I'm sure you've seen the infomercials--finally, a way to lose 100 pounds without eating less or ever doing any exercise! Always beware of those who promise you something for nothing: weight loss without exercise, money without work, and a strong country without any sacrifices from its citizens. In the long run, there's always a price to pay. How many get-rich-quick schemes do you know that actually work? Well, for the last three decades, the Republicans have been promising us something for nothing, and we've been buying it.
Nationally, our president is the first in history to go to war while simultaneously making tax cuts. We can't afford the war in Iraq, and it is seriously undermining the strength of the dollar, not to mention getting our soldiers overseas killed. Bush has put the Iraq war on our credit card, and he's leaving the next president to clean up the mess. And the whole time, he's claimed that wars don't require any sort of sacrifices from our citizens
Here in Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty campaigned on "no new taxes" and we have seen our infrastructure collapsing and our schools descending into mediocrity. He and his fellow conservatives have complained and complained about "the state that works." They've tried to tell us that paying the taxes we need to maintain our infrastructure and fund our local communities is bad for us! But if their plan is so great, how come it's hurting us so much?
We're starting to wise up to these something-for-nothing scams. Most of us are suspicious of miracle diet pills and get-rich-quick schemes. So why do we fall for it when conservatives promise us a utopian country with no need for sacrifices? The fact is, building this country took hard work, it took money, and it took sacrifices from our leaders, our soldiers, and our citizens. And if you think we can get it all without giving anything back, I need your help transferring some money from Nigeria.
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