Is anyone else tired of the fear-mongering?

It is becoming downright discouraging to learn the depths to which Washington will go in order to scare this nation into supporting a pathetic economic "stimulus" package. I am convinced that this bill will not provide any economic stimulus, but will instead grow the size of government and move us closer toward socialism. This is really an ideologic battle over who best is capable of growing the economy...the government or individual Americans creating wealth by going to their jobs every day and providing goods and services for their neighbors. What I am afraid of is that we are losing this battle in large part because we have a nation whose citizens are not well versed in basic economic principles. People cannot seem to look past what they consider to be their immediate needs to the long term consequences of government interference in people's lives.

Now is the time for patriots to stand up and speak the truth. If we value the United States for what it is and for what has made it great, now is the time for patriots to become engaged and to speak up for the benefits of a free-market. We cannot as much as it depends on us, let this country go in this direction or else the country we leave to our children and grandchildren will be significantly different from the country we had growing up and radically different from what the Founders envisioned.