A Few Things to Think About

I consider myself an optimist, but it’s hard to be optimistic these days given what is going on in DC and in many areas of America. Below are just a few things to consider. This is who is currently running DC:
People who:

• vote for a $500 billion tax bill without even reading it?
• Pass a ridiculous stimulus bill totaling nearly $800 billion?
  are spending trillions of borrowed dollars, leaving a debt our great-grandchildren will be paying?
• consistently give special interest groups billions of dollars in earmarks to help get themselves re-elected?
• want to take your wealth and redistribute it to others?
• punish those who practice responsible financial behavior and reward those who do not?
  admit to using the financial hurt of millions as an opportunity to push their political agenda? “Never waste a good crisis.” Rahm Emmanuel, November 2008, Meet the Press.
• run up trillions of dollars of debt and then sell that debt to countries such as China? Read: http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn81/farewell-america-financial-world-power.htm.
  want government controlled health care?
• want to take away the right to vote with a secret ballot in union elections?
• refuse to stop the flow of millions of illegal immigrants into our country?
• appoint a defender of child pornography to the Number 2 position in the Justice Department?
• want to force doctors and other medical workers to perform against their will or conscience?
• want to impose a carbon tax on your electricity, gas and home heating fuels? *
  want to reduce your tax deductibility for charitable gifts?
• take money from your family budget to pay for their federal budget? **

Now, there are those on the left who will disagree with this, defending it as responsible and necessary, but it’s hard to defend such wanton disregard for the betterment of the American people for what appears to be a political agenda. History has shown countries that borrow, overspend, and have too much debt eventually fall. Read these two articles. http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn81/when-nations-fall.htm, and http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn81/farewell-america-financial-world-power.htm.

*Word has it that our gas bills may go down next winter, but it is not because of the Obama stimulus, it is because the Energy companies have been working on new technologies to more efficiently extract gas reserves. So, don’t listen to the Left on this one. Note: This article is from the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/energy-environment/21gas.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=natural%20gas&st=cse.

**If you look at the eventual rise in taxes, because that is the only way, other than printing ridiculous amounts of money, people will see a dwindling of the their income, not to mention a hit to savings. So much for the Pay as You Go speech given by Candidate Obama.
Well, I would love to hear some feedback. Have a great day!