You may be getting what you want in the election... and I bet you wont like it.

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Imagine you woke up this morning and your parents had moved into your home. Things started out just like any other day but you then begin to notice that things have changed. As you head to the kitchen for breakfast you notice that the donuts you bought last night for this mornings breakfast are in the trash and there is a nice hot bowl of plain oatmeal ready for you. It's really nice that your mom made it for you but you really wanted those donuts. But since this is nice to have breakfast ready, you don't say anything and you eat your oatmeal. You go back to get ready for work but after 10 minutes the shower turns off while you are still full of soap. Outraged you yell out for help. Your dad tells you that you have been wasting too much water and he has installed a "Green Machine. When you have used all of your water, it turns off. "Get used to it" he says. "It's good for the environment. And it is the law." You finish rinsing yourself in the sink and get dressed. As you go out to the car you find that your SUV is gone! You go running into the house to call the police but your parents tell you that you will be taking the bus until they can get you this new electric car. "It will be ready in a few weeks. It may be inconvenient but its better for you. And it emits no greenhouse gases. At least not at home. I don't know what happens at the electric plant." Finally at work you find a memo on your desk that tells you that your healthcare plan has changed. You have full free coverage for all your healthcare needs! Wow! Finally, you think. But as you read you see that now all decisions concerning your healthcare will be made by an advisory panel in the HR department. These people are not healthcare trained, but they are smart enough people and they are looking out for your best interests and they will make wise decisions. But it sure feels like they are more interested in the healthcare plans best interests and not yours. At the end of the day you stop and pick up your check. You almost just shove it in with your other personal papers but the way this day has been going, you decide to take a look at it. WHAT! Your pay is 15% less! 15%! As you look at it more closely you find that they are no longer deducting your healthcare premium and that is exciting, but you find another entry that you have never seen before. You see the federal tax deduction, the state tax deduction and the social security deduction, but there is a new one The Federal Income Redistribution Program. What is that? You go back and find someone in HR and ask them. They seem a bit perplexed that you don't know about this. "Remember we all voted for this. We all wanted a federal health insurance program. We all wanted federally subsidized childcare. We wanted everyone to have the things that the working class had. We wanted the government to control the high cost of food and gas. We voted for this. Remember? How do you think that they are going to pay for all of that? The FIRP tax covers all of that. You voted for it. Remember?" As you walk back out to the bus stop you look around in dismay when something catches your eye. The price of gas at the nearby station is $9.50 per gallon. You mouth hangs open in shock. You walk over to the station to ask what happened, gas was just $4.00 the other day. (You have time anyway as you wait for the bus.) The station owner looks at you funny. "Don't you remember? We voted for this. We wanted to have our economy just like the european economy. Now our gas costs just as much as it does in Paris. Don't you remember? You voted for it." (That price is accurate, www.kansascity.com/438/story/643543.html ) When you finally get home your dad is waiting to go over your finances with you. He says that he has to make sure that you are spending properly. Now you get angry. "What business is it of yours?" you shout. "Honey," he says calmly, "If you want to be eligible to get the tax credit for your new electric car and to have your full allowances of utilities, you have to report your expenses and carbon usages to the government quarterly." If you don't they may ration your carbon usage. Which means less electricity, gas and water. Don't you remember? You voted for it." In frustration you walk over to the fridge to look for a soda. Even though You know you bought some there are none there. You look at your mom in defeat. "Honey, don't you remember? To get the premium socialized healthcare package for free, you have to adhere to a healthy lifestyle. Soda is not part of that. Don't you remember? You..." "I know, I know. I voted for it!" I know that this sounds ridiculous. But it is not far from what may be in our future. Just last week congress killed a bill know as "The Carbon Bill" that would ration how much carbon emissions companies can emit. Those the emit too much (successful businesses) will have to buy carbon credits from those that don't use all of theirs (unsuccessful businesses) If you notice, the over all carbon emmissions stay the same, it just costs more for successful businesses to do business. The businesses that will probably go over are most all utility companies, oil companies, transportation companies etc. Ok so what Big Oil is making huge profits. but as with all taxes, the cost of the tax gets translated into the cost of the goods or services. Increased taxes will just raise the price of EVERYTHING. Also, look at the healthcare systems in the UK and Canada. They may have cheapers medications, but people are dying because they can not get the medical surguries they need. While we go up there to save $50 on a presription. They are SPENDING tens of thousands of dollars out of their own pockets to get life saving surguries. What that little story showed is the impact socialism will have on an economy. Just look around and you can see it. Check out much of Europe and South America. These countries can not thrive becuase of the weight of government. They attempt to provide for their citizens, but they do so poorly and undermine the human spirit. Do we really want to emulate that? Even in our struggling economy, we enjoy a quality of life that is well above almost all other countries. In fact, If our country was to be weakened, many other countries would fail. That is the reason why we are the targets of terrorism and hate. Not because they are envious of us. But they know that if they can tear us down, there is no one left to help other countries and the whole world structure will fall, leaving them the opportunity to step in. Our goal should not be to lower ourselves to everyone else's level to make it fair. Our goal should be to help them to elevate themselves to our level. Be careful how you vote this fall. Socialism has never worked. It makes for wonderful speeches. But it has never worked and it won't work here.