Posted by
The INFORMER (Cokie907@yahoo.com) on Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:31:04 PM
I know it's the weekend and everyone is busy, busy busy! Busy doing everything except keeping an eye on liberty, freedom and the growth/size of our federal government. Keep in mind that government represents 1 out of every 3 to 4 jobs in our economy these days and that will grow if President Obama has his way. In fact it will grow REGARDLESS of Obama's actions and do you know why? Well, as this economic malaise deepens who will lose their jobs? Will it be people in our massive government bureaucracy who are protected from such economic downturns? OF COURSE NOT! It will be people in the private sector at places like Wal-Mart, Circuit City, KB Toys, Starbucks, etc. So as unemployment increases in the private sector, the ratio of government to private sector jobs will change from say 30 percent to perhaps 35 percent but it could get even higher......uh oh!
What could make the percentage of jobs in America being government jobs even higher? Why, it would be the Obama "stimulus package" of course! This exercise in "socialism gone wild" was tried before in American history. It was called the "New Deal" and kept America in a depression throughout the 1930's. In fact, without the benefit of World War II, the country would have been in the misery of FDR's mistakes for many more years. Will we need a World War III to get us out of this Obama-engineered disaster? Let's hope not! I would rather see America just reject "New Deal 2: The socialistic exercise in destroying American capitalism" and allow our country to come out of this funk on its own. Will it take time? Hell yeah, it will take time but not as much time as it will take using government gone wild and there's another thing to consider that I'll bet you never thought of....
Have you ever heard the saying "The remedy ended up being worse than the disease"? If you haven't, the meaning is self-explanatory I would hope. :-) As I stated earlier, FDR ( AKA the Father of modern day socialism) remedied our sick economy in the 1930's with the same kind of "economic stimulus" that the Obama administration is offering. He created government agencies like Fannie Mae which grew into MASSIVE GOVERNMENT JUGGERNAUTS and ended up imploding upon themselves to bring down our economy. As we look back to 1938 when Fannie Mae was created, we think to ourselves, the FDR remedy was surely worse than the disease. (sob sob sob..)
Let us be students of history and be wiser than those Americans who have gone before us. We know that socialism will never solve our country's economic woes because SOCIALISM IS THE CAUSE OF OUR COUNTRY'S WOES!!! How can the cause of a problem be its cure? Will someone please expain that to me before I go insane and go running around the Rayburn Office Building wearing no clothes!
Please folks, oppose this stimulus package with every fibre of your being. I was just down at the local barbershop and a fine southern gentleman almost made me jump up out of the barber's chair (at risk of serious injury, mind you) when he stated that the Obama stimulus was a good idea and badly needed to avoid another Great Depression. Sorry folks, I just couldn't resist turning into THE INFORMER right there as my "mop" was being reduced to something manageable! I put on my instructor's hat (not literally) and proceeded to embarrass this gentleman by asking him what caused the Great Depression. He admitted he didn't know the answer so I asked him what got us out of the Great Depression. He didn't know that either. I went into a lengthy discourse for about the next 10 minutes that left everyone in the barbershop speechless including the barber!
The cause of the Great Depression was poor monetary policy on the part of the federal government in response to the stock market crash of 1929. Money supply was kept too tight and the resulting bank failures set off a wave of panic that caused "runs on banks" (where everyone lined up to get their money while fighting each other) and that caused many more failures. Then, resulting government actions to put people back to work through SOCIALISM only caused a recession to turn into a depression. In other words, our beloved federal government CAUSED THE CALAMITY and then made it worse than the original situation by using bad policies which prolonged the pain for America. World War II ended up being the solution America desperately needed and this older gentleman looked at the floor speechless, a tacit admission that HE KNEW I WAS RIGHT!
Let us not need another World War to get us out of this crisis if government makes another fine mess of it. Call your elected leaders in Washington, D.C. and tell all your neighbors, friends, relatives and co-workers. This Obama stimulus package must be defeated as it takes us in a direction that history teaches us is the wrong one. God help this country if it passes and we print up a trillion dollars of funny money that will devalue every remaining dollar you have in you bank account. Gold prices will soar through the stratosphere as you witness inflation that will rival the Weimar Republic! Get your wheelbarrows ready, you'll need 'em to carry around all that cash.... :-(