Dailytakes

So, the Democrats want to nationalize the oil industry in this country. They believe the government will do a better job controlling consumer’s access to energy than the free market. They believe a socialized system, like the one run by Hugo Chavez, will lead to lower energy costs.

Many Democrats have spent more than a decade making the same argument about health care.

What’s next? Control rising food costs by nationalizing agriculture?

There is a word for this push for government control of private markets: Socialism.

I’ve never been a ‘privatize all functions of government at all costs’ kind of guy. But it seems to me efforts to incorporate the private sector into some functions currently run by government (like golf courses) is a better direction to take than have government usurp the private marketplace in areas like energy, health care, food, etc. Yet the same group of liberals who howl every time some conservative suggests we slow the growth of the tax burden by privatizing some function of government are first in line supporting efforts to have their self-labeled ‘cash-strapped’ government take on more responsibility.

The difference between the two philosophies are stark. Voters will be making significant decisions at the ballot box this fall. Decisions which will determine the amount of liberty our government ‘lets’ us keep.

It comes down to this. Whom do you trust more? The risk takers or the liberty takers? The innovators or the bureaucrats? Those motivated by profit whose success is measured by return on investment, or those fulfilling a job description whose success is not measured by any standard at all?

My take?

Drill here. Drill now. Support the construction of new nuclear plants. Incentivize the development of alternative energy sources. Trust American ingenuity and the productivity of workers in the private sector here to sieze the opportunity to control our own destiny.

Have faith in America. Don’t distrust Americans and strip them of their liberty and freedoms.