Stimulus Part 2.

One of the most practical lessons I learned as a child was that every action has some type of reaction or consequence that accompanies it. So every decision a person makes will result in some type of consequence. For instance, if you put your hand on a hot stove you will burn yourself no matter if it is a low flame or a high. The severity of the burn will depend on how long your hand is on the stove along with how high the burner is. Well, apparently Liberals and their leadership never learned this kind of a lesson when they were attending leadership 101.
Let’s apply this logic to the idea that investing in infrastructure will create millions of shovel ready jobs once again. In the last stimulus package President Obama claimed that a large portion of the money would be devoted to improving the nation’s infrastructure. According to the President these projects would create a surplus of jobs in construction and other areas involved in such a task, but this never happened. What did happen was tax payer money got wasted, and the only shoveling was done by the President himself on what he sold to the American people.
Now Liberals are trying to claim that this time around it will really result in the creation of jobs. That this time around it will create a boost that the economy badly need. They insist that improving highways, building new schools, constructing new bridges, and improving other areas will finally do the trick. The problem is that the government is supposed to be doing this already. State taxes and federal taxes are already allocated to take care of all of these problems. What happened to the money already squeezed out of tax payers that were suppose to improve little Sally’s school? I thought that the last stimulus would have taken care of any pot holes along highway 1.
The truth is that the money that was intended to help to fix all of these problems got spent creating others. It got used to serve other purposes like keeping certain lobbyist happy. Does Solyndra sound familiar to anyone? Could infrastructure possibly create jobs, maybe? The problem is that we don’t have money that can just be spent guessing. If states weren’t so overwhelmed with federal red tape more highways and roads would get fixed. If the NEA actually did their job, then money could be spent to improve schools. President Obama needs to realize that no matter how many times he tries to pass another massive piece of legislation saying that it will create numerous jobs throughout infrastructure is about as valid as saying that putting your hand back on the stove won’t hurt as much this time because your burned yourself once before. Conservatives need to continue to put pot holes whenever Liberals decide to use this sort of political argument to further bankrupt our nation. You can read more about what Harry Red says an Obama stimulus part two would do here http://nationaljournal.com/congress/democrats-next-jobs-message-traffic-potholes-20111021

Do Not Pass Go!

Hello everyone, the stories from all over the world in the last week have been captivating especially those surfacing from Japan several days removed from the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The damage sustained by two nuclear power plants in the area has proven deadly. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has deployed troops into Bahrain to help that monarchy suppress any protest that could get out of hand. Also, in North Africa Allied forces after the ratification of several UN Resolutions are now helping rebel forces take out Gaddafi’s army of thugs. Despite this excess of events happening throughout the world, it’s necessary to address a crucial domestic issue. This issue is the budget crisis. America is known for its generous heart we are willing to help anyone who encounters a crisis like the one that the Japanese are facing right now, but if immediate drastic measures aren’t taken by the time that the budget crisis gets resolve we are going to be the ones needing assistance from others.
Often intense negotiation sessions are compared to a match of chess. The style of negotiations so far used by Congress regarding the national debt along with the current budget crisis resembles a game of monopoly more than a chess match. Congress already has implemented six temporary continuing resolutions in an attempt to resolve the current federal government’s budget crisis this year. Democrats claim that this matter should be resolved without resorting to more continuing resolutions, but are only willing to reduce the current budget by 6 billion dollars. They aren’t willing to reduce funding for entitlement programs that are responsible for a large portion of the current deficit. They aren’t willing to reduce federal funds for pork barrel or environmental projects either. Some Democratic leaders have proposed a cut in funds appropriated to the defense department and the Pentagon though. According to this logic it’s more important to name a train station after Vice President Biden than it is to help keep America safe.
Let’s expand upon the monopoly analogy though. Liberals are those monopoly players that every time they land on chance, or community chest, or when they pass go they decide to spend every single dollar they get their hands on. They choose to invest in properties that won’t net them much money. They are the players that are broke most of the time so they are hoping to land on free parking before landing on Boardwalk or Park Place. In other words, Liberals aren’t willing to approve a budget resolution that makes legitimate cost cutting measures as well as the cuts they are willing to sacrifice don’t make much of a difference. They seem satisfied with maintaining a budget that has already resulted in catastrophic financial consequences. This attitude has proven disastrous for the American economy through the various financially reckless measures proposed by the Obama administration in the last 2 years.
Republicans have attempted to approach the budget crisis aggressively this time. They have proposed several resolutions that could cut as much as $61 billion from the existing budget. This would make a small dent that could help make federal spending no longer an issue as opposed to a large part of the problem. The problem among GOP leaders exists in the willingness of some to commit themselves to resolutions that aren’t fiscally responsible. This often occurs when certain members of Congress like Senator Olympia Snow choose to vote for anything that might get them more attention as opposed to voting for what’s best for the country. Other more Conservative representatives such as Paul Ryan of Wisconsin are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that America has a bright future by diminishing the size of the federal government.
The Snow like representatives are the monopoly players that will from time to time make some reasonable moves with the properties they acquire, but for the most part they will go along with whatever the other players tell them to do. They trust that the dice will roll favorably for them. In the other hand, legitimate Conservative members of Congress are the type of monopoly players that will only invest in properties that are going to pay immediate dividend as well as in the future. They are willing to sell off those properties that they can’t afford, and then they will make sure that any money they get from places like free parking is saved in order to help eliminate any existing debt.
The United States federal government has grown exorbitantly for way too long. Congress needs to address the budget crisis with a resolution that will shrink the federal government, and that will finally allow the free market to resuscitate the economy as opposed to putting it on life support with more government controlled programs. Conservative leaders of both chambers need to ensure that legitimate changes are made: otherwise, the future won’t be any different than the present. In fact, if the bullying tactics of Harry Reed and Chuck Schumer succeed Americans in the future won’t be able to pass go to collect our retirement checks, instead it will be a bill to keep paying China more money each year.
James.