The American people are hopefully starting to realize that Sen. Obama has not a clue to how the economy works. In fact, he has no idea how success works outside of his own enchanted story. Somehow, because McCain is not an expert on the economy, Obama is an expert by default? That’s exactly what a lot of people in this country are mistaken about. They think guilt by association is invalid, but expert by default is legitimate? What they don’t realize is that Barrack Obama has no economic experience whatsoever. None. I don't claim to be an expert on economics, but I will claim an expertise in logic. It’s why I have a hard time understanding that Barack Obama, with all of his drive and motivation, cannot recognize the power of incentive; he doesn’t.

Barack, as smart as he may be, cannot comprehend a simple fact: The majority of Americans need to look no further than the end of their arm for a helping hand. This country was founded on determination, courage, and overcoming odds. Sen. Obama has spent a great portion of his life in Chicago’s downtrodden neighborhoods preaching, “The odds are too high to overcome on your own, and I’m here to help.” He has spent half of his life in a church that preaches, “The odds are too high, everyone is against you, and everyone hates you.” Are these people really stuck in the ghetto as they think, or are they just afraid to leave? I wouldn’t want to leave either if I grew up hearing that propaganda. That doesn’t sound like hope to me. Has Barrack and his buddies helped people advance their lives, or have they helped people stay put? I haven't seen Barack or his pastor write one success story besides their own. Who’s really holding who down?

He spent his early years raising funds and throwing money at people in need. What they really needed was honesty, opportunity, and a chance - not a check or false promises of hope. I’ve given money to a particular homeless man sitting outside of my local liquor store. This same man is always there the next day. Have I helped him? Yes. I’ve helped him stay in the exact same spot. There’s a clear difference between actually helping someone as opposed to helping someone remain in the same circumstance. Handouts, or “spreading the wealth” as the Senator calls it, provide no foundation for progression or success. The only thing it provides is “hope” that the same generous person will stop by the liquor store tomorrow and spare more “change.” You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day. You can teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Barrack Obama does not understand this concept in the very least. Once again, what’s lacking? Incentive.

Barrack Obama has spent his whole life serving and sacrificing in the public sector. Where are the results of his service and sacrifice? He sees successful people in the “greedy” private sector, and it baffles him. It baffles him because he’s never worked in the private sector, and the private sector makes up the majority of this country. Who’s out of touch now? I wish I got paid to sit on a board and hand out money. It explains why he probably wonders, “How can the private sector be so selfish?” We’re not selfish. We work for money that people give us by choice. Meanwhile, Barrack works for tax money that people give to him by force. If only we could all be senators. Funny enough, that's sort of the idea behind a representative democracy.

This country didn’t grow on the public sector and greed was never the seed. This country was built and birthed by the mother of incentive. Incentive is opportunity made more tempting by the contrast of your current circumstance. So why should we end incentive and dreams at $250,000? The American dream should be endless.

Here’s an interesting question: Besides election year, how much time has the community organizer spent in middle class communities? How can he understand success when he has spent all his time where there is little? Barrack Obama is the one who “doesn’t get it.” I understand why he thinks that everyone in this country needs government help; it’s because he has spent his life in a place where a good portion of the people get government help. And when the intended results don’t come to fruition, he thinks that they need even more help. When that doesn’t work, he wants to give them hope? Instead of giving hope, maybe Obama should have some faith. These people are just as able to make lives for themselves and a success of their own if the government and Barrack Obama would just let them help themselves. Where’s the faith, Barack? Instead of preaching, maybe Barrack should lead by example. After all, he’s pretty successful himself.

“Spread the wealth,” he says. He’s insinuating that he’ll take some of your money that you’ve earned and give it to someone who wasn’t capable of earning it. Think about baseball. I wish politics and government more often mirrored the reality and logic of sports. It doesn’t focus on race, religion, or income when decisions are made. It focuses on capability and results. For example, let’s use Manny Ramirez of the Dodgers and Cory Patterson of the Reds. (Who’s Cory Patterson you ask? He’s one of the MLB’s worst hitters. No offense Cory, but you’re my example). Manny has a great batting average. If you looked at Corey’s average, it’s not pretty. Obviously, Manny gets to play more and can demand a better contract with better teams than Corey. Is this fair? Not in Mr. Obama’s eyes. He would propose that we “spread the wealth” because Corey’s circumstance is unfortunate. Let’s take some of Manny’s well earned hits and give them to Corey so his batting average increases; then Corey will have better chance at playing more and negotiating a bigger contract. Who’s going to pay the extra money for a bigger contract to a guy with inflated stats? Well let’s take some of Manny’s contract money to pay for Corey’s new contract. After all, Manny can afford to give a little more.

Do you see the problem with this? Instead of Corey wanting to spend more time in the batting cages, why do the work when he can just be assigned the extra stats to boost his average? His incentive to better himself has been substituted for a helping hand. On the other hand, Manny starts asking himself why he’s working so hard when his success is being taken away and distributed. Manny no longer needs to put in the extra effort or time because when his batting average drops someone with a better average will be forced to share their stats and money. Does this idea promote hard work and success? Does this idea advance incentive, broken records, and accomplishments previously unimaginable? It sponsors nothing but a boring, lackluster baseball game. Who wants to watch that? But at least it’s fair, right? 

It’s not that the real world doesn’t work like this. It’s that America doesn’t work like this. It’s the reason America has grown to be the most powerful and successful country in the history of the world. To quote his greatness, Joe the Plumber, “Our poor people have cell phones. Their poor people have pants and a t-shirt.” The difference is not coincidence.

Call my baseball example ridiculous, but what’s even more ridiculous is that Obama wants to implement his helping hand of fairness on the American population. Call him well intentioned if you like. Well intentions are no excuse for a track record of failure – socialism. He would rather be fair than rewarding. Losing is a part of winning. You can’t fully understand what it’s like to win if you’ve never lost. Obama doesn’t understand that Americans would rather win and lose than just constantly end in a tie.

Barack has been parading all around this great land of ours telling us how weak we are, how troubled we are, and how we need his help and hope. This is the same country that beat the British twice, abolished slavery ourselves, over came a Great Depression, and gave all we had to win two world wars. This is America. So excuse me Senator when I say, "We do not need your help." We pride ourselves on successful decisions and pay a costly price for the bad ones. Accountability is key and results matter. Sen. Obama’s helping hand is not laying out a safety net; he’s laying out a trap. This is the same trap that has resulted in the same vicious circle of economic complacency that haunts his neighborhoods. Stop helping and stop hoping. Hope is something you do when you haven’t put in the work. If you’ve really put in the work, then you don’t have to hope – you have faith.

“White folks greed runs a world in need.” – Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama