The Right to Choose is the Essence of Liberty

Stephen Chu, Secretary of Energy, discussing the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, stated “We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste their own money” (emphasis mine). Where in the Constitution does it say the Secretary of Energy can take away my right to choose?

This, then, is the objective of the Obama administration: limiting our right to choose severely limits our liberty. This was the objective of the single payor plan originally sought by Obama and his thieves. Limiting one’s liberty means that another entity controls one’s actions.

The essential principle of individualism, as opposed to collectivism, is that man has an inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness in a society where men deal with one another as equals.

Unfortunately, our current president is moving our country toward a collectivist state. The massive health care law which is driving up health care costs, the massive entanglement of financial regulations, fiat by executive order . . . all proxies for socialism: why own the company when oppressive regulation is just as effective? Who needs a legislature when an executive order will suffice?

All of this from a presidential candidate who promised, upon his nomination, that, “When the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal,” everything would be hunky-dory.

The right to choose is the very essence of liberty. It is an inalienable right. Neither Stephen Chu nor Barack Obama can take it away, try as though they may.

“We’ve gone astray from first principles. We’ve lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we’ve accomplished. Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

Ronald Reagan