A Transition to end all Transitions by Dr. T

On January 20th Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of these United States. We know the protocol, we've witnessed it time and time again. However, this transition will be more significant as it will mark a distinct change in the direction of the country. While left-thinking politicians have existed almost from the start and socialist ideas have been on the periphery, this president-elect will attempt to bring these concepts to the fore. If he is successful, America as we have known it will be forever changed. I have talked often about the wisdom of the Founders, about how they sacrificed everything to bring forward a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The Founders understood that true freedom exists when people are left to their own devices with little interference from government. Sadly, over the decades, the concept of a small central government has gone by the way and the federal government has become an ever growing cancer sapping the lifeblood from the citizens. Barack Obama is a socialist who believes in huge government, he will ensnare the people with promises of entitlements but in the end our freedom will be curtailed. We are in very precarious times, our economic stability is near collapse, our deficits are huge. This is the result of mismanagement in all sectors; from the government to Wall Street, the folks at the helm have been out of control. Years of prosperity have led to recklessness and greed. In a nutshell..."no one was minding the store". The economic downturn has provided the perfect opportunity for Obama and the majority party to infiltrate the private sector. This is dangerous as it dilutes the free market system our country has operated and prospered under. The so-called bail-outs (our money of course)allow the government to become a partner in private enterprise. This has failed throughout the world(eg Venezuela, Russia, China). The government will institute more regulation, more caveats, more restriction, this will in turn force businesses to close or move off shore, further depleting the job pool. The middle class Obama professes to want to help will collapse under the strain of higher taxes and unemployment. While he vows to create 4.1 million jobs through an enormous stimulus package he will bankrupt us for generations to come. More government is not the answer...it should be survival of the fittest...if corporations are mismanaged, if they cannot compete, they should be allowed to fail...such is the way of Capitalism.