We also believe that we have a larger responsibility to one another as Americans – that America is a place – that America is the place – where you can make it if you try. That no matter how much money you start with or where you come from or who your parents are, opportunity is yours if you’re willing to reach for it and work for it. It’s the idea that while there are few guarantees in life, you should be able to count on a job that pays the bills; health care for when you need it; a pension for when you retire; an education for your children that will allow them to fulfill their God-given potential.
BARACK OBAMA, speech, May 6, 2008
“And a government that will tax you, snoop on you, and fondle you at the airport. Yay! America!”
“…you should be able to count on a job that pays the bills; health care for when you need it; a pension for when you retire;…”
Hmm, right out of articles 18, 19, and 21 of the old Soviet constitution. Guess we know where his priorities lay.