Liberals cling to idea that redistribution of wealth is key to prosperity

To the editor,

Bernard Goldberg may have come up with the liberal oxymoron for the ages. The liberal media and perhaps even Joe Biden have characterized the Tea Party conservatives as terrorists for believing that this country should, gasp, balance the budget. Yet, they blindly refuse to label real terrorists like the Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Hasan. Liberal irony seemingly knows no bounds. Anyway, this is how far to the left into socialism we have traveled in the past one hundred years. So far to the left that the Democrats and all their progressive media groupies like Alan Colmes can actually say with a straight face that we haven't yet spent enough money. We need another $800-million stimulus and more taxes to get the economy rolling. We need more government agencies to oversee job growth. $1.75-trillion worth of regulations on our job creators is just not enough. Yes, the answer is not to cull the hundreds of programs that have never been proven successful, but remain because, unlike the private sector, they don't have to be successful to survive. At last count, there are at least 2,184 assistance programs.

Stubbornly, petulantly and willfully, President Obama and his merry band of progressives cling to "redistribution of wealth" as the answer to all our fiscal and financial woes. According to the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, "Despite the handwringing and lectures from Geithner and his accomplices, there is no need to raise the federal debt limit. The U.S. government already spends an obscene amount of money every month, and this could be scaled back to the current inflow of tax receipts". With the billions of dollars that monthly fill government coffers, President Obama put forth his favorite posture, dividing the nation through class warfare and demeaning the wealth creators in this country. Flat out lying by scaring the bejeebers out of seniors by claiming he could not guarantee their Social Security checks would arrive this month. His arrogant, divisive lack of leadership has been appalling throughout this entire process.

The bad news is that President Obama's policies have engendered an economic decline as we peruse the latest gruesome, economic statistics just released this week. Let's face it, there is no recovery. Some experts say that even though we raised the debt ceiling, our triple A rating is destined to be lowered. The Cut, Cap and Balance plan would likely have provided enough confidence within this country, that Moody's and Standard and Poor's would not have touched our AAA rating, which if dropped will have a dramatic impact on college loans and credit cards.

In an effort to find a silver lining in all this gloom, please ponder this comment by Daniel Horowitz of Redstate.com. "Obama, through his vivid demonstration of failed socialism, has been a more effective advocate for limited government than any conservative leader." If the eventual Republican nominee can't make that point crystal clear to this nation's voters, well then, our children and grandchildren may have no idea why their standard of living has declined precipitously compared with that of their parents and grandparents.

Finally, kudos to Kelly Ayotte for voting against this bipartisan compromise plan that will ultimately do very little in addressing this country's irresponsible overspending and gargantuan indebtedness.

Russ Wiles

Tilton