The last time I checked, we as a country thrive with free trade and capitalism, which to me is great because then people actually have something to work for.

What comes to mind when you’re asked questions about people like Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin or maybe even Vladimir Lenin? I know the first thing that would come to my mind is thoughts about Marxism and socialism and how they were very bad forms of governing throughout history. So if we are taught to believe that these leaders were bad people in our history classes, then it would only make sense to believe that people who share the same beliefs as these leaders can’t very well be trusted. So in accepting this philosophy, why would anyone support a person like that in our country?

I’m going to introduce you to our very own home-grown socialist/Marxist. But first let me inform you as to what such thinkers believe.

On June 29, 2004, this individual said, “We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.” She said this while addressing a group of wealthy Democratic supporters, in reference to repealing Bush’s tax cuts.

Another good one occurred on May 29, 2007: “It’s time for a new beginning, an end to government of the few, by the few and for the few, time to reject the idea of an ‘on your own’ society and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity. I prefer a ‘we’re all in it together’ society.”

I don’t know about you, but that’s sounding more and more like socialism to me. Don’t worry; there’s more. This next statement was made on June 4, 2007 at the CNN presidential forum. “...We can’t keep talking about our dependence on foreign oil, and the need to deal with global warming, and the challenge that it poses to our climate and God’s creation, and just let business as usual go on. And that means something has to be taken away from some people.” The last time I checked we as a country thrive with free trade and capitalism, which to me is great because then people actually have something to work for. If we should all be equal, then it would only make sense that since we’re all students we should be treated the same, right? In that respect, I’m going to stop going to class everyday to earn an A and instead receive a D while you go to class and try hard everyday to earn an A. Out of fairness, though, we should both be given a C+. I mean, come on...that would be fair, wouldn’t it? Well, by now I’m sure you’re all wondering who it was that made those comments. It was none other than our very own homegrown Marxist, Hillary Clinton. Scary, isn’t it? I sure think so. We live in a capitalistic society where there is no limit as to how much money you can make, so long as you have the skill that’s required or the product that meets the demands. To me, it seems fair to say that a doctor of neurology should be earning substantially more than someone who works the grill part time at the local fast food joint. I mean, if we all earned the same amount of money regardless of the job that we’re working at, that doesn’t seem fair.

Sure, enough of you will think that I’m greedy in saying there should be no limit on the amount of money an individual earns, but I say to you, why should there be a limit, and why should the wealthy be penalized with more taxes just for being wealthy?

To me, that doesn’t sound fair. However, free trade and capitalism, now that’s fair.

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