An excerpt:

“…BUT I WANT TO FOCUS here on Obama's answer to the question about why he wants to be President and what motivated him to go into politics. He referenced the biblical injunction from Jesus Christ in the Book of Matthew, saying, "Whatever you do to the least of these you do unto me." Obama expressed his concern that America is not doing enough for the least among us, the poor, the sick, the old. He wants to be President most of all to lead the government to do more for these most vulnerable and weakest of citizens, and ensure that they are cared for adequately.

This sentiment is what motivates most grassroots Democrats, who hold the vague and uninformed notion that America is not doing nearly enough to combat widespread poverty. Obama's background, rhetoric and policy proposals suggest to me there is something more to his motivation, that he fundamentally rejects our entire economic system as immoral, and is really looking for basic "change" in that system. But I want to focus here on the more moderate grassroots Democrat sentiment about the poor, which is widely held among our upper income professional classes.

A recent book that explores this issue in great depth is Stealing from Each Other: How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit, by Edgar K. Browning, Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University. Browning is a world-class scholar who grounds his discussion in thorough facts and careful analysis reflecting decades of academic work (though the book's title may be overly provocative). What leaps out at you in reading the book is that you are dealing with a top mind.”

To read the full op/ed, please visit the American Spectator online here.

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Author: Erin Humiston || Location: Lewisville, Texas, USA