In the paranoid universe of conservative politics, liberals have “demonized” doctors and business people: jsonline: Addressing the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives, Sen. Ron Johnson accused liberals of demonizing doctors and business people, fostering entitlement and dependency, and sacrificing “our freedom in their quest for more power over our lives.”
I wasn’t aware of that! I was aware that some businesses had lobbied against unions, wages, benefits, liability, work safety and funded Republican candidates. Is that vilification or the truth? We’re not talking about all businesses, like Ron Johnson claims, just the few with no American value system or ethic.
Johnson followed key-note speaker Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who told attendees, “We have seen President Obama usher in socialism under his watch over the last two years.” Johnson called it a “hard act to follow.”
Like in circus acts? Yes, it would be better if we just had one ideology/ one party rule, instead of this long extended tiresome debate between Americans.
“What I have sadly witnessed over the course of my lifetime is a slow but steady drift - and I would argue over the last two years, a lurch - toward a culture of entitlement and dependency. This is not an America I recognize. It is not an America that will work.”
Entitlements are safety nets, insurance, we paid into. Are we NOT entitled to a return on our investments in Social Security and Medicare insurance?
“Liberals have done an excellent job convincing generations of Americans that they are entitled to benefits and that someone else will pick up the tab.
You’re wrong, Ron “the clueless,” we have all paid into our entitlements, and that’s why we call them entitlements. It’s our money and we’re entitled to it.
“The liberal solution … to sacrifice our freedom in their quest for more power over our lives.”
In Ron’s crazy upside down world, a safety net is government “control” over our lives. Actually, it's control we put in place ourselves.
“Most people say they want to reduce the deficit and balance the budget, but I fear too few will be ready to embrace the necessary solutions.”
That’s because people know and embrace the value of having a safety net. That’s why we buy insurance; car, health, life, bank savings, Social Security and Medicare. It’s not from a need to feed our money into a insurers pocket to pad their bottom line. It’s a safety net against a car accident, a home disaster, a bank shutdown or health emergency. It creates...certainty for Americans.
Johnson has a wish for one party rule, a nation state of conservatism:
“From what I can tell, there are still politicians here in Washington that remain in a state of denial. We need more citizen legislators who understand the gravity of the moment, and are willing to put their lives on hold to join this fight.”
Maybe Ron Johnson hasn’t heard, Americans lives are already on hold, thanks to the Republicans gift from the under-regulated capitalist system, the Great Recession.
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