By now, you’ve heard that the Democrats are thinking about taxing drinks with sugar in them, with the explanation that these things are bad for you and contribute to the decline of the average American’s health. The money raised will supposedly go towards nationalized health care.

They’re also thinking about increaing taxes even higher on cigarettes, alcohol, and other so-called “bad habit” products. There’s even the possibility that they’ll start taxing your employer-provided health benefits.

What does all of this mean? It means that conservatives were right about the Democrats, that they know only two things when it comes to government: high taxes and even higher spending.

If you saved all of your receipts, pay stubs, bills, etc., over any given year and took a look at what you paid in taxes — whether it’s sales tax, excise tax, whatever — you’d probably have a stroke. These people are nickel-and-diming us to death. And they wonder why people have a problem with it. It’s not that the government doesn’t have enough money to spend, it’s that they spend too much to begin with.

We’re not asking for much, just that government — whether federal, state, or local — live within its own means and stop fleecing us the way it does. We work hard, we deserve to keep as much of our money as possible and use it as we see fit, whether it’s to pay down our own debt, save for our retirement, or put our kids through college. Is that so much to ask? To a liberal, yes, it is, because they think this is all something government should do for you, which means higher taxes and even higher spending, economy be damned.

We’re just a few months into a Democrat-controlled Washington, and look at all the power- and money-grabbing that has gone on. And we’re expected to just sit here and take it for the next four to eight years? Hardly. The left can laugh and mock conservatives and conservatism all it wants, but come 2010, I think they’re going to be in for a nasty little surprise. We are by no means beaten, defeated, or demoralized as they would have you believe, and I firmly believe that if the Democrats continue down this road, they’re headed for electoral disaster. Conservatism WILL be back. Count on it.