So let’s engage our imaginations here for a moment, and envision a scenario where the Republican presidential candidate, whoever he is, campaigns on the fact that we have way too much government in our lives, that freedom is a special gift, and that people should take control over their own destinies. Now imagine our current president telling people that if he isn’t re-elected, they might have to pay for their own homes, and give up their “free” cell phones and cell phone service.
Scottish scientist and Noble Prize winner John Boyd Orr once remarked, “If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches.” Or “re-negotiated” mortgages and cell phones.
2012 will tell us whether or not the sandwich-eaters are now an American majority. Arnold Ahlert