What have you lost since OBAMA has taken over ?

My business of 7 years to start. But more importantly, my faith and confidence in my fellow American's. It seems American's on both sides of the aisle have lost faith in themselves, why else do you continue to turn over more and more of your freedom and liberty to the federal government? And I'm not talking about just under Obama, you've been doing this for decades, under both Parties!

If you had faith in yourselves, you wouldn't rely on the Dept. of Education to make decisions for you, you'd rely on the faith and wisdom of the parent and adopt a voucher system that creates competition, lowers costs and increases the quality of education.

If you had faith in American industry, you wouldn't support the bipartisan stimulus bill that was predicated almost entirely on preserving swollen government spending at the expense of private-sector growth.

Is faith in American know-how why Washington funnels billions of tax dollars each year to its hand-picked industry favorites (corporatism) rather than allow the best and brightest to competitively figure out what the most sensible energy policy is, as we have in every other sector?

This lack of faith in yourself has led to the 20-year explosion of paternalistic regulations that control everything from the size of candy to tanning salons to fast-food restaurants to the pressure in your shower head. A faith that the American citizen has the self-control of a deprived toddler. This is what YOU have handed over to the federal government, faith in yourself is now faith in your government!