Well I am going to break away from my commentaries on the Bill of Rights for the moment and discuss the Constitutional dilemma which is facing America today. I am talking about our speedy flight down the path to socialism. I know the news media paints those who feel as I do as crazy and alarmist, but I don't share that view. I have a deep and enduring love for this Country, the United States of America, and that is what pushes me to do what I do.
So despite what you might think, I strongly believe that we as a Nation are faced with two choices. We can either choose to stick to our Constitution, or do away with it and do as Obama said in his inaugural speech, re-make America. I for one don't think we need to re-make America. We do need to fix it and re-establish our freedoms, but America doesn't need to be re-made.
Let's take a look at the "stimulus" package being pushed by the Obama administration. Now before you cry foul thinking that I don't support it just because it is Obama, I didn't support T.A.R.P. either. As a matter of fact I haven't supported any federal funds going to bail out any industry. I don't even agree with federal funds going to fund public education either, but that is another subject all together. Let's get back to Obamanomics. This administration seems to view economic stimulation in a different view than I do. It is not surprising that they would believe that only government involvement can spur the growth of the economy, since they believe that government is pure and unbiased whereas the private sector is greedy and too unregulated. This belief is leading them to believe that by packaging the economic stimulus package the way they have will ensure that the economy will grow quickly, unfettered by the greed and corruption which is naturally inherent in the private sector. Obama recently said that if the Senate doesn't pass the stimulus package as he's prepared it the Nation will NEVER Recover! So basically if we don't immediately spend $50 million for the endowment for the arts our Nation will collapse economically, the $300 million to battle against violence against women will cause irreparable harm to the economic feasibility to this Country. If Americans don't get their $650 million for digital tv converter boxes we will be put into a destructive economic downturn which will be felt by Americans for centuries to come (that is what is inferred by the words never recover). Can anybody explain to me just how these things are meant to stimulate the economy? Where is the economic plan that he released in January of 2008? The one he is pushing now has nothing to do with that one, and that is the one he ran on to win the presidency. Dare I say it? Is the change that Obama ran on really his ability to change his mind? It makes one with any iota of common sense and economic understanding wonder what in the world are we doing. Our government is doing all they can to take over the private sector in the name of economic stimulus.
Ok, to be fair there are items in the bill which would create jobs, but when will those jobs be created? For example the money being set aside for green fuel technology research. Has anybody tried getting government money for a project? I have and it is a very onerous process which takes months and can take up to a year. On the other hand if the stimulus package created tax cuts and tax breaks the results would be felt immediately and jobs would be created. That is right, I am saying that to really stimulate the economy you have to put more money into the hands of those who spend it, the people, and the people get their money from their employment, and jobs are created and incomes rise when companies are less burdened by taxes.
I've said it once and I'll say it again no country has ever taxed itself into prosperity. It is not the duty of government to take care of the people. We are to take care of ourselves, government's job is to maintain the peace and protect our Rights. We are not protected by the systematic removal of freedoms. We are not protected by the never ending overreaching tentacles of big government.
We are facing a dilemma which is causing a rift in society. We have one group who is cheering for the government to move quickly and take away the rights of business owners and those who are viewed by society to be affluent, and we have those of us who are decrying the government's interference with the natural process of a cyclical market. I would issue a warning to those who see no problem with taking money from one group and re-distributing said money to another. Once you let a cancer grow it becomes more aggressive and moves into other areas of the body. This will happen to you if you sit idly by and allow the government to take from others. We cannot sit isolated from the effects of this monster which our government is quickly becoming. It is a society which no longer represents the wishes of the people, but of special interest groups and those with a populist bent. If we are to remain free as a Nation we need to band together in defence of our freedoms and work together to ensure that our Nation remains one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, not the few.
God bless America! May we awaken to our sense of duty before it is too late, is my prayer for this Country. May we ever remain a Nation United.
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