Lincoln and Obama hand in hand? I don't think so. Here's a core philosophy of Lincoln's that he articulated early in his career and believed in ardently throughout his service. In light of the current administration's plans to play the noble Robin Hood in taking from the rich and giving to the poor, let's see what Lincoln had to say on the subject:
"Some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To secure to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government."
Can that actually be Lincoln's position? Did he actually just infer that Obama's government, then is bad government? Lincoln was opposed in economic and political princple to a welfare state funded from the coffers of a federal government. Let us offer assistance without breeding dependence, and let us have faith in the people and not the government to step in and exercise charity.
obama's continued comparison of himself to Lincoln makes me sick. Maybe he can be president because of Lincoln, but his ideas are so far off of Lincoln's that I wonder how he can possibly delude himself with the comparison. I guess he's going to free the poor, lazy people by giving them the fruits of the worker. I would consider that enslavement, though. To make them wholly dependent on obama's handouts is slavery, but without the benefit of the cotton being picked. It's like "I own you, so I'll pick the cotton to feed you." Hmmm. Sounds like being a parent... but I will never consider obama to be the father of the country. Well, we went through a carter to get a Reagan, perhaps we have to endure (if we can) an obama to get another great president. Who will it be that will save us from obama?
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