This article in Townhall.com is called “Anatomy of a Failed Liberal State“. It tells the story of the sad state of affairs in Chicago Illinois.

As Margaret Thatcher pointed out – eventually you run out of other people’s money.

I have a deeper objection, though. Our nation is built on the idea of there being no “ceiling”. There is no limit on what you can accomplish, or where you can go, if you have the drive, the talent, and the tenacity. The political left now says “you didn’t build that”. The upshot is that what you earn is not yours. It is always subject to the “needs” of others, and it is the political elites who get to decide how it is to be distributed. They don’t call it that. They call it “paying your fair share”, but in reality, it’s the idea that you no longer have a right to what you earn.

States that operate on this principle get an outmigration to places where people still have a right to what they earn, leaving behind those greedy elites, and their clients.

This nation was not built on one group seizing political power and taking from the others. It was built on us working together, with a free economy and some clear ideas about personal responsibility and ownership. The 2016 election will be about many issues, but behind them all will be “did you build that?”

My answer is absolutely YES!