2008-05-23

Open letter to the Obama campaign:

To the Obama campaign:

You have been running on the idea of "hope". We all hope for something. Here is what I hope for from the next president of the United States:

  • I hope for a leader that will encourage less government.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage more personal liberty.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage less restrictive firearms laws.
  • I hope for a leader that will appoint justices that interpret the constitution in a very narrow way, as the forefathers initially indicated they wanted to have happen in the 10th amendment.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage tax reform that does not inequitably burden those whom others consider "rich", as one whom does not fall under said description.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage social security reform that will prevent the system from bankrupting the government in the next 30 years.
  • I hope for a leader that will take fights to those that would do us harm, preemptively.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage the idea of "personal responsibility", moving away from the "entitlement" system that we work on now.
  • I hope for a leader that will encourage reform of, or at the very least open up for further scrutiny by the public, the vote buying system in congress, also known as earmarks.
  • I hope for a leader that will that will make hard decisions because are right, not because they are popular.


Will senator Obama give me that which I hope for from the next leader of the United States?