"Cash for Cluckers"

I'm glad to see that there is still some humor left in Washington. A Republican Congressman, who is against these massive government giveaways like the "Cash for Clunkers" program, suggests we consider a new bill: "Cash for Cluckers". His reasoning: "Why should we just subsidize the auto industry, why not the poultry industry?" His proposal is a $10 rebate check from the government every time we eat a chicken or turkey.

This is funny, but there is a deeper message in this "giveaway" madness that has come from Washington for a long time. We are becoming a society that just looks at the government as one big handout. My parents who went through the great depression would find this disgusting. We are turning from a nation of hard working, industrious and creative "givers" to a nation of "takers". And the Democrats know that by creating a society of "takers" that depend on the government, they have a greater chance of keeping power. And I believe that has always been the liberal plan. Think about it - after trillions of dollars spent the last 50 years on Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" which created one welfare program after another, we now have just as many poor people dependent on the government as we did then. Think about how that money could have been spent on programs to educate and create jobs for those poor people.

Giveaways by the government do not create jobs they create dependents.

A new study that came out today showed that now the top 1% of taxpayers in the country pays more taxes than the bottom 95%. That is almost hard to believe. But many will say, "Well they are so rich they can afford it". Maybe so, but what if that 1% like Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs....all the innovators of the last decades, and what if all the innovators of the future, finally reach a point where they say "The hell with it, it's just not worth working so hard".

My son recently suggested that a good book for all of us to read is "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire". The analogy may not be the same, but one thing is for sure - when more people are "taking out" of a society than those that are "putting in" - the society will collapse.