Considering our current state of affairs, I’m beginning to think that the only course of action is to force a national debate on the role of government. As the current president and his party are for big government, maximum entitlements and dependency, and generation choking deficits, the opposing candidate should present the exact opposite. The Republicans or Independents should nominate a pure candidate that presents clear issues and choice. A brokered Republican convention or third party candidate may provide a way to offer that debate. A centrist candidate will not offer the clear choice we need.
Consider the WSJ editorial, The Spenders Won in 2011. Republicans controlled the House yet failed to get any significant reduction in spending. Deficits generated by a Democrat controlled Congress were $2.98 Trillion in 2008, $3.52 Trillion in 2009, $3.45 Trillion in 2010; and even with a Republican House are $3.59 Trillion in 2011 and projected to be $3.65 Trillion in 2012. We are over $15 Trillion in national debt. This is debt that we will pass onto our children and grandchildren. How moral is that? We take handouts that our grandchildren will pay for!
There must be a debate on the role of government. It does everything as Obama, Pelosi and Reid propose. Or is is limited as our constitution suggests. If the nation opts for the “free lunch,” our nation will become another Greece. If the nation chooses the moral course of eliminating the “free lunch” our children and grandchildren will have a chance to live productive lives in this country.
Short of a moral decision in an election on that all-encompassing issue, those of us who want a better future for our children are left with only two options: revolution or individual expatriation! The only alternative is to continue on the current unsustainable path with either party in control or gridlocked by the other. This is Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom!
The centrist position, the middle ground, is what constantly gets us into trouble. In essence, Republicans equal Democrats; neither party can say no; neither can cut spending. We need to get off the treadmill. We are stealing from our grandchildren. This is immorality near its height.