Yet another Republican joins the "Enough Club"

Are you aware that your representation of Obama's plan directly contradict them? "I don't believe that government can or should try to solve all our problems. I know you don't either. But I do believe that government should do that which we cannot do for ourselves – protect us from harm and provide a decent education for our children; invest in new roads and new science and technology. It should reward drive and innovation and growth in the free market, but it should also make sure businesses live up to their responsibility to create American jobs, and look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road. It should ensure a shot at success not only for those with money and power and influence, but for every single American who's willing to work." -- Barack Obama

Then it simply comes down to a basic philosophic difference as to what we believe government SHOULD do for us. I believe that the governments only role is to protect us from harm, both internal and external. I need help to ensure that I am secrure in my life liberty and pursuit of happiness. I can and do educate my child, the government can set the standards, but I can educate. I believe that LOCAL government should be the ones to plan for new roads, the citizens of that area should be the ones to invest in them. Governemt does invest in science and technology. But so does the private sector. Usually the private sector comes up with new innovations. But will admit that the government has solved a few techonological problems, ie the moonshot and the nuclear bomb. Drive, innovation, and growth in the freemarket will be rewarded by themselves, by promotions, and more money. But this one staement by you represents the biggerst philosophic difference. "...it should also make sure businesses live up to their responsibility to create American jobs, and look out for American workers..." Businessess responsibility is NOT to creat jobs. Businessess responsibility is NOT to look out for the American workers (from a fiscal standpoint, not safety). So what is business responsibility? Simply to MAKE MONEY. That is the basic difference between a free market and a government controlled business. Yes business should play by the rules, they should not be able to take advantage of anyone through either force or fraud. As far as Obamas statement, "It should ensure a shot at success not only for those with money and power and influence, but for every single American who's willing to work", it already does. With the free education (k-12), all kinds of college assistant programs, affirmative action, EEO, I say that if a person dosent get "a shot at success" it simply is their own fault. Unfortunately, the democratic definaition of "shot at sucess" usually ends up meaning equal outcome. In that you should read my meaning to be the liberal term "living wage".