Obama wants you to spread your wealth around, but doesn't do it himself. His charitable donations are abysmal, amounting to less than 2% on average.
He wants you to contribute $845 billion to his Global Poverty Act, but he doesn't even help his own half-brother in Kenya. Guess he has no responsibility to half-brothers?
At the convention he summed up the ability to prosper in America, "Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots. You are on your own." He then contrasted that cynical view with his ideals: (My emphasis)
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us,
not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the
most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work.
That's
the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for
ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental
belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.
That's
the promise we need to keep. That's the change we need right now. So
let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President.
Obama repeated his "I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper" clip in last night's infomercial.
Well, Obama isn't president yet, but we can see how much he believes in his own words: His own Aunt Zeituni lives in a rundown tenement in Boston. Guess being your sister's keeper doesn't apply to aunties either.
Last night Obama also appeared on Jon Sewart's show. He tried to diffuse the Socialist label by quipping,
"That whole socialism argument, that doesn't fly too
well,'' Obama said. "The evidence of this seems pretty thin. I said
today that I think they found proof that when I was in kindergarten I
shared some toys with my friends and that's clearly a sign of
subversive activity.
But there is a big difference between sharing, which is voluntary, and being coerced to share, which is involuntary. Plus, sharing toys in kindergarten doesn't even count. The toys in kindergarten were not personally owned by Obama; they belonged to the school system
When we share our own assets, that is charity. When we share our own assets with friends, that is called friendship. When we are coerced to share our bounty through taxation--to spread the wealth around--that is called socialism!
Obama summed it up best himself when he was asked about the greatest moral failure in his life and of America at the Saddleback Forum: (My emphasis)
...And what I traced this to [his wild living] is a certain selfishness on my part. I was so
obsessed with me and, you know, the reasons that I might be
dissatisfied that I couldn't focus on other people. And I think the
process for me of growing up was to recognize that it's not about me.
It's about --
WARREN: I like that. I like that.
OBAMA:
Absolutely. So -- but look, you know, when I -- when I find myself
taking the wrong step, I think a lot of times it's because I'm trying
to protect myself instead of trying to do god's work.
WARREN: Yeah, fundamental selfishness.
OBAMA: So that, I think, is my own failure.
WARREN: What about America?
OBAMA::
I think America's greatest moral failure in my lifetime has been that
we still don't abide by that basic precept in Matthew that whatever you
do for the least of my brothers, you do for me, and that notion of --
that basic principle applies to poverty... There's a pervasive sense, I think, that this country, as
wealthy and powerful as we are, still don't spend enough time thinking
about "the least of these."
Obama's selfishness and socialism is showing. If he does not do for the least of these in his own family, what makes you think he will do for you?
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Links:
Brookfield7, Fairly Conservative, Vicki Mckenna,
Jay Weber, The Right View Wisconsin, Mark Levin, CNS News
