Liberalism is the Easiest Political Ideology Ever

A very smart man once said "If you're not a liberal by the age of 20, you don't have a heart. If you're not a conservative by the age of 40, you don't have a brain."

This, of course, implies that young conservatives, like me, are heartless. But the truth is that we're much more thoughtful if we've got brains (no duh). The quote in general conveys that it takes years of experience to realize that the world doesn't work that way, that we're to help the world in other ways than Barack's Global Poverty Act.

Now, hold the phone.

The Global Poverty Act, now, that doesn't sound so bad. Sure, it might cost everyone a little more than they're willing to spare, but it's for the good of the world, the redistribution of wealth is. The reality of the Global Poverty Act is far from rainbows and sunshine for the whole world. Let's take a look at the most disturbing asset of the Act, a tax on the U.S. for the United Nations, approx. $827-$847 billion dollars over the course of 13 years. Now, as of 2006, there were about 117 million taxpayers in the United States. That number has obviously become a little larger since then. But if we take the total amount, say "$847 billion", divide it by 13 (years), we get $65153846153.90 per year. Today, the top 1% pay about 39% of taxes, so that's about $25410000000 that they have to pay up. Per year. Now, the taxpayers in the 2nd to 49th% of this country pays about 58% of all taxes. If we take that remaining sum of $37789230769, 57330000 taxpayers must bear the burden. On average, this will cost $659 a YEAR for virtually half of the country's taxpayers. Granted, it may be divided so that the richer of that 49% may have to pay, say, two-thirds of it. Well, that's $439.4 a year for them, and the rest to the so-called "middle class".

Now, the funny thing is, this is just a middleman tax. Yes, that's right. A tax for the UN's hard work. Perhaps if the UN was a less-corrupt, more efficient power, I'd be less skeptical of those dollars actually being put to good use. Meanwhile, I don't have $220 that I'd like to fork over. This pretty much validates every one of McCain's ads where he says Hussein wants to "raise taxes".

How did this Obamanation even get on Congress's floor? Sneaky tactics, quietly being signed by 80-odd Dems and some naive Republicans.

Meanwhile, that bottom-half of the taxpayers, who fits in that category? Oh yeah, the "artiste" libs that live in places like Boulder and Manitou, selling "artistic expression" while chanting socialist cries for things they won't have to pay for. You know the type.

Which leads me to my next point: liberalism is, indeed, the easiest political ideology ever devised. You don't have to do anything; just don't regulate social behavior and let government grow, to solve any problem. You see a contradiction, there? When the government grows, we can't do what we want. We can't spend all our money, we can't defend ourselves. "With the power to tax comes the power to destroy." Remember that, Obama.

Since they lack the "brains", it makes sense that the 20-somethings and under would gravitate to liberalism; on the outside, it actually appears quite apt at solving problems simply by raising spending or taxation. But we must remember that it's easy to become dependent on that government. Much easier than, say, taking responsibility for yourself.