The most important problem in America today is the threat to liberty. President Obama, a socialist, is (as he has admitted) determined to change America. He has succeeded to an uncomfortable degree. Energy, automotive, health care, banking, housing, and student loan businesses, for example, have fallen directly or indirectly under government control during his administration. And his appetites for more of the same are alive and well.
While all of this was going on, political rhetoric has fastened on jobs, and divisive issues like abortion, birth control, contraceptive pills, and immigration. They are important, but are also insignificant when the over-arching issue remains – our freedom and the freedom of our economic system to operate without the micro-management of government. Rand Paul reminded us of this recently during his filibuster speech on the Senate floor.
Obama will continue to divert our attention to non-critical and divisive issues as he attempts to keep our minds away from his deeper purpose – to socialize the nation. He is not interested in a deal -- he is primarily interested in winning the 2014 congressional election, which could return to him the veto-proof power that he had during his first two years. His method for doing this will be the same as ever – avoid confronting the tough issues and demonize Republicans, especially those who show leadership ability.
The willingness and ability of the U.S. to expand debt, finances Obama’s projects. To stop him from borrowing for non-essential spending must end.
Is Government domestic spending the key problem?
Yes! Climbing debt began after President Dwight Eisenhower left office. It has continued ever since. Key comparisons between Ike’s second term and Obama’s first term follow:
1) Obama’s revenue: 27.4 times larger than Ike’s.
2) Obama’s defense spending: 15.1 times larger.
3) Obama’s interest expense: 34.7 times larger.
4) Obama’s cost of running the government: 34.0 times larger.
5) Obama’s cost of the Welfare State (all social programs): 102.9 times larger than Ike’s.
A federal deficit exists when federal spending is greater than federal revenue. And this formula applies as well to any department of government – those that expand faster than the revenue base contribute to the overall deficit. Now (please) party loyalty aside, and based upon the above facts provided by the Office of Management and Budget, is there any doubt about which line items were the fundamental cause of the enormous increase in debt? Of course not; it was every cost center except defense, especially the unfunded costs of the Welfare State, which increased about four times faster than revenue. Faster still if you include interest on debt.[i]
Tracing responsibility for the growth in debt is more complicated than the above chart suggests, since defense and interest expenses have constitutional protection – they get first bite of the revenue apple. But this information is sufficient to direct the blindest partisan to the correct conclusion -- unfunded social spending, the interest cost that goes with it, plus a bloated bureaucracy are destroying the fiscal integrity of the U.S.
Is the identification of the cause of high debt of current importance to problem-solvers? If not, put that issue aside, solve the problem, then go back to identify and deal with those who caused the problem in the first place. In this case, however, the answer to that question is: Yes. Why? Because President Obama, in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Lyndon Johnson, believes in the policies that developed the debt – he is more socialistic and less American in his world view than any president in history. Given the power, Obama will destroy the America of the Founders.
Obama must be stopped. To do so, borrowing must end. This must be the focus of the conservatives and of the Republican Party. Higher taxes are not the answer – they stifle growth, the greatest revenue producer. Lower spending, restructuring the entire Welfare State, and more tax income from growth in GDP is the answer.
Republicans must mount the hustings during the next two years with their best and most personable speakers; they must educate Americans to the threat to the Constitution and to their rights that Obama and the progressive movement represent.
In Washington, Republicans must play defensive politics, saying no to tax increases and blocking new spending wherever possible. Finally, by 2014 they must find candidates who can protect the Republican position in the House and gain ground in the Senate, all of this in preparation for a victorious sweep in the elections of 2016 featuring the largest Republican turnout in history.
[i] Interest rates are, and have been for some time, at an all-time low, kept that way by the Federal Reserve, which is keeping the nation afloat. If President Obama had to deal with interest rates that prevailed in the ‘80s (over 8 percent), the nation would be out-of-business today.
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Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on March 18, 2013 at 9:01am But the MSM is supporting these moderate candidates, Whitehorse. They basically gave the nomination to McCain in '08 after just the first four primaries. And they piled on Cain, Perry, and Gingrich something fierce last year. When I refer to a Republican as "moderate" or "Democrat lite," I am going by his politics. The latest one is Rob Portman. Another guy pushed heavily by the establishment last year as a Veep candidate, he just came out in favor of gay marriage.
We have to figure out a way to somehow rally around and support conservative candidates no matter what. We failed miserably last year. But the solution is not sitting out elections, either. Those four million Republican voters who sat out Nov. 6 gave Obama the election. --FRANK NITTY
Comment by Whitehorse on March 15, 2013 at 10:21pm Susan, the money blown on those worthless super-pacs could have bought out several press outlets. If we're careful to not prop them up, the prices will fall further & further...
Comment by Susan J.Morningstar on March 15, 2013 at 10:06pm The liberal press is our largest problem. The solution may be simply to buy them out! Who has that much money?
Comment by Whitehorse on March 15, 2013 at 8:11pm Frank, now the Left & the MSM have a foolproof way to poison any candidate who starts getting hot - just call him/or her "moderate" or "establishment" or "Democrat-Lite" - & they can lead the conservatives around like a cat playing with a crippled mole. Are we going to continue to be that easily played?
Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on March 15, 2013 at 12:03pm I wish I knew the answer to that question, Whitehorse. What happened between 2010 and 2012? I think a part of the problem was that long, bloody Republican primary. With the aid of the state-controlled media, four conservative candidates were eviscerated and the moderate candidate toppled. --FRANK NITTY
Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on March 15, 2013 at 11:58am But the reason 4 million sat this one out, Whitehorse, was that they were tired of being fed moderate, "Democrat Lite" candidates by the Republican Party. I think they were wrong not to vote for Romney--he's be better than Obummer--but they were disgusted with seven straight election cycles without a conservative candidate.
--FRANK NITTY
Comment by Whitehorse on March 15, 2013 at 10:42am Frank, when Twitter "got hot" conservatives were dominant. Social Media is the same as GOTV is the same as... whatever else - conservatives aren't doing much of anything comparatively. Our representatives are getting tons of tweet SPAM from the left, easily seen & detected as coming from a relatively few people - but our people are doing next to nothing.
If we do next to nothing, put next to no effort, why should we expect big results? If we don't demonstrate we care, why should our representatives suffer the slings & arrows?
Have we forgotten the energy, enthusiasm, & momentum election day 2010? Why did we allow our selves to be sidetracked so easily?
Comment by Whitehorse on March 15, 2013 at 10:27am Well, the president spends what the congress gives to him. Of course, if he "makes" congress give him money by threatening to have the MSM call them big doody-heads, what can Republican Leadership do except give him what he wants & get to the fiscal responsibility later... <insert sarcastic, eye-rolling & barfing emoticons>
I believe the voting booth will never resolve anything if we continue as conservatives to be so incompetent in using it, getting our base out to vote. We have to take responsibility for our inaction, for millions sitting on the sidelines NOT VOTING cycle after cycle. Millions sat on dead butts in 2008, & about 4 million more sat out in 2012 after seeing the hell caused by 2008.
We better get our crap together. We have to get our GOTV apparatus in place & moving strong. Anyone who (& Dennis, I don't count you among this group) romantacizes some kind of shooting war to have a 2nd American Revolution is stupid & does not live in the real world - has never had a busted lip, much less shot someone or had to push a dead friend out of the way in battle. Here in the US we should remove tyrants before they become tyrants; not get to the shedding of blood - do that with tyrants overseas when required.
Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on March 15, 2013 at 9:41am Ellen,
I am not an expert, but the process is something like this. The House of Representatives is supposed to put together a budget. The Senate then puts out their version; the two sides then get together to hammerout a compromise budget in committee. The President then either signs it or vetos it.
The problem is this: Congress has not passed a budget of any kind since 2007, I believe. The House, under Republican control, keeps coming up with one (Paul Ryan's newest one was just released), but the Senate never okays it. Obama comes up with his own budgets, but even the Democrats won't approve his.
With no budget being passed, the government is funded by "continuing resolutions," which have built-in budget and spending increases. This enables Obama to claim these growing deficits are not of his making, but the partisan divide he has created is actually the cause of this totally FUBAR situation.
Can anyone explain this better or flesh it out more for Ellen?
--FRANK NITTY
Comment by Frank Chance Chenoweth on March 15, 2013 at 9:32am Whitehorse,
There is one other problem our side faces: social media. Obama and the Democrats are using Twitter, etc., to mobilize their forces and sway public opinion. Most of the folks on Twitter politically are liberal Democrats (a lot of young people, obviously, as well).
They are whipping us technologically, and we need to counter that. Rush has been discussing this recently on his show.
And all this being said by yours truly--a guy with no cell phone (who only started using a computer [mostly at work] in the last 12 years!)! So, obviously, I am not in a position to offer a solution, but merely state the problem.
--FRANK NITTY
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