The United States of Dependency

Congressman Allen West is a Republican from Florida.  He happens to be black.  He also happens to be VERY anti-Obama. 

Recently he sent out an email with some pretty shocking statements about the direction of our country and asserts that President Obama wants to gut our military and turn us into a society that is dependent on the government.

He appears to be sounding the alarm.  Will anyone listen?  Or will he simply be ignored and called an alarmist...or worse?

(bold is mine)

Dear Patriot,

Greetings to our constituents, fellow Floridians, and all Americans. It is time for another weekly update.

The great philosopher Plato once stated, “Those who refuse to participate in politics shall be governed by their inferiors.” America has fallen prey to individuals who truly are not the best and brightest amongst us. They seek political office not to serve but as a stepping-stone for power and control. Indeed, they want not to serve, but to be served.

At this time, our President has better things to do than address the looming issue of sequestration, also known as the hollowing out of our military. Thanks to the idea of the "Super Committee," an idea courtesy of United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Americans are now facing a specter that will surely reduce the greatest military in the world to a shell of itself.

Although I've only been in Washington, D.C. for 18 months, I quickly learned that as a leader, you will not always get 100 percent of what you seek. At times, you must go with a 75 percent solution, knowing that much of what you want for your country will still be accomplished in the negotiation. This is the very reason why I voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011. Pragmatism was essential to move forward.

Since then, the United States House of Representatives has approved legislation to stave off sequestration, however, it sits on Majority Leader Reid’s desk. The “Commander-in-Chief” has remained virtually silent on the issue. One has to ask, what President would want the decimation of our Armed Forces on his watch? Unfortunately, this issue is being virtually ignored by the media.
The ever-growing American welfare-state also continues to be of little concern to the mainstream news pundits. One of the tenets of socialism is the creation and expansion of the welfare-state, which is key to promoting a dependency class. In his essay, “The Law”, Frederic Bastiat talked about how government enacts legal plunder based upon greed and misconceived philanthropy. Such is the case with the leading liberal progressive in America, whom I believe is President Barack Obama. I caught a lot of flak recently when I stated that I believe President Obama wants economic dependency. I said that I believe the President's kind of democracy is a form of enslavement. Harsh words perhaps. But the truth hurts, and facts are a killer. The question is, will the American people accept the truth or just march forward as mindless lemmings to the death of our constitutional republic? Click here for the August 10th OP-ED from Investor’s Business Daily titled, "The United States of Dependency."

There is a clear choice America, economic freedom and liberty, or economic dependence and obedient servitude to the nanny-state. It’s your choice.

Steadfast and Loyal,

Allen West

Could it be true?  Are we being dragged to a place where everyone is dependent on the government?  Or have we been running to that place all along by being promised more and more benefits that the government provides...while not really caring how they were going to be paid for. 

As we have said many times, the Bible tells us that "The whole world is under the control of the evil one."  That certainly includes America. 

One day we may all look back and say, "How could we, a church going, Christian nation have fallen so easily under the spell of the Evil One?"

Of course the answer will be really quite simple....because most Americans don't read and have never read and studied the Bible.  There can be no discernment if we don't know the Word of God.

Hat tip to Wilson R.