Yesterday, New York Senator Hillary Clinton was speaking at a fund-raiser in San Francisco on behalf of Senator Barbara Boxer. At that fund-raiser, she told those in attendance to expect to lose some of the tax cuts passed by President Bush if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress. That’s right…she’s telling everyone in advance she and the rest of her leftist pals are going to raise their taxes. Hillary really showed herself at this fund raiser — if, that is, they manage to get the White House and control of the congress. Not only did Shrillary reveal her love of high taxes, but she did so in the arrogant, condescending manner that forms the foundation of her personality. Hillary told us that she is “.. going to take things away from (us) on behalf of the common good.”
There are several basic elements of the liberal faith exposed in Hillary’s threat. (And yes, it was a threat.) The two most important elements were that all wealth belongs to the government and that the lives of individuals must be controlled by government. The government demonstrates its ownership of all wealth by determining how it is to be “distributed,” and its ownership of individuals by controlling aspects of our private lives.
The Imperial Federal government, under the control of such worthy people as Hillary, decides what portion of the wealth that we have earned it will “give” us. You’ve heard liberals refer to tax breaks as “giveaways” to the rich. You and I know that a tax break doesn’t “give” anything to the rich. It merely allows the high producers to keep more of what they worked for and earned. But to Hillary and her leftist friends, all that you earn actually belongs to government … so, to them, it is a giveaway.
Not only do liberals not recognize your right to or ownership of the wealth that you produce, liberals don’t even want to recognize your sovereignty as an individual. Just think for a moment of the choices that the government doesn’t allow you to make. In virtually every state in the nation you cannot make your own choice as to who will clip your nails. In Texas and Florida the government tells you just who can help you match the color of a sofa fabric to your drapes. In Arizona it’s a crime to have someone trim your cuticles. In South Carolina a female can’t get a massage from a male. It’s so wonderful to live in a free country, isn’t it?
And now we have Hillary proudly and arrogantly announcing that the government is going to seize property from individuals for “the common good.” Don’t ignore the message here. You are not a free individual. You exist to serve the state. Hillary is here to show you the way.
