Letter: Obama says we belong to government

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 19 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington.

Susan Walsh, Associated Press

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Summary

I have never felt I belong to the government. I have, as do most people, felt that the government is there to guarantee my freedom and my constitutional rights. Obama believes that the government is there to redistribute wealth and opportunity and that sums up his philosophy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

"The government is the only thing we all belong to," says a recent Barrack Obama ad. There it is, as plain as day, another slogan describing how the left feels about government.

Obama refuses to acknowledge the truth and that our rights are God-given: We are "endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, and they are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," as our Declaration of Independence so clearly states.

Art J. VanTielen

Murray

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Screwdriver

Casa Grande, AZ

Good grief is there any end to how conservatives can try to twist things, this whole country is like a very bad marriage.

If you belong to the NRA does that mean the NRA owns you? No. Well...

If you belong to the Mormon church More..

2:30 a.m. Sept. 19, 2012
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Esquire

Springville, UT

Next time you complain about Romney's comments being distorted, think about this letter. What a misrepresentation.

5:36 a.m. Sept. 19, 2012
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JoeBlow

Far East USA, SC

Here we go again. Taking a statement out of context and then railing against an unintended meaning. The right is so famous for that.

Would you be as critical when someone says "I belong to the LDS Church"? Oh, you mean the LDS More..

6:24 a.m. Sept. 19, 2012
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