There is no "in" before our Dependence anymore

America's move towards Dependence on handouts and away from Independence

* The United States has spent $3.7 trillion dollars on welfare payouts over the past 5 years.  It has gained this money by force and coercion from the citizens that still actually pay a Federal tax.  It is fully supported in faith and publication by the media as well as those voters that receive the graces of this stolen windfall.  The Government, as a living entity unrestrained by the Constitution, does this to grow and evolve and become ever more powerful in its only purpose; to promote the General Welfare of one voting class at the expense of another. 

We were warned.  We are being warned and soon we will only have the stories of a fabled time of freedom.

"The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man’s self-defense, and, as such, may resort to force only against those who start the use of force. The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breach or fraud by others, to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law. But a government that initiates the employment of force against men who had forced no one, the employment of armed compulsion against disarmed victims, is a nightmare infernal machine designed to annihilate morality: such a government reverses its only moral purpose and switches from the role of protector to the role of man’s deadliest enemy, from the role of policeman to the role of a criminal vested with the right to the wielding of violence against victims deprived of the right of self-defense. Such a government substitutes for morality the following rule of social conduct: you may do whatever you please to your neighbor, provided your gang is bigger than his."

Galt’s Speech,For the New Intellectual
Ayn Rand


It is by force that the Federal Government takes my labor and the fruit it bears, the food and housing I would give my children so that it, for my own good, can distribute to those it deems worthy and of higher need as an agent of charity.  It is by force that the Federal Government takes my property, while telling me I deserve to give it, and gives it to those better suited for its support and lofty ideals.  And if I complain, the Government strikes me down in various ways at the same time telling me of its own gracious gifts which I use on commute and schooling and security from the world's bad intentions.

When did we go from being a nation of free people and individuals of great spirit to a nation looking for someone to take care of us, someone or something to promise us sweet rewards for voting loyalty? 

From a people that shunned a Federal handout to a people that felt they were owed their just rewards regardless of action or deed.

From a people that would work hard and study hard to get ahead of the crowd to a people that want to stand in line with the crowd demanding their transfer of wealth.

From a people that seek success and reward as a result of their actions to a people that demand reward from affirmative action.

From a people that believed children were our future and should be supported with the best education they could find to a people determined to keep children in failing education to protect their union.

From a people that respected and were grateful for a helping hand to a people that expect their handouts and spend wildly when they are lifted.

From a people that understood the Federal Government does not have any free money to give away to a people believing that some how, some way, some where there is some magic place that grants free "everything" for their taking.

From a people proud to be able to have their Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness as they see fit to a people that think happiness should be given to them in exchange for Liberty so they can have a Life.

From a people that believed that "all men" were created equal under the law to a people that feel that all outcomes should be equal; by force of law.


* http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/report-us-spent-37-trillion-welfare-over-last-5-years_764582.html