I watched incredulously as Obama spoke to the state governors today. The guy still does not get it! Well, actually he does, but he's not letting on. To him it's all about gaining federal power and limiting the power of the people.
He said we need to "invest" hundreds of billions for improving infrastructure. While that is true the point he is missing is that you do not do that when you are broke - you do it during the flush years. You just don't add a sunroom to your home when you are unemployed and dee3p in debt. You add it when you are flush.
He said that we need to "invest" in new technologies and ideas and "if you come up with the ideas we'll show you the money.". Yes, it is true we need to push new ideas, but the point he is missing is that the money is not supposed to come from government (taxpayers). It is supposed to come from the businesses developing those ideas - the free market, the companies that will profit from those innovations. When the government funds such things, the consumer ends up paying twice - first, we pay all the development and marketing costs, and then we pay again when we buy those products. Do you REALLY want to pay to develop the next iPad, and still have to pay $500 to buy one?
He said we need to invest in education. Two missed points here --- 1) the schools that have the highest SAT scores and graduation rates are schools that have the least money, and 2) it is not the job of the federal government to pay for education costs. That is the responsibility of the states. Stop taking the states' money just so you can use it to browbeat them into doing things your way. Let the states keep their money and use it in the way that best benefits their state.
The president said that "public employees (i.e. public unions) should not be villified, that they are entitled to earn the same as professionals in the private sector." But according to the statistics from both the Department of Labor and the IRS, public employees earn an average of 18-54% MORE compensation than similar people in the private sector, when both salary and benefits are included. And they are NOT entitled to that.
Obama did not sound like a president - he sounded like a monarch. Almost every comment he made came out, "you do the heavy lifting, we'll take your money then give it back to you only if you do things my way."
"We'll provide (your own tax) money for education but in return for getting your own money back we will make the rules and regulations."
The president and the Democrats in Congress need to be reminded that THEY serve US, not vice versa. Any powers not specifically granted to the federal government (there are only 8) are reserved for the states and the people respectively.
And if our leaders do not want to return the power they stole from the states and the people, then we, the people need to force them out and take the power back.
/
No comments:
Post a Comment