Is it Jobs or liberty?

The 2012 presidential and other government posts will likely be won over who can run the government in a manner that results in the greatest job creation.  That in itself is a worthy objective but I claim there is something  more fundamental that ought to be considered.  It is a principal, a principal that underlies the creation of jobs.  Politically one would call it Liberty, economically one would call it Free Enterprise.  In either case, one can not exist without the other.  

However, let's not leave jobs out of the equation because their scarcity is a prime, visible and festering sore that tells us something about the underlying infection, the loss of Liberty and the attendant erosion of Free Enterprise.  That sorry road has now been traveled for many years and done so in the not so bright light of day.  The infection's helpmates have been our educators and media and the actual implementers of the infection have been our politicians.

Whoa partner, we are supposed to be a Republic, a land of laws, laws that allow for a government "of and by the people".  Yes, that's right, "We The People".  It is we who elect these rascals, it is we who absorb and buy into the propaganda of the progressive left.  It is we who must look into the mirror and ask, "Just who is it we really are?"  Are we now simply dependent on the government for practical every aspect of our lives all the way from what sodas we can drink to what medical procedures are allowed us.

What is seen in that mirror by too many Americans is a not so pretty picture.  Our savings are owned by China, our children are bombarded with socialist drivel, and most of us fear for our economic future. The fear is justified but even worse is the thought that the solution lies with more government, a government devoid of Liberty, one resulting in an Economy that rots in the grave of Socialism.