Op-Ed: Step Right Up, Government Give-Aways, No Waiting

As I watched the euphoric media coverage of the Messiah Obama's coronation...I mean inauguration, I was amazed at the number of people stampeding to get their place in line to suckle at the government teat.

Whether it is free health care, or a tax rebate (even if you did not pay taxes to begin with) or a piece of the stimulus package ( aka the socializing of America), no one seems to worry about where the endless supply of money is coming from. I'll tell where it will come from. It will come from those of us who are pulling are own weight and taking responsibility for ourselves. I received an email containing the following quote, which very eloquently and concisely sums up the current situation of the country. It is attributed to Dr. Adrian Rogers and it is well worth the few seconds it will take you to read it. End of a Nation "You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that, my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." ~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers ~~