Beware of Obama's 'economic justice'

Several weeks ago, a number of Daily Herald readers took exception to my assertion that liberals "hated success."

If added evidence to support my assertion is needed, I suggest readers consider remarks made by the presumptive 44th president of the United States when he recently addressed the annual convention of the NAACP in Cincinnati.

According, to Investor's Business Daily, Sen. Barack Obama told his audience that when he enters office "we'll assure that economic justice is served."

Reportedly, he repeated his endorsement of "economic justice" three more times in that speech.

Although the senator didn't define what he meant by "economic justice," in its July 28th editorial, IDS did.

The editorial asserts that "Economic justice simply means punishing the successful and redistributing their wealth by government fiat. It's a euphemism for socialism."

The term is just another part of the "code speak" for which the senator has become noted.

I'm going to continue to stand by what I've written before.

If one is a hard-working, play-by-the-rules person who took the time to get an education or to develop a skill set and if one saves and invests some of what one earns, then this type of person is going to be in deep trouble if a President Obama takes office in January.

New taxes have been promised to support new spending initiatives that will make President George W. Bush's intemperate spending look modest.

These new initiatives are not going to be put in place to help self-reliant and successful people.

Instead, they will be used to bring more and more individuals into a state of dependency upon government.

If one is a business owner or manager, the trouble will be compounded when new "economic justice" mandates are added to the dizzying, demoralizing and anti-competitive requirements that are already imposed upon businesses.

I suggest the doers and achievers in our society be careful about drinking all of that Kool Aid that is being offered when the rock star who would be our next president orates.

Charles F. Falk

Schaumburg