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Walter E. Williams Column: There Are Irreconciliable Differences Between Liberty-Loving Americans and Leftists

By Walter E. Williams | January 2, 2014 | 17:32

I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative. Just as in a marriage where vows are broken, our rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution have been grossly violated by a government instituted to protect them. These constitutional violations have increased independent of whether there's been a Democrat-controlled Washington or a Republican-controlled Washington.

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Clearly America has reached this described impasse but is his divorce idea the answer? Divorce is no easy path, as if America could peacefully divide up and go in different directions. It sounds great, especially for those of us who are weary of this onslaught from the Left, but these socialists need OUR largesse in order for their utopian America to work. There is no tidy geographical separation either so any divide will mean forced loss and forced relocation for many. No, as appealing as this sounds right now, the easy peasy divorce solution will never come to pass.

We've definitely polarized into two sides though. One side wants this all-powerful Big Brother government to take over everyone's lives, including a cultural revolution, and the other side is happy with limited government and no cultural intrusion.

Obama certainly typifies the big government side of cultural re-education and redistribution of wealth. "What's yours is mine" is their rallying cry. "Spread the wealth around" as the President told Joe the plumber. They redefine any desire to be left alone as selfishness and the intrusion of government everywhere! is part of their socialist reconstruction of America and the world.

It's not going over very well with many Americans who are not buying into the new agenda and simply want to be left alone. Too often the new agenda is hostile to Christianity to enjoy the fruits of their labors and to raise their children with their own Christian values.

Christianity has always the American model. Christianity teaches to share what we have earned, the "cheerful giver" model, it's mine but I choose to give it away. Without the guiding light of Christ, a new set of guidelines for giving is taking shape. It's mine and I give it away is no longer sufficient. A new confiscation is sweeping America so a ruling class of politicians can be generous with our money. Forced generosity is no longer generosity, it is coercion in the name of being generous.

This is the new model for America, the one being promoted by the Left. Our leaders, [Obama acts more like a ruler], are teaching us to believe that what's yours should be theirs. "You didn't earn that" Non-workers now have rights and they've become a power base of significant proportion to the workers. They are a permanent dependent class laying claim to the worker's earnings. No longer do they feel any shame in seeking the hand out. Such has become the accepted way for so many! They're taught to start grabbing for all the free stuff they can get, even if this means misrepresenting the facts. Integrity is for the other guy in this quest for what's yours is mine!

I'm praying for our return to Christ and Christian values. Clearly our society and our government have crashed through the guard rail and we are now bouncing around too fast in the rough terrain.