A socialist state doesn't happen over night. It is implemented over time, and consists of tiny steps that all lead to the ultimate goal. The take over of GM, banks, and HC were giant leaps toward a common liberal goal......state control over industry. Just as SS, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, section 8 housing, welfare, education etc were socialist goals aimed at control over the populace. I don't doubt that there were altruistic feelings involved here, but the ramifications are wide and deep. I do doubt liberals gave those ramifications much thought because in the greater scheme of things, they weren't important to them.
Conservatives are an independent bunch and value liberty above all else. Truth be told, they are appalled at what they've seen happen since Obama was elected. They are determined to take power away from the statists in his administration, reverse the damage this power grab has done, and return that power to the people and the states. Their main motivator is free will, freedom from tyranny and abiding by the Constitution, from which they derive their laws.
Democrats deride and mock conservatives for wanting things to remain the same or bring back past policies. They say we have a "living Constitution", and that is a conversation all its own, but conservatives realize that if they sit by idly and say nothing it puts the people and the very nation and her ideas in peril.
I can't make it any plainer than that. The left have already remarked upon and touted what they call his "great achievements." |
