Faster horses
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This is one of the very best comments on the present situation that I
have seen! If a white person had written it, it would be considered
extremely racial, but since the writer is black and admittedly a product
of the “welfare state”, it has to be acknowledged as a person speaking
from experience. I hope that it gets widely circulated.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
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Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation. I wrote the
book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state
and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor
America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training
(JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children
(EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all
initially set into motion in the 1960s by Democrats, that were
going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto
the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation
switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do
I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism
created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of
problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility
for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities,
dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I
understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996 which was
passed by a Republican controlled Congress.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor
black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American
capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are now going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich
American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like
poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have
said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done
to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell
Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our
first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young
president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives
seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-Ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama
is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much
more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending --
it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in
areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government
taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in
government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and
accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the
Department of Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the Department
of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on
Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand
old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a
new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of
poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black
families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes
and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's
invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose
personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out
Of other people's money."
TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN !
NOW FORWARD THIS IF YOU AGREE.
have seen! If a white person had written it, it would be considered
extremely racial, but since the writer is black and admittedly a product
of the “welfare state”, it has to be acknowledged as a person speaking
from experience. I hope that it gets widely circulated.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
(Embedded image moved to file: pic18373.jpg)[]
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation. I wrote the
book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state
and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor
America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training
(JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children
(EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all
initially set into motion in the 1960s by Democrats, that were
going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto
the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation
switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do
I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism
created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of
problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility
for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities,
dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I
understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996 which was
passed by a Republican controlled Congress.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor
black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American
capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are now going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich
American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like
poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have
said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done
to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell
Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our
first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young
president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives
seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-Ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama
is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much
more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending --
it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in
areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government
taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in
government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and
accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the
Department of Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the Department
of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on
Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand
old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a
new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of
poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black
families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes
and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's
invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose
personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out
Of other people's money."
TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN !
NOW FORWARD THIS IF YOU AGREE.