We as a nation spent more than 20 years to heal our wounds inflicted by the great social experiment of the 1960's. Most of you don't remember or have no idea what was created by this great "experiement": apathy. The population as a whole relied on the gov't to solve all our ills: it's the gov'ts responsibility to feed our children and heat our homes (let alone provide homes) and in place of gainful employment, provide a monthly stipend for each family or individual. (read welfare and section 8 housing and food stamps and medicaid, etc) Anyone gloss back to those nostalgic days of the 1970's NYC or 19080's Detroit?
Barack Obama is a product of that era and he was heavily influenced by the ideals of people who lived thru that era (He was born in 1961, so his experiences of the 60/70's are seen thru another's eyes). If you look at his experiences that he touts on the campaign trail, it's like "deja vu all over again" in his attitudes as to what the responsibilities of the federal government should be. This is the direction this nation is heading in for the next few years, and with a Democratic congress at his ready to rubber stamp any of his proposals (and if you look at the radical leadership in both houses, the same thing holds the other way around) I believe this is what is ahead for our nation.
Pick up some reading material on the economic/social ideas, agendas, and practices of the 60's and 70's to give you a road map of where this nation is headed.
Barack Obama is a product of that era and he was heavily influenced by the ideals of people who lived thru that era (He was born in 1961, so his experiences of the 60/70's are seen thru another's eyes). If you look at his experiences that he touts on the campaign trail, it's like "deja vu all over again" in his attitudes as to what the responsibilities of the federal government should be. This is the direction this nation is heading in for the next few years, and with a Democratic congress at his ready to rubber stamp any of his proposals (and if you look at the radical leadership in both houses, the same thing holds the other way around) I believe this is what is ahead for our nation.
Pick up some reading material on the economic/social ideas, agendas, and practices of the 60's and 70's to give you a road map of where this nation is headed.
