Top Election Issue

C-SPAN has encouraged viewers to make a YouTube video covering the most important issue, to them, for the election. I’ve decided to take the opportunity to voice my own opinion on the most important issue for the election, and that is freedom. Who of the three candidates is going to be a broadcaster and defender of freedom to American citizens, if not around the world?

Freedom can be defined as “the state of being free of restraints” or “exemption from unpleasant onerous conditions” and much more, according to Webster’s Dictionary. With our country being built on the foundation of freedom, “the land of the free,” I am forced to wonder where government control falls into the definition of freedom. If we are to continue passing prejudiced legislation that targets individual groups, whether to benefit or harm, we disrupt and pollute the entire definition of freedom and should remove freedom from our National Anthem.

On the issue of our unstable economy, if we allow Congress to gain more power (limiting freedom) over financial matters, remembering that very few of them have any understanding of business, our entire financial system would see reform almost immediately. Whenever Congress attains more power over any issue, the first action taken is to overreact, while securing permanent government control. I’m not saying our economy would fail entirely, but with more control by people with little knowledge of business or economics, it would need to restructure itself to survive the continued “peeking” (they call it oversight) by politicians.

The freedom of choice concerning healthcare has been a personal preference for many people over the years. If a family doesn’t find their current healthcare sufficient or adequate, they go in search of a better company, provider, or program, until they find the most adequate care. If a program is created by the government that creates a streamlined and “standard” healthcare system that all Americans are forced to enter, we not only lose our ability to choose as free citizens, but the choices would be limited and the care would be consistently low. Quite simply, a family would not be able to go in search of better care or a program that perfectly fits their family’s needs.

When government laws required all drivers to have automobile insurance in order to legally drive on public roadways, the price of insurance increased and the cost of living for the average American citizen rose dramatically. This is a product of supply and demand, with so many uninsured motorists needing to suddenly gain insurance; the insurance companies could raise prices, leaving motorists with much higher monthly living costs. I’m not saying auto insurance isn’t necessary, but if the government forces all individuals to have health insurance, we will see a raise in prices because we live in a free market society even if the government tries to restrict costs. Eventually, the price of auto insurance decreased slightly, due to a rise in competition, but hasn’t reduced to the levels prior to government intervention.

The most important issue for the up-and-coming Presidential Election is freedom, not abortion, the environment, or increasing benefits to improve the quality of life for targeted minority groups. Who, of the candidates, is going to ensure that Americans will keep their current freedoms and bring back freedoms removed through prejudiced government legislation?