In just three years, discretionary spending has increased by 24% (not
counting an additional trillion dollars of stimulus spending plus two rounds
of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve), all of it funded with deficit
spending. Obama's 2012 budget, which was rejected by every member of the
Senate, called for continued spending at 2011 levels, even as his own budget
supercommittee struggled to come up with $1.5 trillion in cuts.

It is clear that Obama's priority is not fiscal responsibility. In fact, the
single-minded focus of this administration has been the expansion of
government benefit programs designed to foster dependency. From the
beginning, Obama's political strategy has centered on the restoration of
"welfare as we know it." The clients of welfare are always reliable
supporters of the Democratic Party.

If Democrats can expand the percentage of the population dependent on
benefits above 50% of the population, they will have achieved a permanent
grasp on power. If anyone doubts this, let him look to the European welfare
states. In none of these countries have social welfare programs been
eliminated once they've gained their footing.

America stands at a crossroads in 2012, for this is the year when the
American people will decide irrevocably whether they wish to see their
country transformed into a European-style welfare state.