Visiting the Third World

I recently visited a South American country it made me have a very clear thankfulness for my country of birth, America. This visit also cemented my belief and knowledge that the United States of America is an Exceptional country.

I look around at the great people in South America and see the pain and poverty imposed on them by the leadership and to make it even worse they are following the lead of the tyrannous leader, Hugo Chavez and imposing Socialist laws, taxes and ideals.

The people can see that they have less and less freedom as the days pass, but in third world countries they have no time to organize and protest, they are too busy scrapping together their very subsistence most hours of the day. The leadership know and count on this to hold power.

The new Socialistic leadership is bringing the horribly poverty stricken up one level while erasing any and all upward mobility of the "middle class" in the country, forcing everyone but the very rich to be equally miserable.

Needless to say I could not wait to get out of this country and I have a feeling as the years pass, there will be thousands upon thousands trying to do the same.

It is not arrogant to brag on our country, it is light years ahead of third world countries and I do not feel one ounce of guilt for that. The reason we are ahead is due to individual freedom, a free market system and a need and a drive for a high standard of living. "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".

I do feel anger towards those that are "leading" our country. Right at this moment they are implementing the same socialistic society here. The difference is that America and Americans have much, much further to fall when Socialism takes hold. I pray that we can turn back what it happening in our country.

Living in California I see cities turning into small third world countries, due to massive illegal immigration and the abuse of social entitlement programs. This must stop or we will suffer the same fate of third world countries. I for one am not satisfied with being equally miserable in the name of social justice, are you?

Economic Freedom Index (ECUADOR) via Heritage Foundation