Today we are seeing a struggle between two seemingly different philosophies for governing our society.  Political parties are not the divide as members of both major parties share similar views while third party involvement has little impact on the daily government decisions.  Bill O’Reilly summed up the choices by stating the choice is self-reliance or entitlements.  That’s a very good view of where we are yet those in elected federal office seem to be divided more on the entitlement side of this divide. 

Liberty is a key principle in our history.  When government involves itself in daily life through entitlements, and a view they must guide economic activity while ‘caring’ for those in need, we must understand the tradeoff is