As Cicero famously noted the most dangerous enemy is not the outsider. Liberalism is destroying us from within. The liberal agenda is taking us toward economic ruin.

Government annual budget deficits are way above sustainable levels and the amount of public debt is becoming alarmingly high. Federal debt at the end of 2008 was equivalent to 40 percent of GDP, marginally above the 40 year average of 37 percent, but since then it has risen dramatically higher to about 70 percent of GDP in 2011.  Moreover, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it is possible that public debt will rise further to 101 percent by 2021 and to 187 percent by 2035. Even these projections are too rosy, as Obamacare will add significantly to both spending and the debt.

In addition, the government hides the true extent of the problem behind bad accounting. Not only is the government spending far more than it can afford, but it is lying about what it is doing. If a CEO of a business were doing this he would be thrown in jail for fraud. Unfunded liabilities of government, for example, are estimated at above $75 trillion, and these are not even included in the budget.

Despite this Obama and the Democrats continue to press for expanded spending and accumulation of more debt. National debt rose from $9 trillion in 2008 to over $15 trillion by May 2012, and is increasing at a rate of $3.96 billion per day. This increase is more than has occurred for all previous presidents combined. As President Reagan said, “they say Democrats (liberals) are spending like drunken sailors, but this does a disservice to the sailors; at least they are spending their own money.”

It is clear that these policies if left unchecked have the capacity to destroy capitalism and the bedrock of our economy, yet liberals keep pushing their destructive policies. There are two fundamental explanations for this; either they are incompetent or are deliberately trying to destroy America as we have known her. Of course they could be both, but it seems highly improbable that they could be so stupid as not to recognize what is happening. Given this it seems likely that the intent of the liberal establishment is to destroy capitalist America so that they can rebuild it on new utopian socialist foundations.

Obama certainly harbors resentment toward colonial powers given that his Kenyan father was subjected to abuse by the British. He also attended Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s church in which hatred toward America as well as toward whites was preached regularly. As a constitutional law student he was very clear that he did not like the Constitution.

Another alternative is that this behavior represents a form of addiction denial. Liberals are debt junkies. Like drug addicts or alcoholics, they do not seem to recognize that they have a problem. The addiction of liberals to spending is a disease. Liberalism shares much in common with other forms of addiction.

Still another alternative is that it constitutes a rational pursuit of self-interest to the detriment of others. Perhaps liberals are pursuing goals of short-term political and personal benefit. So what if others have to pick up the tab for their prodigality and pursuit of self-interest.

Thus, there are a myriad of alternatives. I believe each may play a role. The conscious intent to destroy capitalism certainly cannot be dismissed, as frightening as it is to accept. Before taking office, Obama said “we are 5 days away from fundamentally transforming this country.”  No one bothered to ask into what. Intent was clear on Obama’s part.

President Kennedy, often lauded as a liberal, was really a conservative; in his inaugural address he said “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”  He lowered taxes and was strong on national defense. Today’s liberal mantra is “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what it can do for you.” The utter bankruptcy of this concept is manifest.