Obama has a problem. It is one he shares with McCain, and 98% (I might be optimistically low here) of politicians in Washington: Their underlying political philosophies are intellectually and morally bankrupt.

They all share a common thread - they believe in the supremacy of the will of the majority over the will of individuals. In this manner, Obama, McCain, and the two parties they front represent only slightly different stripes of tyranny.

Obama would join us all in a suicide pact of sorts, putting vitality to the marxist maxim ‘from each according to his ability; to each according to his need’. He sees no problem with confiscating the belongings of one to give to another because they ‘need’ the stolen items, as need is defined by bureaucrats. In his world view, it is acceptable to use force to make participation in this suicide pact mandatory, because the needs of the collective outweigh the rights of individuals to avoid such a pact.

To be sure, Obama wouldn’t be implementing an income tax upon people who are not used to it - but he makes no bones about going after those whom he deems to not be paying their fair share. If we take him at his word, I would not be affected directly by his proposals - I do not make $250,000 a year - and might even benefit in a nominal manner. But I consider it no benefit to have men with guns stealing from others so that they might give it to me. He has no apparent qualms about the underlying premise - that the government has a right to the possessions of it’s citizens, and in fact, a fundamental right to it that the individual doesn’t have. The government may demand any portion of my income, as they alone control the marginal tax rates, and raise them as they see fit. Were that portion demanded to be 100%, what would it change? As an individual, am I protected from the long arm of the government taking all that I have? On what grounds can I protest? If the government deems that it ‘needs’ 100% of the fruits of my labor, I am without recourse. If they may take a tenth or a third or half morally, why does taking all of the results of my personal productivity become immoral?

Obama and his peers have a serious problem. Their bankrupt, immoral beliefs are demonstrably immoral and bankrupt, and a revolution is afoot in this country to say no more. His philosophy of government has as it’s underlying premise that the individual and his productive capacity are assets of the state, a particularly problematic phenomenon in a land that pays lip service to the concept of liberty.
May it come quickly, and may we sweep away the horde of state worshipers who feed at the teet on the fruits of our labors, coerced from us under the threat of violence to our persons. People are waking up - more and more each and every day. Are you awake?