President Obama:
You criticize insurance companies because they “ration coverage … according to who can pay and who can’t.”
My first thought was “not exactly; coverage is rationed according to who pays and who doesn’t.”
http://cafehayek.com/2010/03/an-open-letter-to-president-obama.html

http://mises.org/daily/4125

Dr Ben O'Neill

Busybodies Minding Your Business

Dear Friend of Liberty,

As you might know, today is the 278th birthday of George Washington. I expect you agree that Washington had an excellent attitude about the office of the presidency (he had a pretty humble view of that office) and about government in general.

When I look at our current president, his policies and ambitions, I am of course very saddened by how far our country has descended from Washington's vision.

Here are a few quotes attributed to George Washington:

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master."

"Let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the constitution be reprehended. If defective, let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence."

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

Compare that attitude to the attitude of today's Republicans and Democrats, who wish to maximize government power in almost every conceivable way, who think the Constitution is something they can re-interpret however they want, and who even want to stifle our speech with campaign finance limits and advertising regulations.

The Libertarian Party is committed to restraining, reducing, and limiting all aspects of government. If George Washington were alive today, I think he'd be proud of the Libertarian Party platform. Please help us celebrate Washington's Birthday with a donation to the Libertarian Party.

Sincerely,

Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee

P.S. If you have not yet become a member of the Libertarian Party and wish to do so, please join the only political party dedicated to free markets and civil liberties.

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The fact is, liberals and conservatives both want gigantic government. Their visions sometimes look different from each other, but both are huge. The only Americans who truly want small government are libertarians.

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We need to rise above fear, hesitation, and partisan politics–to give the government all the power it needs to solve all our problems.

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http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/state-of-the-union-in-one-sentence/
That was the message of President Obama’s State of the Union address, which named dozens of problems in America and not once suggested that individual rights, liberty, or freedom were the solution.

From a quick reading of the speech, some statistics:

* Number of times President Obama said “I”: 105–mainly pushing for the government programs he seeks to pass.
* Number of times President Obama said “individual rights”: 0.
* Number of times President Obama said “liberty”: 0.
* Number of times President Obama said “freedom”: 1–but it was freedom for Afghanistan.