The Vice President thought he was a prophet about climate change, but who knew he could predict America's financial future? Today unemployment is up and jobs are down. Bankruptcies/home foreclosures are up and personal income is down. Deficit is WAAY up and business activity is WAAY down. Fear is up/hope down.
Whatever this administration touches has turned to pottage. From "Cash for Clunkers" to "Fast and Furious"...from "Stimulus" to "Obamacare" (not even enacted yet, but already with thousands lined up to get a waiver)...these programs are hitting the fan. Why? Unintended consequences? We are black and blue over liberal intentions.
If the Clunkers program was a small arrow aimed at a small part of our economy, where is the howitzer aimed at the big picture? Was Stimulus the howitzer? If that didn't work, shall we do it again?
I've heard the President lecture Americans about eating their peas. I've listened to the President in many press conferences with the wagging of the finger and talk of sacrifice.
But doesn't the leader go first? Did you know that since President Obama announced his re-election, he has spent one of three days flying to a fundraiser, then speaking, then flying home? That'll take a chunk out of a third of your time.
Last February he DID propose a budget and the vote was 97-0. The only written-down plan he has offered was completely rejected. Why? It was a budget that doubled the debt instead of addressed the debt while his mouth preached the need to reduce the debt. Is there ANY wonder why the GOP won't bite on the offer "you raise the ceiling, then I'll cut"? Riiiight. Third grade made us wise about that ploy. The Heritage Foundation twittered yesterday "a promise to cut spending is not a spending cut". Amen.
Yet he appears to be the reasonable one while the House GOP are the ones who have proposed and passed a plan. http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/01/20/house-gop-lists-25-trillion-in-spending-cuts
Reasonable doesn't wait till the last minute to get this done. That's how kids do their science project, but how is that responsible? We have seen this coming and in fact, the President was hired to do something about it. He had clear sailing his first two years. Those mean elephants were impotent until the midterms when Americans began to wise up. Why was debt not a priority?
We need to rare back and get a perspective on this administration. Yes, all the doublespeak throws us off. And yes, he is tricky in parsing words. Remember when he tried to get Israel to give up her borders? He left just enough cover in the statement to run back under if the balloon didn't fly. The balloon collapsed and he ran under the words "with land swaps". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576339292070000576.html
It's amazing that the President is on record saying you would NEVER increase taxes during a recession...yet that is what he persists to push in the "deal". Complete repudiation of himself.
I never thought I'd see President Clinton supplanted; he's the King of Syntax/Obfuscation. And by the way, as an Arkie I can speak with some experience about our state's native son and his whoppers. Examples are myriad and you may be thinking "Lewinsky"...but I'm still aghast about this beaut which went out in a radio address TO THE NATION in June of 1996. "I still have vivid and painful memories of black churches being burned in my own state when I was a child." NEVER HAPPENED. Good grief, is there not any shame for these self promoters?
Here are some cold hard facts that cannot be parsed. During the Clinton administration, our debt increased daily by 547 MILLION. During Bush it jumped to 1.6 BILLION a day. Now during just the first half of Obama, the debt clicks off @ 4.1 BILLION everyday.
We are hemorrhaging. We need real leadership that puts the country first. Our leader has lived on the government and thinks government and spending is the answer. He has swelled the structure of government and put a sway in Uncle Sam's back.
But there have been Presidents before who have brought the country back from unemployment and inflation. Can their policies be considered NOW? Here is one man who tried to be heard. Economics is laughter-challenged and dry, but this is hilarious...and only 19 seconds long. http://famousdc.com/2011/07/20/closing-bell-are-you-an-economist/
We don't need a degree in economics to know we have overspent and have to quit.
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