Un-Liberaled Woman

The last few days I’ve been debating over on Facebook. On the latest thread, my liberal “friends” would over and over again depict conservatives as caricaturizations when they are against massive spending which result s in tax hikes. They typically come back and say that then means we’re not for any taxation, which was very inaccurate. I mean that’s like somebody saying “Hey, I don’t want to give my child a Mercedes S-Class convertible for the 16th birthday” and then the retort is “Whaaaaaaaaat! You don’t care about providing for your children.”

AnyMySweetSixteenbrat, I think many of us nonliberals believe in some taxation. But we don’t believe that the majority of Americans are FOR paying more taxes – I’m talking about on their own not other people paying more taxes for more government services – despite what Doofus-of-the-Week Colin Powell says.

In terms of government assistance programs (which are the primary sources of federal money), for me, I believe there should be some type of temporary safety net for people. I don’t think it should be every man for himself – a lot of conservatives feel this way but I’m tired of liberals portraying us as such. We’re in this country together. That said people should be pulling their own weight, not bitching on the sidelines while the rest of us carry the burden producing the majority of the work. But we have already have that safety net, and instead govt. is finding every angle possible to expand it into a permanent, dependent blankie for some folks.

I don’t think growing up poor is an excuse for continued govt. assistance. At some point people are responsible for the choices they make in life and it’s not the govt.’s responsibility to be an enabler rewarding people for their choice to go down the irresponsible path. You should not get paid to live in the US on the backs of hard working Americans. If you don’t pay taxes I don’t think you should then get a tax cut or receive numerous tax credits to the point you’re coming out in the green from the govt. I don’t believe in free rides on coattails and I certainly don’t think people should be given money that’s stolen from a group of citizens simply because they are in a certain income group. I understand it happens but that isn’t a license to do it more and more.

I think it’s a contradiction to say under our laws all men are equal, but then under our tax code we’re segregating you into different groups with different requirements. This is the greatest country where everyone has a free opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty without the help of the government. I grew up lower middle class, my family at one point was on welfare but I’m a success today working very hard from the money I earn. People grow up poor everyday and make choices to be responsible to work hard. Is it easy? I’m not saying that. It sucks. I’ve been in financial ruin before – worried about filing for bankruptcy a few years after college- but I somehow got it together. I didn’t need help from the govt. by them giving me more tax credits and hiking up taxes on “the rich” (which is really the working class who have had longer careers or chosen different career paths to earn what they earn today). I just learned to cut back and saved, saved, saved.

People everyday in positions like mine took advantage of the free economic opportunities we ALL have to pull themselves out of poverty. I’m interested in making America stronger by providing more opportunities for them to earn more ON THEIR OWN. Bring the weaker in the country up to the level of the strong by giving them the freedom to do so. I don’t think punishing the strong by depleting them of their earnings is the right path to bring the weaker up. Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime. I want people to be stronger united in economic opportunities and rewarded for it, not punished through the tax code to unite everyone in misery.

I look at someone’s wealth and am not jealous or think it’s unfair. I think how can I get to that point, what can I do. And at some point, I don’t really need that much money. Honestly I’m happy with just a house, car, my husband and food on the table. But I’m tired of the materialistic nature that plays into our political process – using our govt. system as a piggy bank to buy votes for those who can get the biggest score out of govt. When a lady is screaming about Obama and how she doesn’t have to worry about paying for her bills like mortgage and gas, that’s a huge red flag with our political process.

That’s not what our govt. was set up for, and if it continues to do that with massive spending programs I’ll continue to speak out against it. If you’re against it to, don’t be afraid to speak out either. If somebody tells you you’re “not supporting the President” then just tell them this is a free country and you’ve got the right to. You can’t cut people off or expect people to just “give the guy a chance” just because the candidate you support happens to be in office. We sat back and listened to angst from the left for 8 years, literally before Bush even officially took office.

So I’m tired of just sitting by being persecuted for speaking my mind. I’m tired of being expected to not have a reaction when told I’m not a team player because I’m not just blindingly going with whatever massive spending policy govt. is passing,. It doesn’t mean the ride is easy, but at least at the end of the day I can keep my held high knowing I didn’t let the far left make me ashamed of who I am and the principles I hold dear to my heart.