Politics As Usual

For all the promises of change, we see it is business as usual for the nation's government. 

Obama promised more bi-partisanship.  Unfortunately, according to the vote on the "stimulus" package, there is more partisanship then ever before.  Obama got his spending bill through the House of Representatives by a vote of 244-188.  That is the good news.  The bad is that not a single Republican voted for it.  Not one.  So much for change.

Forgive me if I dwell in my own knowledge but how many times did I mention that this was coming.  There is no change in Washington because those in power are partisans who care little about the average person.  Each of them has an agenda which they are busy pushing through.  At present, we are seeing all liberal ideas passing since it is the Democrats in control.  If it was the other way around, we would see the Republicans putting up "abstinance" education as a stimulus. In the end, it is all bogus.

Obama will get his package.  He has such a majority that anything he desires is his.  And, with the scare job the media put on the public, we are looking at them agreeing with anything.  However, in the end, we need to remember that it was the government's intervention that created this mess.  If you think this stimulus is going to do anything productive, think again. You don't spend your way our of a dire financial situation.

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License to steal

Is there any question that an almost $1 trillion stimulus package is a license for the corrupt in government to steal? First, we had millions proposed to be spent on birth control. The esteemed Speaker of the House even reiterated her belief on national television that this would stimulate the economy . Thankfully, it was deleted from the package.

Now, we have another asinine idea. The plan evidently includes over $300 million for STD prevention. Did you read that? Over $300 million for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. How the hell is this going to stimulate the economy? The answer is that it is not. In fact, I would guess that most of this bill is not going to stimulate the economy. This is an assertion that is being backed up by the Heritage Foundation and CBO.

Money is like a drug to a corrupt politician. They cannot seem to spend enough of it.

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Letter To Democrats

This was taken from Neal Boortz website. It is a letter from the Congressional Leaders to their Caucus. It certainly reveals exactly what their plans are.

TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE DEMOCRAT CAUCUS

As we begin work in the 111th Congress we have been given an unprecedented opportunity to fulfill virtually all of the spending promises we, as Democrats, have made to the voters and to our contributors over many campaigns.

Our economy is in crisis right now and, thanks to generations of government education, most citizens see the solution to our economic problems in government action.

This economic crisis presents us with the best opportunity for government growth since the Great Depression. If we allow the marketplace to begin a self-correction before we move a golden opportunity will be lost. Shortly after the opening gavel your House and Senate leadership want to take advantage of this situation by introducing a massive spending bill. We will have the full cooperation of the media in presenting this spending bill to the people as an "economic stimulus" bill or a "recovery package."

We are asking you to review your campaign spending promises over the past several House and Senatorial campaigns. Please forward to your leadership office no later than this Friday a list of the spending programs you have promised your voters. Your House and Senate leadership, in cooperation with the incoming Obama administration, will review your proposals with special attention paid to their ability to grow the size of our federal government and serve the special interests of our constituency. We will then combine these proposals into a spending bill which will be presented to the voters as an emergency economic stimulus plan.

We are sorry for the quick turnaround on this project, but we have to move on this program before the voters start to entertain the idea that the best way to revive our economy is through the private sector.

We may not have another opportunity like this. We have conditioned the people to accept a government spending solution to our current situation. We have to move with legislation before they figure out that government was the problem here, and not the solution.

We will expect your detailed spending proposals by this Friday. Remember, the primary goals of your spending proposals should be to grow the size of government and fulfill campaign promises. It would be helpful if these proposals could carry the appearance of helping our economy in some small way.

Harry Reid

Nancy Pelosi

The government stimulus package is really just a giant spending bill. And we are the ones who are going to have to pay for it.



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Bailouts Renamed!

The American people are getting fed up with the government bailouts. Surveys indicate the majority of the people were against the intervention into the auto industry. Since Bush ignored the wishes of the people, and the votes in Congress, I think that just added to the lack of support. This is an "end around" in what I deem an abuse of power.

Now, we are going to get another wave of bailouts under Obama. However, he is terming them "economic stimulus". His idea is that huge influxes of cash by the Federal Government will get the economy going again. Of course, everyone seems to ignore the $175 billion stimulus implemented over the summer and how little that did.

What is interesting is that they are already lining up to get into the action. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the heads of the largest retailers sent Obama a letter asking him to include them in a stimulus package. It appears they want to have 3 tax free days to help their sales. They believe that people will spend more money if they do not have to pay sales tax. What a farce. (Here is the article).

Anyone who reads this blog knows I am anti government and against all kinds of taxes. However, the idea that people will spend more because of a removal of sales tax is absurd. Florida does this every year during the "back to school" shopping period. From what I can see, the results are mixed at best. Of course, it is a situation where people are spending since children need clothes and supplies for school. The belief that people will take money out of their pockets and spend because of a 6% sales tax removal is asinine. They will not do that. Period!!!

Nevertheless, the government opened up Pandora's Box with the bailout mentality. We are going to see every organization with representation (i.e. lobbyists) knocking at the government's door. Wasn't this something that Obama and McCain campaigned to put a stop to: the power of the lobbyists? Well, with such a bad precedent set, we are going to see more of the same. And, once again, the American people are screwed in the process.

It is time to put a stop to this stupidity.

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