President Obama has brought change to this country all right; but it wasn't the type of change I voted for. This is one voter who was not hoodwincked by the mystique that is Obama. I voted for John McCain and I am proud of that vote. Many people say they voted for hope and change. However, is what we are getting right now the hope and change they voted for? Only they can answer that question but I would venture to say that the answer is probably no in the eyes of some of them.
Let's go through the changes that we have seen and decide if they are hope and change or fear, desperation and demogogery.
First we have the bailout of the auto industry which is turning out to be more trouble, not to mention a mes, than was first envision before the One Big Almighty Mistake America (OBAMA took office. We now have government ownership of two automobile companies. Is this what America voted for? I certainly didn't. Does anyone think that this will succeed? I don't because the government and the union each don't know how to run anything. That not withstanding, we the taxpayers own 70% of GM which I will now call Government Motors as the name fits. The One Big Almighty Mistake America has seen fit to ride roughshod over the bankruptcy laws; and fortunately, the GM bond holers were not fooled. They saw what happened to Chrysler and did not want to play the game. For this reason General Motors is almost certainly headed for bankruptcy and should have been allowed to fail. The One Big Almighty Mistake America rode roughshod over the bankruptcy laws in the Chrysler bailout and they will do it again if they can get away with it. What makes anyone think that the government won't meddle in the business of these companies such as firing executives, mandating what materials are used and more. There is nothing stopping them andyou know they will do it. Hell,they have already fired Rick Wagner, former CEO at General Motors. This whole mes falls in the fear, desperation and demogery category.
The next change not to be voted for was the huge budget deficits brought on by such proposals as porkulus, spendulus which is better known as the Economic Stimulus bill which only serves to stimulate the spending of taxpayer dollars and not much more. With this money comes mandates and the heavy hand of the Washington liberals. The administration is telling states how to spend the money or threatening them with the loss of that money if they do things that the left does not like. California is a case in point. They were forced to rescind a pay cut to home health care workers or risk losing their stimulus money. I thinkyou know what happened there. Again,, this falls in the category of fear, desperation and demogogery; not to mention intimidation and control, with this administration being one big control freak.
Another change that the One Big Almighty Mistake America wants is national health care which is code for rationed health care. One of the ways that is proposed to pay for this mistake is through a tax on employer health benefits with the claim being made that this will even the playing field as these plans are not currently taxed. If you believe that one, I have ocean front property in Minesota to sell you. Once again, we are talking about fear, desperation and demegogery, not to mention intimidation and control as they want to control what you eat through taxes. The disability community better be real careful here because rationed health care has huge dire implications for our community. Once again, not much good comes from the Democrats to our community; but this is a subject for another day.
Then there's cap and trade which the One Big Almighty Mistake America has already admitted will necessarily jack up your electricity rates. How does he intend to pay for this? My answer is he intends to bankrupt the country to pay for all of the unwanted change.
This unwanted change comprises three cars on the train wreck that is the Obama administration. The other car on this train is the ill-thought-out credit card legislation which I spoke of earlier today. Maybe the massive deficit that this out-of-control administration will run up should be the fifh car on this train wreck that is moving much too fast for my liking.
It is bitterly ironic that some in the foreign pres are asking if we know what we are doing, especially considering how liberal those countries are. is this administration going further than some of these countries? Who knows but that's a scary thought that I don't think American voters bargained for. I haven't even mentioned the weak foreign policy and the dangers posed by both North Korea and Iran. Can we add three more cars to the train wreck? I sure can and just did.
Will 2010 be too late? I fear ever more that it could be. Remember the scale of 0-100 for hope and change, with 100 being all hope and change and 0 being scared to death. The last time I mentioned this scale, I was at about a 10 from a 60. Well I aminching ever closer to that 0 mark, placing myself at about a 2 right now. What a real scary thought. Can it get any worse? I think it can and we won't recognize this great country either by the time it's over if we even survive.
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