Originally Published May 25, 2010

As First Lady, Hillary Clinton was way ahead of her time in a number of ways. Mostly comedic and occasionally evil, but let's take a look back anyway.

In pushing for health care reform, or "Hillary Care" as many knew it, she once made the comment that "All children have the right to be born healthy". Why is this funny? Simple, she didn't believe children had the right to be born at all, so by adding the "healthy" qualifier she merely pointed out the hypocrisy of the pro-abortion, pro-healthcare-reform political left.

She also famously said that it takes a village to raise a child, irritating many with her anti-parent bias in context. I only bring this up now because of a cartoon I saw earlier.

The gators' image struck a nerve while another blog on tax rates was percolating. See, my wife and I both work to support our household. Our combined total income is well under the $250,000 limit the President campaigned on as a limit below which no taxes would be increased, but we have been very, very blessed with good jobs allowing us to fulfill our goal to pay for the kids' college education.

But, now that the President has recommended a 20% VAT, directed that the Bush tax cuts be allowed to expire, and suggested raising many other taxes (crude oil production, cigarettes, luxuries like new cars, electricity production, food costs, etc) it has become pretty obvious that the campaign promise was nothing but hot air, and that the goal of left wing politicos may actually be to destroy the productive middle class of this nation.

If the direct taxes (VAT, oil, income) are increased or newly created, and the cost-increases-by-decree ("green" power, more expensive cars, expensive food requirements) continue to escalate without limit, more and more of the working middle class will become unable to take care of their own financial needs. If my wife and I can't handle those needs through hard work and cutting expenses, either our standards will have to drop or someone else (namely the government) will need to fill in the gap. Perhaps this is the "it takes a village" mentality Hillary had in mind almost 20 years ago. What a poor excuse for leadership, both then and now.

I believe in the greatness of this Nation. With the euro circling the drain because of the European continent's tendency towards socialism, the United States is truly the world's last, best hope.

November can't get here soon enough!!!