Welfare is the new plantation. The "welfare slaves" are paid just enough to keep them alive and voting. What a horrible choice they face; freedom with uncertainty or poverty with certainty.

If you listen carefully, these leaders are still speaking from a "victim" perspective. Everything is couched in terms of what they've done for you, what they do to you-not from a principled perspective of what's important for ALL individuals. Now, I get politics and often, emotional appeal does the trick. BUt it doesn't hold people for long and promotes moral relativism. Instead, their arguments should be a little of what have the dems done for you lately and alot how can you get the government out of your way-the government is holding you down... other than that, pretty powerful.

Eyes opening... now if independent self empowerment is once again appreciated and recognized as the true path...