I hope I’m not the only one to notice that Barack Obama’s idea of charity is using the power of the federal government to confiscate your money and my money and then “graciously” present it to the “less fortunate.” He also said that anyone who disagreed was “selfish.”

Anyone who wants to understand what Obama’s vision for fruit of your labor needs only to take a moment to watch a few of his speeches on Youtube.com and the truth will be clear. If computers baffle you just go to the library and ask any kid there to help you find it.

Let me be clear: THERE IS NO CHARITY IN TAXATION. As the wise Supreme Court Justice John Marshall noted almost two centuries ago, “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.”

I also hearken back to what Ben Franklin said to a lady in Philadelphia just after the Constitutional Convention finished its masterpiece. “What kind of government will we have?” she asked. Franklin famously replied, “A Republic, madam, if you can keep it.”

Let us highly resolve to keep it.

Chris Nowak lives in Kelseyville.

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