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In any democratic society, the best way to secure personal long-term political power is to develop a class of voters permanently dependent upon that power for their own livelihood.

Throughout history, those who have acquired such powers have always lost themselves, once perverted by a revocable right to reign over others. Our Founders were right; all men were created to be free and thereby, unequal. The human spirit will not rest long under any form of tyranny, including that which is foolishly self-inflicted via democratic process.

Men of great power have always fallen prey to the irresistible pitfalls always present in the seductive and intoxicating arena of excessive personal power. It is the nature of ambitious men, particularly in politics, to seek power over others. When done in private enterprise or a free-market environment, it is a ship which will always right itself, under the pressure of open competition.

But when done by men accountable to no one, it degenerates into tyranny which will one day require the blood of patriots, to free the people once again.

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson

Few Americans support the idea of socialized medicine, having seen the concept bankrupt many third world nations while delivering substandard care, often too late for the patient. Americans have watched their government bankrupt both Social Security and Medicare.

But most Americans seem to support the idea of "universal health care," which is just another democratic sounding name for socialized medicine and they somehow believe that government can manage the entire wellness industry better than they managed Social Security and the national budget.

Less than one hundred years ago, there was no such thing as federal welfare or government entitlement programs. Today, these programs account for the vast majority of federal spending and they are directly responsible for federal deficits and debts as far as the eye can see.

Yet how many have actually been lifted out of poverty to become self-sufficient contributing productive members of society by these programs? Good luck finding a few you can count… No program on earth has failed more convincingly.

Our government has indeed been wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them for decades now, ever since FDR's New (raw) Deal. Still, we are accelerating down a path already proven a failure. Why?

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson

As a government grows to serve the individual needs of its people, the people's rights, freedoms and liberties to serve themselves is diminished until they are completely extinguished. The co-existence of individual freedom and a central government require a very delicate balance almost impossible to manage long-term, as a direct result of political ambition.

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