I grew up in a family of Democrats. I learned young that the Democrats were “the party for the people”. It was the Republicans who stood for big business, and against the interests of “the little guy”. That’s what my father told me. My grandfather was a Republican, so I heard more than a few snide remarks about the foolishness of his political affiliation. I always thought we were the good guys.
As a young adult, I remained a Democrat, although at some point, I realized it was okay to vote for the person and not just for the party. I was already starting to think for myself.
Then I moved overseas, and returned sixteen years later. When I came back home to America, a lot of things had changed. The Democrats, who I once believed were the party that lent a hand to the little guys and helped them to help themselves, was now the party of big giveaways.
The so-called ‘great society’ of Lyndon Johnson had created a new class of government program that, rather than give the little guys a hand up, gave them a hand out. And rather than providing programs that encouraged them to break away from the government’s support system, it encouraged people to stay on the dole. That was not the Democrat party that I remembered and I was appalled.
The handouts kept people tied to large government programs instead of encouraging them to go out on their own to make a better life. Young, unmarried black women in the ghetto were encouraged to stay home and have babies, and they got paid to do that. Food stamps helped young recipients, even those who were able to work, to stay on welfare and feed at the public trough..........To Read More....
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