Socialism

Many in the Country are currently concerned that President Obama is leading us toward Socialism. There are so many people on the Polls, blogs and forums that I read that are in favor of Socialism. It would be nice if there were no hungry or homeless people in America. But it is naive to think that under Socialism we will ALL be equal. The rich and powerful, will still be rich and powerful. George Soros, one of the richest men in America, backed Obama during his campaign for President. Now, our Government has given BILLIONS of our tax payers dollars to Brazil for them to drill for oil off of their shores, even though we can't drill off of our own shores. George Soros is invested in the oil company that will drill in Brazil and he will become a much, much richer man because of this. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric and its sister company MSNBC, heavily supported Obama on his TV station MSNBC during the campaign and still today, will not show any of the corruption currently being uncovered in Obama's administration. Now, he has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve. And GE has been given the contract for producing the Wind Turbines. Immelt will become a much richer man as well, while the people of this Country are losing their jobs and homes everyday. It is always going to be this way with the, "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." I don't care if it is a Democrat or Republican. It will be people like you and I that will be giving things up for those less fortunate. Don't get me wrong, I am all for helping people, but people have to be willing to help themselves. I know there are plenty of able bodied people that get on disability, welfare, food stamps, WIC, and medical cards that never plan to do any better. They want to live off of these programs rather than work. They don't care that it is those people who are WORKING paying in taxes that support them. The whole system is messed up. My 89 year old Grandpa who worked from the time he was 9 to 65, and can barely walk, is not eligible to receive ANY Government assistance because his house is paid for. But I know of people living off of the Government that take 2 vacations to Florida a year, eat and dress better than we do. There are couples that will not get married even though they live together and have children, because they will lose their Government funds. The Government encourages people to not try, and not marry by giving them this assistance, while those that do try and those that worked their whole lives can not receive any help. It is like Chris Gardner, the man that the movie "Pursuit of Happiness" was about said, "Give me a hand up, not a hand out", all he wanted was a job. He is a very wealthy man today. He said, had he of gotten on welfare that he probably would have never tried to do any better. I look at it like this, if we are headed for Socialism, then why should we even encourage our children to try in school? I raised my children to do their very best, to set goals and achieve them. And I am very proud of them both. Brittany went to school for 13 years (counting Kindergarten) and had straight A's with the exception of one B, and that was in "Chorus" her freshman year. She received too many awards to mention, but I was most proud of her winning the "Pre Calculus" award her Junior year and "Calculus" award her Senior year. She graduated high school "Class Salutatorian" with a GPA of 3.98. She recently graduated College "Magna Cum Laude" with a GPA of 3.74. She received some good scholarships that almost paid for her Education in full, but what was her responsibility, she paid for on her own as she went, by working sometimes 50 hours a week. She just finished her "Internship" that cost her $1,750.00 out of her own pocket, and had to work for 3 months, 40 hours a week for free to complete the Internship. She graduated completely debt free, when many of her friends owe as much as $40,000.00 in Student Loans. I don't want to see her work so hard to achieve her goals, just to have the Government take it away from her to give it to someone who didn't try, made bad grades, dropped out of school and won't work.