stimulus or socialist?

I'm not one to write political posts but I heard something today that I actually believe and felt I needed to share. I say "actually" believe because I typically don't believe anyone in the media anymore. But today I had a unique experience. As I was driving to work, I listened to Obama's plan to help the housing industry. On the way home I turned on Glenn Beck. I am going to somewhat paraphrase and give the main gist of what he said since I really wish everyone could have heard what he had to say. The government is getting bigger and bigger. They are trying to wipe up all the messes that were made in the past few years, we all know this. Beck compared the action of bailing out the banks and dishing out money to people in trouble, to a bad parent. A bad parent who gives in to all their child's wishes, never says no and just cleans up their messes without ever teaching, without ever doing the HARDER thing to do. The HARDER thing to do is to take away the toy, to put them in time-out, to teach, to allow them to feel pain so they become self-reliant and can stand on their own two feet someday. Beck went on to ask- what if we do NOTHING? What if we let the banks fail and the economy crash? Well we'd face something a lot worse than our grandparents and great-grandparents did. A depression would be inevitable and it would be very hard. We'd have to start over again, re-build, probably suffer quite a bit as a country and as individuals. We'd have to hurt. But we'd have a future because we'd have our freedom. All these bail-outs, tax credits, stimulus checks etc... seem so great. Especially for us, we are facing foreclosure as we speak. But I am way more concerned about Lydi and Jackson having a future and our country maintaining its righteous principals of freedom and prosperity than receiving a $400/ year tax break and a check in the mail every so often. So we need to stop being scared and face the natural cycle- the cycle that whatever goes up must come down. We need to be more concerned about values and freedom than buying the best HDTV or making sure our kids look the cutest. Its always a temptation for me to WANT what everyone else has but in the eternal perspective or even if you're looking at 10 years down the road, those things just don't matter AT ALL. We need to let this country bleed a little to re-gain what we once had and maybe we'll all be a little more grateful, a little more humble and BETTER because of it. We shouldn't let our fear destroy our future. I don't mean at all to sound haughty and judgmental because I am SCARED out of my mind when I think about stuff sometimes. But I believe in this message and wanted to share it.