One principle that conservatives hold to is that government owes the people. Owes the people what? The people consent to pay taxes as long as the government fulfills its obligation (what it owes) to the American people, such as roads, national security, ect. Conservatives also believe that the government owes the people the freedoms preserved by the Founding Fathers. Conservatives believe that government owes us those freedoms because we are the people that give government its power. In short, conservatives simply believe that the people have more power than the government, and that the government owes the people.

Oppositely, liberals believe that the people owe the government. The logic is this–the government provides things that we like, so we owe the government however much money the government desires for those things. This is fundamentally untrue. Although government does provide us with some things that we like (and in a way, need), it is because we pay them that they provide us with these things–not because they provide them so we must pay them. The liberal believes that we owe the government for all the things it has done for us–we owe the government money, loyalty, and reverance (to the liberal, government is the highest authority, not the people).

The implications–

Although it seems trivial, who owes who doesn’t matter because either way we are getting what we “want” (highly questionable), the implications, as mentioned, are critical. On one hand, the government is allotted (or granted) certain money only because the government, with that allottment, owes the people certain benefits of a free-society–benefits that the people will hold government accountable to provide with their money. On the other hand, the people are allotted a certain amount of money (however much the government decides to allow them to have), because the people owe government for “all the things government has done for them” (also highly arguable).

Who owes who? Do you owe the government, or does government owe you? Do you possess rights, in which your government owes you to protect; or does government grant you rights, in which you must be grateful for?

You may or may not agree with every idea, religiously or politically, that Martin Luther King Jr. had, but the well-known statement above is a principle that is sound. We live in a country that has been so blessed by God that we are free from the tyrannical oppression that classifies countries around the world. In this nation, we believe that “all men are created equal” and that we are all “endowed by our Creator” with rights that should never be taken away. Several years ago, slavery was a real problem. There were white people abusing colored people, even to death. As conservatives, we find ourselves assaulted with the idea that we would still have black people “on the plantations”, that we hate the President because of his race, and that we don’t want black people to have equal rights. But what is the truth about racism, and are conservatives really racist?

Racism, in its most basic form, is when one individual or group of individuals discriminates against another individual based on race.  Here is what racism is not  limited to–a white person discriminating against a black person based on race. Yes, if a black person is discriminated against by a white person, the white person is racist, but that isn’t racism in its entirety; that is simply one example.

A conservative position on the color of one’s skin is simple, it does not matter! A true conservative would vote for a yellow person if they adhered to conservative principles–the color of skin does not matter. Here is the dividing line betweeen a conservative and a liberal–the conservative believes that all people, male or female, rich or poor, black or white, tall or short, ect. deserve equal rights. The conservative believes that no matter who you are, where you come from, or how much money you have (or don’t have), that you are entitled to every right that another individual is entitled to. Oppositely, the liberal believes that minorities (such as African-Americans, Hispanics) and lower class citizens deserve special rights. The liberal believes in discriminating against the majority in order to discriminate for the minority; the conservative believes in giving the minority and the majority the same, equal rights.

To suggest that conservatives are upset with Barack Obama based on his race is absolutely absurd, and is in itself racism. First of all, the conservative believes that a man is to be judged based on character. The conservatives have studied the policies and actions of the President and are totally displeased with his preformance–race is a non-factor. However, the liberal proves his/her own racism when ignoring the character of the President, the substance of his policies and the results of his laws, and puts trust in the President based solely on his position in the African-American minority.

Put simply, analyze a man’s character and make a judgement based on that, and you believe in liberty. Analyze a man’s skin color and make a judgement based on that, and you are a racist. Supporting someone based on race is equally racist and equally immoral as opposing someone based on race! There is one reason why conservatives do not support the President–his policies.