Similarities Between Barack Obama and King George III [Reader Post]

King George III was the King of Great Britain during the time of the American Revolutionary War. The tyrannies that King George III perpetrated over the American colonies are what ultimately led to The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolutionary War, and the formation of The United States of America.  In The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson listed the tyrannies exercised by King George III over the American colonies.  We are now faced with an administration whose actions are very similar to those tyrannies listed by Thomas Jefferson.  I have made up a list of the similarities between the actions of the Obama administration and the tyrannies listed in The Declaration of Independence (Each listed item starts with a quote from The Declaration of Independence followed by the similarities in the Obama administration):

• “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  Obama is similar to King George III in this regard because he has attempted on a number of occasions to implement social welfare programs for “the good of the people.” I know, I know, I must sound crazy. Why is it a bad thing that Obama is implementing welfare programs? Well, there are numerous reasons. First and foremost is that any social welfare program provided by the federal government comes at a cost to the people, and that cost is individual liberty. It is imperative that the people understand that when the government implements such programs we lose more money and more freedom. So, if you look at the bigger picture it is easy to see that Obama is not implementing these programs from the compassion of his bleeding liberal heart. He pushes these social welfare programs to keep the people dependent upon the government. His purpose in implementing such programs is to grow the power and influence of the government over the people.  Obama has also attempted to impose unwarranted regulations on the people, such as cap-and-trade, which would inevitably raise our taxes and subject us to more excessive government authority.

• “He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  This can be seen in Obama’s recent attempts to have a televised White House meeting with republicans over the current health care reform bill. This meeting is an attempt by Obama to pressure republicans into complying with his health care reform agenda

• “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  Do you really need an explanation for this one? The man has 38 “czars.” Most of these “czars” answer only to Obama.

• “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  Obama has aligned himself with congressional democrats to subject us to unconstitutional legislation and regulation.  These unconstitutional acts run rampant through congress.  They buy votes,  they propose bills that cannot be repealed,  and they favor the interests of one state over another.  I might also add, that nowhere in the constitution does it give the federal government jurisdiction to extend its power to the suffering of individuals or the redistribution of one persons property to another.  That being said, some might say that social welfare programs and even income taxes are unconstitutional.

• “For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  The Obama administration has fiercely endeavored to force legislation upon the good people of this country that would inevitably raise taxes for all Americans. They have done this in spite of the fact that polls and other expressions of public opinion have shown that an overwhelming majority of individuals oppose such legislation.

• “For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments”
  -The Declaration of Independence

• “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”
  -The Declaration of Independence

  We have held tea parties, we have participated in town hall meetings, we have called our congressmen, we have done everything that we can possibly do to voice our opposition of their radical spending and excessive expansion of government; yet they continue to push their radical left agenda under the presumption that they know they know what’s best for us. Should aspiring tyrants be the leaders of the free world?  I don’t think so.

Cross Posted From: Liberty and Pride