Representative Allen West was speaking to a crowd at a campaign event in Florida and tried to explain what self-esteem means to him. He said his mother would explain to him while growing up that taking home a government check would not build your self-esteem, and instead it would make you an economic slave. West went on to say that President Obama, “does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning, and having that title of American. He’d rather you be his slave.”
West wasn’t done there, he then started talking about the tax created by Obamacare, a tax “for not taking an action.” He had a better idea, saying, “for personal security, every American should have to go out and buy a Glock 9mm. And, and if you don’t do it. We’ll tax you.”