Morality is a touchy subject. After all, who defines it? Many reporters as well as Republicans are saying that this election was the moral values election. Does that imply that Bush is moral and Kerry immoral or less than moral? The fact is that they are both wrong. Ironically during the Republican convention Bush showcased the “immoral” ones (Rudolph Giuliani & Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Morality is a very dangerous issue. One should never assume their morals to be superior to another less they set themselves up for the boomerang’s return. Bush however has opened the door for one to judge his policies’ “morality” on relative terms. Many Americans believed that in Bush they would be getting a more “moral” president. Ironically when looking at Bush’s issues through clear lens as opposed to the fog of his political machine, we see not only a president with “immoral” issues but a president that will cause physical and financial harm to those that are least able to defend themselves.- It is immoral to send our soldiers to die on false pretenses.
- It is immoral that the richest country on the earth does not provide health care for all of it’s citizens.
- It is immoral to pass unabated wealth from generation to generation by eliminating the inheritance tax (death tax)
- It is immoral to privatize social security a program that should not be dependent on the whims of the stock market.
- Is it moral that a family that works everyday with will pay more taxes on income made from working than a person who played golf all day but made that same amount of income from dividends?
- Is it moral that drug companies are allowed to make large profits on medicine while a large percentage of our tax dollars pay for research?
- It is immoral to run ever growing budget deficits while cutting taxes for those who have prospered the most.
- It is immoral to disparage one that has spilled blood for their country while having evaded required service himself.
- It is immoral that one cannot practice religion or the absence thereof without government interference.
- It is immoral that new laws are allowing more pollution to the environment.
- It is immoral to put a woman’s body under government control irrespective of her health.
- It is immoral to disallow any loving pair from forming a loving relationship.