Paul Ryan and the revival of American character

In other words, and tragically, the Left and Democrats are relying on the decline of character that left-wing policies have produced (not only here but in Latin America, Europe, and everywhere else). The Democrats are hoping that older Americans are (irrationally) frightened by Medicare reform even though it will not affect them, and that younger Americans will likewise reject it because they are counting on receiving Medicare as it now exists…

The Left’s party, the Democratic party, seeks to have the state pay for Americans’ health care, give record numbers of Americans food stamps (now in a form similar to ATM and credit cards so that no stigma be involved), provide their children with school meals, and provide women with child care and contraceptives, while enabling more and more Americans to pay no federal taxes to pay for any of these benefits.

The negative impact these policies have had on the character of Americans is indisputable. Every parent — and probably almost every adult who is not a parent — knows what giving children things they have not earned, and demanding nothing from them in return, produces: spoiled children.