Have you seen the video of the African American woman in
Cleveland with her free Obama phone?
Vote for Obama. Get your free Obama phone.
Wait, that’s the reverse. That would be illegal vote buying,
except in Philadelphia where it’s called “Walking around money.”
It’s “Keep Obama as President. He gave us a phone”
When asked about Governor Romney, she responded: “Romney, he
sucks.”
There’s the election.
That is the issue in this election, the real issue.
Freedom versus Free!
The economy is critical; the fate of Israel may be on the
line: foreign policy and national security are entering the danger zone.
The character of America is at stake. Will President Obama
complete his goal of transforming America? Will America become a culture of
dependency on the government or continue as a culture that relies on personal
liberty and independence?
Transformation was more important to President Obama than
economic rejuvenation, which is why he devoted his second year to pushing
through ObamaCare.
Dependency or independence? That is the question facing
America.
Have Americans become so dependent on the government that
they will now routinely vote for the political party that promises them a free
cell phone, the Democratic Party, the party of government?
She represents the 49% of American households in which at
least one member receives government benefits.
The Obama Campaign does not want to face that issue, for
their campaign will then fail. Americans believe in personal freedom.
Thus, the Obama Campaign quickly threw her under the bus,
emphasizing that the cell phone program preceded the Obama Administration. The
origins of the program go back to 1985.Congress extended the program to cell phones in 2008.
It's not an Obama program, but that Americans reasonably believe comes from Obama is revealing.
The cell phone “Lifeline” program is offered by the carriers
with the federal government covering the costs. The government pays the
carriers up to $10/phone per month. The
beneficiaries get a free phone and up to 250 minutes of time per month.
Eligible persons are those who fall into one of the
following programs: an income of less than 135% of the federal poverty
guidelines, receive Supplemental Security Income, Health benefit coverage under
the Child Health Insurance Program, the Free School Lunch Program, Low Income
Energy Assistance Program, Section 8 Public Housing, low income resident of tribal
lands, or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
One of the persons who received an unsolicited request to
sign up for the program is Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri.
Is it no wonder that in less than a decade the cost of the
program has grown to $2.4 billion covering 12.5 million people?
Independence or dependency?
However, American may have already crossed the threshold
into dependency.
Here are the existing government programs distributing
billions of dollars to millions of Americans:
Social
Security
Social Security Disability
Medicare
Medicaid
Unemployment
Extended
Unemployment
Public
housing
School
Lunches
Food Stamps
Farm Prices
Children
health Insurance
Student
Loans
Subsidized
water
Subsidized
Electricity
Subsidized
Mass Transit
Subsidized
rents
All of which adds up to a budget deficit of $1.5 trillion!
These programs are unsustainable, as with Greece, Spain, and
Portugal
If America has not quite crossed the threshold into
dependency, then it will when ObamaCare kicks in, transferring 16% of the
economy to the government.
The American history with such programs is not one of
success, starting with the current travails of the Post Office, the enormous
deficits of mass transit, the metamorphosis of public housing into tenements, the public schools in large municipalities, and the failures of Fannie May and
Freddy Mac.
The video is troublesome in another respect. The Cleveland
woman is apparently one of scores hired by the SEIU at $11/hour to protest at
Romney rallies. SEIU is the union that represents public and private service
employees. The members often show up at Obama rallies in purple shirts.
America was built on personal liberty.
Will President Obama transform it into long term poverty?
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