Mr. Obama's America

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Mr. Obama's America

 

"Where Everything's Free But Us"

 

By Ken Blackwell · September 5, 2012

 

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) struck a nerve during his acceptance speech in Tampa, Florida last week. He put his finger on the Obama vision for America and in doing so, may have given Americans a jolt.

Yes, there can be a downside to ever greater government provision. Many things done in the name of compassion -- even compassionate conservatism -- can have undesirable side effects. In the 1970s, for example, honorable people on both sides of the political divide tried to find ways with coping with persistent poverty. Surely, those who seemed trapped in poverty were living lesser lives. Was there not something government might do to alleviate this unhappy condition?

The massive transfers of wealth of the Lyndon B. Johnson era were sputtering out, having achieved little. And some people said then