With the expected Democratic victory in the House of Representatives now a reality, what can we expect? For the time being very little, after all the Dems need control of both Congress and the White House before they can institute real change, but in the intervening 2 years before that occurs the Democrats will begin to sow the seeds for the inevitable takeover of both branches of government.
As Nancy Pelosi pointed out, the Dems intend to take the country in a new direction. In reality the direction is not so new, its the same direction they tried to take the country in previous years, one highlighted by more redistributive wealth programs, higher taxes, an increase in the minimum wage and other socialist inspired programs that lead to stagnate economic growth and higher unemployment in the spirit of France. We can say goodbye to reforming the tax code or social security reform, but then again the GOP was never serious about these matters in the first place.
Far from being denigrated, the Democratic should be commended for being excellent politicians who capitalized on the fundamental weaknesses of the GOP and extracted a sweeping electoral victory. Had the GOP remained true to their convictions perhaps the results would be different. Had George Bush, offered a clear voice and given the American people a better understanding of the issues at stake, in terms of limited government and economic opportunity, perhaps a socialist revolution would not be at hand.
Ultimately, a Democratic victory this fall was predestined. Sooner or later every nation will swig irreversibly to the left. Why? Human nature. The vast majority of people are averse to hard work, the vast majority of people (not just Americans), want others to make the hard decisions for them and the vast majority of people are envious of what they don’t have and blame others for their failures. This is a perfect prescription for Democratic socialism.
Many Americans are content to watch their football games and avoid making necessary sacrifices. For the poorest among us it is seen as the duty of the state, not themselves, to raise their children and provide other social safety nets. Indeed as the short-lived fight over social security has proven, many Americans purposely avoid personal responsibility like the plague, gladly surrendering such tasks to the state. In such an environment can we truly be surprised, as our country swings ever leftward? The GOP’s reckless spending and Big Government tendencies are but the latest signs that personal responsibility is dead in America, just as such sentiments have long been dead in most of the Western world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6127216.stm
