Election woes

The American people have spoken, and clearly freedom is not the highest priority. By electing Obama, we've taken a huge step away from what the government is supposed to do; protect our liberties. Instead, we elected a pop star that promises to give us the cure to what ails us. Since when is it the government's job to give you things that are readily available, should you work for them? He promises to stop those filthy rich people from keeping all that money. Why? Because you want it? He calls his tax plan progressive, but what's so progressive about hindering progress? If I work more hours, I get taxed at a higher rate, which lowers the value of my work. Yeah, that's real progress. He won because we've lost what this country is supposed to be, a Republic. Now, votes are being used as weapons of plunder to take money away from other citizens. I, for one, don't think that's very progressive or fair.