President Obama used his graduation address at Ohio State this month to make the case for bigger government. Let’s look at an important section of that speech, and then analyze it—especially in light of the scandals that broke out last week.
“We know,” President Obama told the graduates, “this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition. Still, you’ll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices.” Let’s analyze this statement.
“We know this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition.”
Oddly, Americans pursuing their own individual ambition is not something to deplore, but something to celebrate. It’s what has made this country prosper. ... Even President Obama, when he makes cabinet appointments, doesn’t do so on merit, but because those appointees advance President Obama’s “own individual ambition.” ...
Conservatives and libertarians believe in limited government, not no government at all. They ... want to make government smaller and more constitutional. Bigger government is inefficient and unwieldy as we see from both the Benghazi and IRS scandals.
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