[TheRealThing]

To be a great leader you have to hear the people first. You can't please everyone but you can please the masses.

Now don't take this personal panther. You can't please the masses if all they want to do is sit around and make up excuses and sad stories in lieu of honestly looking for work. A very large part of "hearing" the people, is demonstrated in a practical sense, when our Democratic president and the Democratically controlled Senate are willing to work with Republicans. Remember, those Republicans are duly elected to represent the interests of their constituencies and "speak" for them in DC. When Senate Leader Harry Reid, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the president practically swear an oath to torpedo, defame and defy every thing that Republicans do, they are disenfranchising all those voters who sent them to the Hill to legislate on their behalf. It's way past time for the American public to wake up and see what's really going on. Harry Reid is the one who refuses to take up legislation coming up out the House as the constitution has clearly set forth as being the legitimate due process of government. Therefore, it is he and the Dems who are doing all the blocking and causing the gridlock. This idea that Pick6 has put forth, suggesting that the GOP is fractured and rudderless is bogus, and a good example of how the DNC attempts to manipulate the minds of the masses through propaganda. Internal debate within the GOP is normal and healthy. Now, the man who wants to join with the lemming rush and keep his head buried in talking points probably should pull the handle with a D on it.

The Senate is set to take up the issue of open ended entitlements as we speak. Reid's home state is awash in the ramifications of bad management so, the only thing he can do now, is keep on giving money away. He has to extend unemployment or face the ire of the voter. His problem is that he needs the help of at least four Republican's to do it. This idea of unending unemployment benefits is unworkable and needs to stop. At some point folks are going to have to go to work at whatever job they can get. Liberals think the federal government should hand out material gifts to the people. That is in direct contradiction to the vision of the founding fathers who said, and wrote, that the function of the federal government is to provide only, equality of opportunity. It admittedly is a tremendous problem. Now that we have created of culture of dependence, we're in over our heads. Do we end it and listen to the moaning or, do we continue to write the checks until we achieve bankruptcy?

Benjamin Franklin--- "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." All this talk about a "fair shot" and "income inequality", and "quality affordable healthcare" are the ravings of the ultra liberal. God intended for man to provide for his own. The liberal would circumvent God's plan and just hand out stuff to everybody with a sad story. It is not immoral to expect men to take the responsibility to provide for their families. Of course, among the many things the liberal has unfortunately managed to redefine in our culture, one of the most unfortunate, is what the structure of the family should be. God said to Adam and Eve, it is one man and one woman and their children. Not so in the liberal mind, who insist it can be any combination imaginable, from a commune to a same sex couple. Therefore nowadays, we have men out fathering dozens of children with any woman they can get into the sack with and if they get pregnant, it's que sera sera, no sweat off my brow. Bring back the shot gun wedding and let's hold these guys responsible for their actions instead of rewarding them with life long entitlements.

The enlightened liberal rather, insists that society shoulder the ramifications of all this bad behavior. How do they enforce that? Through the giveaway programs and laws enacted by the government, of course. Once we started giving stuff away during the Johnson administration, there was no way to draw the line on the nature and amount of handouts. At any rate, now it's Legal to be a slug and subsequently reasonable then, for one to expect cradle to grave entitlements.
Genesis 3:19 (KJV)
"19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
1 Timothy 5:7-8 (KJV)
"7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."

To be clear, I am in favor of the safety net. But, the net must have a time limit to avoid becoming an infinite catch all. Helping the poor I'm all for. However, man is expected to work for his living. Not lay around and have everything given to him by the state. I guarantee when a man knows he will have to raise his own children by working for his substance, he will figure out how to curtail the number of children he and his wife have.