By: Dale Weckbacher
1 Corinthians
13:4-7
4
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself,
is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not
provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the
truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things.
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It is an election year again and
even though this is not a Presidential Election year, it is a critical election. In the upcoming election, we have an
opportunity to change the leadership in the Senate by removing Democrats from
power and thus removing Harry Reid from his position as majority leader in the
Senate. By changing the Senate
leadership and maintaining GOP control of the House of Representatives, we will
be able to force President Obama’s hand making him either sign or veto
legislation sent to him by Congress instead of the Senate acting as a buffer
for him. Of course, this all hinges upon
the GOP leadership having the guts to stand up to Obama which is an issue we
will no doubt will have to continually deal with until we can expand
conservative control of both houses of Congress.
Like all elections, politicians will
again subject us to a litany of promises, claiming compassion and “being for
the little guy.” This is why it is
important for us as informed voters to learn to distinguish between liberal
compassion and conservative compassion as we decide who deserves our vote.
In the aftermath of the 2012
Presidential election, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh came under
fire for the following comment "Conservatism in my humble opinion did not
lose last night, it's just very difficult to beat Santa Claus.” (1) Unfortunately, when someone like Rush
Limbaugh comments on something, it quickly becomes a political hot potato and
the true meaning and reason for the comment becomes lost.
As a long time listener of Rush
Limbaugh, I understand the he was simply trying to point out the difference
between liberal compassion and conservative compassion. Rush Limbaugh was pointing out that even
though the polls indicated that a majority did not like Obama’s policies or
believe he was taking the country in the right direction, Obama had promised
goodies like free health care, extensions of unemployment, expansion of
welfare, and a higher minimum wage.
These voters were voting with their wallet, or should I say the hard
working taxpayers of our nation’s wallet, so in essence, Obama was running as
Santa Claus.
This is what liberal compassion is
all about. It is in reality not
compassion at all but politicians creating a dependent class by redistributing
other people’s money and continually winning reelection by promising the
expansion and continuance of government goodies. Using rush Limbaugh’s illustration, we could
call this form of compassion “Santa Claus Compassion.”
Conservative compassion on the other
hand is all about empowerment.
Conservative compassion is not about creating a dependent class of
people that will give their vote away to the one promising the most gifts from
the government but is about empowering individuals to become independent and
self-sufficient.
A politician that believes in
conservative compassion will not run for office promising to expand government
programs but will instead run promising to reduce governmental intrusion into
the lives of individuals. These
politicians understand that reducing governmental intrusion will result in
increased opportunity for economic growth in the private sector. They understand that this will empower
individuals to start or expand businesses, resulting in the creation of jobs
for those currently out of work and receiving governmental handouts from
liberally compassionate politicians.
This week Time wrote that the
Federal Government expects to reach the debt limit in late February. (2) These continual debit limit crisis in our
government are the result of excessive liberally compassionate politicians in
Washington D.C., Including the President.
It appears we may be reaching the point that Margaret Thatcher spoke of
when she said, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of
other people's money.” (3)
It appears that liberal compassion
is running out of money to redistribute and it is time for more conservative
compassion in our government. Granted
the transformation from liberal to conservative compassion will not be easy
because of the large percentage of people in our society receiving some form of
government assistance but for those of us that love our country and wish to see
it remain a super power, it is a transformation that we must make.
We must begin by educating
individuals on the benefits of dependence on God and their own abilities and
not some government bureaucrat or politician that could care less about their
situation and is only interested in preserving and expanding their own career
in government. Our history is full of
individuals that have succeeded without any form of government assistance. By pointing individuals to these examples and
not some politician for solutions to their problems, I believe we can begin
creating voters that will vote for politicians wanting to create opportunities
instead of politicians wanting to steal from someone else to give them a
handout.
I understand this process will be
difficult and take some time but, if we do not start now, we run the risk of
losing this country and that, my friends, is totally unacceptable. We have the power through social media,
email, texting, and old-fashioned face-to-face conversation to begin the
grassroots reeducation process and begin transforming us from a dependent
society to an empowered opportunistic society.
Will you join me in this effort?
1. Fox News Insider. Rush Limbaugh on Election:
'It's Practically Impossible to Beat Santa Claus'. foxnewsinsider.com. [Online]
Fox News Corp, November 8, 2012. [Cited: January 25, 2014.] http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/11/08/rush-limbaugh-on-election-its-practically-impossible-to-beat-santa-claus.
2. Altman, Alex.
U.S. to Hit Debt Limit in Late February. swampland.time.com. [Online]
Time Magazine, January 22, 2014. [Cited: January 25, 2014.]
http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/22/u-s-to-hit-debt-limit-in-late-february/.
3. Goodreads.
Margaret Thatcher Quotes. www.goodreads.com. [Online] Good Reads.
[Cited: January 25, 2014.] http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/138248-the-problem-with-socialism-is-that-you-eventually-run-out.
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