As we move towards the 2012 election, there are two competing views of America that are being put forward. President Obama is pushing his "fairness" plan to make the wealthy pay much higher taxes to fund bigger government, something that he calls their fair share. The Republican candidates are offering plans that center on private sector growth and smaller government. This is a choice, I believe, that the American people will make easily. They will reject the Obama plan and the next president will be a Republican.
Here is the nub of the issue: Which of these two competing philosophies will triumph in the American electorate?
1)Things are bad, but the government is going to make sure that those who have been successful are going to have to pay for that success. The government will help those it deems worthy.
2)Each person in this country is going to have the opportunity to improve their lives by hard work, intelligence and some luck. Each individual success will make the country as a whole more successful.
I truly believe that most Americans will choose a course that offers them the possibility of personal success. We are not a country of jealous losers who cannot stand to see someone with more than we have. Do people hate Bill Gates for starting Microsoft? Do we hate Waren Buffet for his wise investment choices? Do we hate our neighbors who just bought a new car with the bonus they got from their employer? NO.
Once it becomes clear to the voters that penalizing the "wealthy" will actually make economic growth slower with fewer jobs created, the pool of voters supporting Obama will be limited to the hardcore Democrat social justice voters. In other words, Obama will lose in a landslide.
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