America’s Coming Civil War
Friday, July 13, 2012
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Abe Lincoln used those words in 1858 to describe a country that was
careening toward civil war.
Now we’re a house divided again and
another civil war is coming, with the 2012 election as its Gettysburg.
Call it America’s coming civil war between the Makers and the Takers.
On one side are those who create wealth, America’s private sector–the
very ones targeted by President Obama’s tax hikes announced Monday.
On the other are the public employee unions; left-leaning intelligentsia
who see the growth of government as index of progress;
and the millions of
Americans now dependent on government through a growing network of government
transfer payments, from Medicaid and Social Security to college loans and
corporate bailouts and handouts (think GM and Solyndra).
