Part 1 ended with the idea that It’s time to cut spending. The left blames the Iraq war for deficits, but that just doesn't add up.
Obama and the left claim apocalypse will occur if you cut anything from the budget. Any time someone claims that immediate spending cuts will harm the economy -ignore them, laugh at them, mock them. You know why? Because spending never goes down. Never. Republicans, Democrats and the Press all deceive you when they use the word “cut.” When businesses cut expenses, spending declines. When people cut their bills, they spend less. But when government “cuts” spending, the total amount spent still rises, always. And the Press never explains this properly.
While any tax increase occurs immediately, another sleight of hand is that the spending “cuts” are planned for the last couple of years of any ten year deal, as in years eight, nine, and ten. So they know it will never happen. It’s four or five Congresses from now. Laws change. Deals are forgotten. Promises are broken. The only thing that really matters is next year’s budget. Will it be less than the previous year? Now that would be a real cut. All that other “deal” stuff? Increased spending. Politicians want deals; Americans want solutions.
Obama used the word “balanced” so many times in the recent debt-limit debate it must focus-group well, but the only thing he never would accept was a balanced budget. He claims he inherited his problems. Well get over it. Every president inherits the problems left behind by the previous administration.
I’ll tell you what else Obama inherited, a triple-A credit rating. He tried to blame losing that on the Tea Party! First they claim the Tea Party is fake, astro-turf, small and losing influence; then they turn around and claim we are so powerful we impacted the entire economy of the United States. I guess being President isn’t enough power. Obama should try organizing a community Tea Party.
Obama loves to blame others for his poor job performance: “It’s Bush’s fault.” Obama demonized Bush as an evil fool, but Obama has adopted and continued many of Bush’s policies, and justifies the bad result by saying “Bush did it first!” The Press lets him have it both ways, but we know better. He said we should change what Bush was doing, and a majority agreed. The problem is, Obama made it worse.
Obama has never before run on a record. He’s always run almost literally on words. Hypnotic charm, clever phrases spoken with flare. Speechwriters and tele-prompters. Now he must defend what he has done, and what he has failed to do.
What is Obama’s record? Sustained high unemployment as a new norm; he has lost the AAA credit rating; he has added more to the national debt than any other president ever; he has more than tripled the annual deficit; he has implemented socialized medicine with Obamacare while health insurance costs continue to rise; he has failed to “stimulate” the economy; he has stopped off shore domestic oil exploration making us more dependent upon foreign sources for energy.
Food costs more. Fuel costs more. Housing values have plummeted. More Americans are on Food Stamps than ever in history. Real median household income has declined since Obama took office.
Obama claims he has leveled off the economy. If Obama were a pilot and he crashed a plane into the ground, would you say he leveled off?
Answering this failed record the administration says it hasn’t spent enough. But Obama doesn’t seem to learn from history. Henry Morgenthau Jr., the Secretary of Treasury for FDR testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on May 9, 1939 saying “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work… We have never made good on our promises…after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started….and an enormous debt to boot!”
Nobody has ever spent a country into prosperity, but Obama’s dogma won’t allow him to learn from history.
The recent victory in Wisconsin shows us the way forward. Gov. Walker brought a $3.6 billion budget deficit into a surplus in less than 6 months without raising taxes. He did it by gaining control over the spending obligations. It’s time to follow that lead nationwide. Revenues will increase through more prosperity. Grow the number of taxpayers by increasing employment rather than taking an ever larger share from those already struggling. Economic growth is the only way out of debt.
President Ronald Reagan said “Freedom is not something to be secured in any one moment of time. We must struggle to preserve it every day. And Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.”
If we intend on passing the torch of freedom to the next generation, let us return our government to its Constitutional moorings. That would be real change. Let us not grow weary in the effort. Our nation’s future depends upon our vigilance. Our freedoms, and that of our posterity, depend upon it.
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Comment by Billy Bowlegs on November 16, 2011 at 12:15pm You are right. Facts are Stubborn: Fact, Obama is illegal, he has issued an illegal document to the world saying he is legal. He has stolen SSAN numbers to use as his own. He is Communist.
What other facts do any of you not know,
Like, He is out to destroy the United States and the Constitution
Comment by Danny Kirkpatrick on November 16, 2011 at 11:08am We really need more people like this who understand what America truly is and what it took in blood, sweat, and tears, to get us here. Thank you, you made a bad day good :).
Comment by Steve Bang on November 16, 2011 at 11:01am Did you all know that the official GDP numbers provided by the US Gov't include - wait for it - Government spending! They get their money from taxation and borrowing and then include it in GDP. Wow, money lent to us by China (which we must repay) is wealth creation according to the US Gov't. So, subtract $3.6Trillion (Gov't spending) from the ~$14Trillion (total) GDP and you get the real number. Divide that by the debt and look at the debt to GDP ratio. We all know that unemployment is not 9% already, it's 16-18%...... Any chance they will ever tell us the truth?
Comment by William Miller on November 16, 2011 at 8:34am Kim!! Please run for office in your state... Billy
Comment by MUG on November 16, 2011 at 8:28am Kim, with your High School education, the intelligence to learn by experience and observation, the wisdom to know right from wrong, to know the important from the Oprah-ian trivial, and the discernment to recognize BS and the purveyors of BS, you are a priceless pearl that your children will learn to treasure,
Suggestions to consider and keep in mind:
Use discernment, support and vote for the most Conservative candidate in every race.
If there is not a Conservative candidate, vote against the incumbent.
If a liberal is running unopposed, don't vote; keep the numbers low.
Vote no on all tax increases and no on all spending increases.
Above all use your God-given intelligence and vote wisely, don't be led by brain-washed teachers or professors.
Comment by billmemp on November 16, 2011 at 8:11am Well put.. Obama is our downfall.. but what can we do we put him in the position of Commander In Chief who has control over all the armament and technology that the tax payers paid for. We the taxpayers have no recourse to fight our own government. They own us and dictate what we do. Not vice versa, the way it should be.
Comment by J S on November 16, 2011 at 7:10am Does the 2008 deficit include the repayments by the banks, thereby making it smaller? I would have thought the TARP would have made that number as big as the 2009 numbers.
Also, what happened to the money that was paid back? It seemed like Obama was using it as a slush fund.
Comment by kim smoke on November 16, 2011 at 6:54am Approximately 5 years ago I was my child's guest and mock student on "parent's day" at his college, USNA, specifically Political Science science class. The professor asked: "Who is the most influential person in the world".
I raised my hand (because no one else did, and replied: "George Soros". The professor corrected me and said "OPRAH" was the most influential person in the world. Most parents confessed they had no idea who I was talking about-others giggled ...of course Oprah was their answer. I argued my point in that Soros has been open about his hate for jews even though he is a jew, his open stance on globalism/world order and his betting against currencies. This was "before Obama". I was poo pooed away by the (Asian) professor and told "good educated guess" but you're wrong. I said: We shall see. I'll come back in a few years and we'll see who is right. My son wouldn't allow me to go to another one of his classes all day, so I shopped in town and had a blast. Ha! PS I'm a housewife with an HS education!
Comment by Charlotte Hendershot on November 16, 2011 at 6:28am Can't help but to wonder if those who are unemployed and the rest of us perceivably called "lazy" will still vote him in next year. I can almost guarantee that votes for him will be due to the not-so-free press/media. Knowing from experience in my neck of the woods, many turn a deaf ear to what is being said. Half the time I find that they don't even know what I'm talking about.
Comment by kim smoke on November 16, 2011 at 6:18am Amen to Thomas. My only regret is that "our kind", who understand that truth "is ugly", use words that NO politician candidate or president would use "with the microphone on".
Hitler, Stalin, Lennon were well spoken too.
Thanks for your intestinal fortitude. You said it "right"-I hope you press your issue in more places than just tpn which I'm growing weary of. When Ann Coulter exposes Axelrod (in a fashion like yours aka "plain truth), one must wonder how judson phillips could be unaware of Cain facts vs. unsubstantiated allegations. Hmmmmm Why does it seem "so many" are "in the tank" for Romney? Could it be a "political thing" I'll never understand because I'm just a "little person"? Remember-This think tank TPN, like The Factor on Fox, is a money maker and the political winds(spin) are always at the consideration of media which is always at the "mercy" of the dollar. Talk about "connections" even a dummy can comprehend. How much money is TPN showing by profit? Just wondering.
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