Thursday, February 26, 2009

Frustrated . . .

Are you as frustrated as I am? Obama keeps says one thing while he does another. And what about the "crisis, crisis, crisis"? It's just a way to shove through what he wants. I guess he learned from Bush.

He needs to be more positive and let us all know that we are a great nation of strong people and WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Stimulus versus Spending

Obama, in a press conference the other night, arrogantly stated that he didn't understand the opposition to the $700B-and-something bill as not being a "stimulus" bill, but a "spending" bill. He stated that spending is equivalent to stimulus. Let me respond.

(1) Giving tax relief to people who don't pay taxes is not stimulus--it is redistribution of wealth. While many of those who receive this money need it and will spend it on their families, much of the money will end up in the "underground" economy.

(2) The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says this bill is a disaster and will not have the intended affect. Even liberal Democrat economists agree.

(3) Most of the infrastructure spending won't take place until at least 2011. This won't create jobs now.

(4) Much of the spending is targetted for pet Democrat projects with highly limited impact and benefit--most of the money will be going to already rich people. Sure, a FEW jobs may be created, but they will be low-paying and limited scope. This is "trickle-down voodoo economics" all over again. It didn't work in the 80's and it won't work now. The rich became richer and the poor became poorer back then and the same thing will happen now.

This bill will fail. Then the Democrats will blame it on not spending enough. The Republicans will blame it on targetting the wrong things. The real answer, in my book, is that the money shouldn't be packaged and pushed through Congress so fast that nobody really knows what's "in the language" as Nancy Pelosi put it. It needs to be debated openly and among both parties and time taken to really think it through.

I'm tired of scare tactics to push legislation through. It harkens back to the Fascist Party under Mussolini.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Census and Political Transparency

Doesn't Obama know what he's doing is against the law? Didn't he take Political Science or Civics in high school or college? The Constitution says that the census shall be taken in a manner prescribed by Congress. The Congress passed a law that says that the census shall be taken by the Department of Commerce. Obama has NO power to move that responsibility to another office. Now, if he wants Congress to change the law, he can ask for that. That would be a perfectly acceptable way to go.

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The stimulus (or spending) bill reconciliation took place behind closed doors with only one party involved--the other was locked out. Obama promised transparency and non-partisanship, yet the Congress and Senate are going the opposite way! This is the least transparent and most partisan legislative branch in the history of the U.S. Prove me wrong. President Obama should call on Pelosi and Reid to unite instead of divide!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Honeymoon is Over?

People are rebelling. According to Gallup Polls, Americans disapprove of Obama's proposal to close Gitmo, they want the stimulus bill stopped, they don't want to pay for overseas abortions and birth control, and they're tired of Obama's picks for the cabinet and other government posts having a high rate of ethical problems and conflicts of interest. They also wish he would quit giving waivers to people who are lobbyists to serve in the government, when he said he wouldn't allow it!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Stimulus, Part 2 and Dachlegate? or Fizzlegate?

Go Senate! Start amending the Non-stimulus bill like crazy! Obama promised infrastructure improvement, yet only a small part of this bill addresses it--and not right away--mostly 3 and 4 years from now!

There's a lot of pork in this bill. Let's get ALL of it out and replace PART of it with more infrastructure spending NOW! And what is it with the Republicans wanting to socialize the mortgage system! I told you they were big spending and big government, in spite of their claims.

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Didn't I warn you about Tom Daschle's personal life in an earlier post?

Tom Daschle: "I'm [sniff] sorry I didn't pay my taxes. It was an [sniff, sniff] honest mistake."

Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. But even the New York Times is calling on him to resign!