Our American Revolution, our kicking the British out, our Boston Tea Party, all of this was about taxation without representation. Obama is setting himself up to represent only a segment of our society.

Obama claims to represent the middle class and the poor. This is pure deceit on the part of Obama; he is simply promising welfare checks in exchange for votes. Obama promises to lift up our middle class and poor. This will never happen under an Obama regime.

Obama has declared war upon those of us who are hard working and successful. I am not writing the middle class and poor are not hard working; no insult is intended.

Obama believes taking money from the successful then giving this money to others will cure our economic problem. This is plumb stupid. This socialist philosophy does NOT create jobs nor create new wealth. This philosophy only moves money around, only plays musical chairs.

The only cure for our economic problem is creation of new jobs, increasing pay scales, improving productivity and grabbing a larger share of the global market for goods and services.

Adding benefit to this is decreasing government spending and effecting programs which help people with health care costs along with helping people become better educated.

Taking money from the affluent to give to the less affluent will not create new jobs, will not raise pay scales and will not increase our productivity. Nor will this help with health care costs nor help with affordable good education.

Obama playing money musical chairs will prove a horrible financial disaster.

McCain is firm but fair. McCain is offering good common sense.

McCain is offering creation of jobs and opportunity. However, there is a caveat. McCain is saying to America, “I will provide opportunity but you must be willing to work to enjoy benefit.”

Opportunity and hard work, this is our American way.

Obama’s welfare and laziness, this is an insult to our traditional American values.

Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation