I know that everybody has an opinion about how to solve the financial crisis. Here is my view how to create a financial crisis and keep it going.
Push through new laws that nationalize 16% of the GDP.
The health care industry is about 16% of the GDP, and “Obamacare”, in effect, nationalizes medicine. Can you point out to me ANY government agency that has ever lowered the cost of what they control? This legislation has created huge uncertainty in the private sector about their cost of healthcare, and companies are unwilling to spend money until they have some idea what these costs actually are.
Create a climate where energy prices keep increasing.
Restricting domestic drilling in these times has caused all fuel to go up, which causes almost every other product to go up. New environmental laws are making ALL energy to go up. Cheap energy is necessary to economic growth, yet leaders are making it more expensive. Spending money on alternative energy is good in the long run, but we are in trouble TODAY.
Keep telling everyone that all the problems are somebody else’s fault, pointing the finger, and playing politics while doing nothing to actually solve the problem.
The rest of the world has made it clear that partisan politics has ruined confidence in our nation. Lowering our country’s credit rating is the world slapping us in the face and trying to get our attention. All the while, we are continuing to do the same things that got us into this position in the first place, trying to pretend that this situation is not really a crisis, and trying to place the blame on others.
Keep selling us on ‘Hope and Change’
Being charming is one thing, but still trying to sell us this tired old slogan is just making people angry. There is damn little hope in this country right now, and all the change I have seen seems to not be for the better. I think it is time our president grew a pair and tried to lead us out of this crisis instead of continuing his campaign for reelection. Mr. President, our country needs you more than your party needs you. Will you please stand up?
Make Government bigger.
I think that sums things up nicely. The uncontrolled growth of government is weakening the bedrock ideals on which this nation is based. Free enterprise and government control of enterprise are conflicting interests.
It is time for us to create a common goal; let’s solve our problems! Quit digging this country onto a deeper hole. Maybe is time to slap some of those congresscritters and make them realize that they DO have the power to get this once great nation back on its feet.
A leader pulls his people together for a common goal. If he cannot do that, then we need another leader. Maybe we need to look a bit more closely and decide we need a LOT of new leaders.
I don’t like talking about politics very much, but watching the things that have happened under the current administration has convinced me that this country is on the edge of collapse. Pointing the finger is not doing anything to fix things. It is time to make some tough decisions and get things rolling again. Let’s make the first step by not doing the stupidest things you could do.
Now back to out regularly scheduled snarking…….
