25 July 2012
Distinguishing the Obama and Romney Messages
The President of the U.S. provides leadership to the nation; he isn’t elected to perform the nation’s duties alone. Obama’s message is, as it should be, how the public should act in order to maximize the welfare of the nation. Romney understands this, but he criticizes Obama’s vision by saying that business knows better how the public should act than the people do. Liberal critics of Obama do not understand the role of the President. They believe that the government should perform the peoples’ functions instead of themselves.
There are actually three opposing parties in the 2012 election: those like the Republicans and Romney’s supporters who say that what benefits business is best for the country; those like the liberal Democratic establishment who say that the federal government should run the affairs of the country in order to protect the interests of the disadvantaged; and those like Obama (and, as is generally realized, Clinton) who seek to inspire the public to take responsibility for their own fortunes and who believe that the government’s role is to clear the path for individuals to overcome obstructions to their happiness while allowing them to contribute to society’s fairness to everyone else.
The President of the U.S. provides leadership to the nation; he isn’t elected to perform the nation’s duties alone. Obama’s message is, as it should be, how the public should act in order to maximize the welfare of the nation. Romney understands this, but he criticizes Obama’s vision by saying that business knows better how the public should act than the people do. Liberal critics of Obama do not understand the role of the President. They believe that the government should perform the peoples’ functions instead of themselves.
There are actually three opposing parties in the 2012 election: those like the Republicans and Romney’s supporters who say that what benefits business is best for the country; those like the liberal Democratic establishment who say that the federal government should run the affairs of the country in order to protect the interests of the disadvantaged; and those like Obama (and, as is generally realized, Clinton) who seek to inspire the public to take responsibility for their own fortunes and who believe that the government’s role is to clear the path for individuals to overcome obstructions to their happiness while allowing them to contribute to society’s fairness to everyone else.
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