American Patriot
Mayor
With the presidential election campaigns in high gear and when the focus should be on our economy many are being swayed by the Democrats promises of more free stuff, more entitlements. Obama has stated clearly that he is in favor of redistribution of wealth, this is socialism pure and simple. What he is really saying is that if you work hard, become successful and make a lot of money, he will take part of that money and give it those who do not work so hard if at all. The problem with this is that there are not enough successful wealthy business people to support the ever increasing numbers of those who now believe the government should provide their every need, food, housing, cell phones, spending money, health care, child care, medicine, transportation, and just about everything in between. You can see the problem with this strategy, someone has to pay for all of this free stuff. Right now the U.S. government borrows nearly four billion dollars a day to sustain itself. But let us look at what is really happening. We now have a sixteen plus trillion dollar national debt, Obama has spent five trillion dollars in just under four years. Unemployment remains at around eight point three percent, an estimated twenty six million Americans are out of work or under employed, one in six Americans now lives below the poverty level, two in six Americans receive some form of government assistance, there is now an estimated sixty three million Americans on food stamps. On top of all of this is the failed economic policies of the Obama administration. Friends, we are headed for economic disaster. Obama seems like a nice enough person, a good family man, he is intelligent and a quick thinker but it is clear he is leading our nation down a path of economic doom. I have listened to Mr. Obama ask for more time, claiming his policies are working, it should be obvious to anyone that these policies not only are not working but are actually hurting our economy. I do not believe more time is needed, what is needed are different policies, a real budget, spending cuts, and yes, inevitably fewer entitlements. This agenda will not be popular with the millions who believe that the government should provide their every need, that free stuff. Turns out that this free stuff is not free at all, someone has to pay for it. Our nation is on the edge of the economic cliff, fiscal restraint is what must be instituted now. It is impossible to spend your way into prosperity. The Obama philosophy is clear, the more folks he can make dependent on the government the more votes he is guaranteed. The short fall in this is that we are out of money, we are now borrowing forty two cents of every dollar our government spends. Yet the spending goes on, with the Fed printing money out of thin air. Ask yourself this very basic question, if you ran your personal fiances by borrowing forty two percent of what you spent, how long would it take for you to realize you were bankrupt? Not to very long I would guess. We are now faced with a crucial and critical choice come November sixth. It should be evident to anyone that staying the course is not an option, it has not and will not work. Our nation is facing grave consequences if we do not do something to fix our economy right now, we are out of time, we are out of money and few solutions remain. Truth is that we cannot any longer afford all of this free stuff.
