“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
Howard Beale from the movie, Network
Obama claimed he was going to stamp out earmarks and lower the debt. He is doing exactly the opposite! In the name of crisis after crisis, he’s expanding spending beyond anyone’s possible dreams—creating a new era of big government.
Obama’s budget will more than double the national debt! In fact, his projected deficits are greater than the sum of the deficits of all presidents before him. In case you missed that, let me state it again: IN FACT, HIS PROJECTED DEFICITS ARE GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE DEFICITS OF ALL PRESIDENTS BEFORE HIM. And the most of the spending isn’t going to stimulate the economy. Why? Because it’s taking money out of the individual’s pocket and concentrating it in the hands of a few. It's simply spending money on all the projects the Democrats have wanted to spend it on since 1994. They're like kids in candy shops, slobbering all over themselves, giddy with power.
This is irresponsible at a time when we need to control spending. He’s blaming ALL the economic problems on the Bush administration. However, it was the Clinton administration that started the toxic lending in the first place. When the Republicans tried to fix it from 2002 – 2008, the Democrats in Congress and the Senate blocked them at every turn! Don’t believe me? You’re a proverbial ostrich with your head in the sand. (Never mind that ostriches don’t really stick their head in the sand.)
The CBO (an independent government agency) projected that we would come out of the current recession by mid- to late- 2009 IF NOTHING WAS DONE. Then Obama started claiming (right after he was elected) that this was the worst economy since the Great Depression. Lies, lies, lies. Did he not study history? Does he not know about the late 1940s and late 1950s? Or who can forget the late 1970s and early 1980s? They were even worse that it is now. However, we came out of them by reigning in government spending and reducing taxes.
With all his pessimism, Obama has created runs on banks and big sell-offs on Wall Street. This current mess is his doing. The best way he can get us out of it is by talking up the American way, restoring confidence in the American people, and allowing free-enterprise to take care of itself. Why did the Great Depression last so long? Two things: Increases in taxes and the Smoot-Hawley protectionist trade act. Lesson from history: NEVER RAISE TAXES DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN!
Final rant: We CANNOT allow the government to take over the running of private companies like tax cheat Geithner wants to do. People have claimed this is Marxism. However, let’s go back to pre-WWII days in Italy. What did Mussolini do? First, he created a crisis by claiming things were worse than they really were. Then he picked a group of people to blame it on. Next, he claimed that control by the government of the industries was the only way to get the country out of their mess. Then, he took control of everything big and silenced all opposition! What’s happening today? We are headed down exactly that road. The administration wants to silence talk radio and take over private companies. The current administration isn’t just Marxist—it’s using the methods employed by Fascism. And the legislative branch is following right along.
Summary: IT’S TIME FOR US PEASANTS TO REVOLT! Send letters to your representatives. Flood their phone-lines. Cram their e-mail inboxes. Vote everybody behind this out! In fact, vote them all out!
