Romney Was Right, Up To A Point

A large number of people are offended that Romney would criticize forty-seven percent of Americans who depend on government assistance, who view such assistance as a legitimate government function, and who are thus hopeless supporters of Obama.

I'm offended at the forty-seven percent.  Where do you get off reaching into my pocket and living off my toil?  It is nowhere to be found in the Constitution, and nowhere to be found in any serious moral philosophy.  Charity is voluntary; government handouts are compulsory and the antithesis of charity, for government has nothing of its own to give.  That some of you portray this plunder as a "right" is sickening and equivalent to slavery, i.e., the assertion of entitlement to the sweat of another's brow.  This reinforces my conclusion that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest slavemaster of them all, for he founded the political apparatus that makes slaves of more people than the South ever dreamed of shackling.  Your needs are not rights, and they do not entitle you to commit wrongs.  You are not victims, but perpetrators. 

Back when Americans were lovers of liberty, they criticized politicians for indulging in plunder.  Now they criticize politicians for daring to express qualms about it.  Do not misunderstand me, for I have no intention of voting for Romney or any other candidate for federal office.  Romney is a hypocrite who conveniently forgets that banks, insurance companies, and auto manufacturers are gluttonous consumers of government handouts as well.  So he was right up to a point, but virtually everyone is on the dole and we have passed the point of no return.