/ Political commentary informed by the Declaration of Independence Sun, 20 May 2012 15:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aaa again http://libertyworks.com/what-is-moral-failure-in-obama-speak/comment-page-1/#comment-153 aaa again Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:46 +0000 http://libertyworks.com/?p=693#comment-153 BoomerJeff hits on a theme often overlooked, perhaps intentionally, by politicians and advocates alike. Voters who REALLY desire to help "those less fortunate" should reflect on the figures for a moment. The fact of the matter is that we have no shortage of government spending on assistance for "the poor." The spending levels have outpaced both population growth and inflation combined for over 40 years now, to the point where it totals 38% of the entire Federal budget, a sum larger than the GDP of most countries !!! (Not even counting local government.) Thats a staggering statistic. Yet what have we to show for this largesse? Apparantly very little. After all, how could Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid campaign on this 40 year old theme if our dollars were having the intended effect of solving these social ills? Well, for politicians perhaps REALLY helping the poor isn't the actual goal - empire building and vote getting is. But what say ye, voters?? Voters need to look themselves in the mirror and ask "do I REALLY want to help the poor, or do I just want to promote a leftist political philosophy?" And if the answer is the former, "am I foolish enough to pull the lever for the latest in a long line of promisers of govt funded nirvana - Barack Obama - who somehow magically will have the key to making it work?" Said another way, "do I really want to help the poor, or just feel good about myself by outsourcing the task to govt by sticking it to the rich?" The evidence of 45 years of government ineffectiveness suggests its the latter. BoomerJeff hits on a theme often overlooked, perhaps intentionally, by politicians and advocates alike. Voters who REALLY desire to help “those less fortunate” should reflect on the figures for a moment.

The fact of the matter is that we have no shortage of government spending on assistance for “the poor.” The spending levels have outpaced both population growth and inflation combined for over 40 years now, to the point where it totals 38% of the entire Federal budget, a sum larger than the GDP of most countries !!! (Not even counting local government.) Thats a staggering statistic.

Yet what have we to show for this largesse? Apparantly very little. After all, how could Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid campaign on this 40 year old theme if our dollars were having the intended effect of solving these social ills?

Well, for politicians perhaps REALLY helping the poor isn’t the actual goal – empire building and vote getting is.

But what say ye, voters?? Voters need to look themselves in the mirror and ask “do I REALLY want to help the poor, or do I just want to promote a leftist political philosophy?” And if the answer is the former, “am I foolish enough to pull the lever for the latest in a long line of promisers of govt funded nirvana – Barack Obama – who somehow magically will have the key to making it work?”

Said another way, “do I really want to help the poor, or just feel good about myself by outsourcing the task to govt by sticking it to the rich?” The evidence of 45 years of government ineffectiveness suggests its the latter.

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