Showing posts with label Victor Hanson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victor Hanson. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2011

Obama 101

In the last three years, the president has taught us a great deal about America, the world, and himself.

Before Obama, many Americans still believed in massive deficit spending, whether as an article of fairness, a means to economic growth, or just a lazy fallback position to justify an out-of-control federal government. But after the failure of a nearly $800 billion “stimulus” program — intended to keep unemployment under 8 percent — no one believes any more that an already indebted government will foster economic growth by taking on another $4 trillion in debt. In other words, “stimulus” is mostly a dead concept. The president — much as he advised a barnstorming President Bush in 2005 to cease pushing Social Security reform on a reluctant population — should give it up and junk the new $500 billion program euphemistically designated as a “jobs bill.”

The US government is already borrowing every three days what all of America spent on Black Friday.

Obama has also taught us that prominent government intervention into the private sector often makes things worse, .... (continued at Victor Hanson dot com)

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson120111.html

Thoughtsjustoffcenter comments: A well written article. However, if you don't read or speak journaleeze you may have a hard time reading between the lines.

America - What have "WE" become?

Pull up your "bootstraps" and stand up for your GOD, yourself, your family, and your country.