Disapproval and Disagreeing with President Obama‏

Yesterday I was making my twice monthly check of my Facebook page, when I came across something that just made blood shoot out of my eyes. There is currently a poll on Facebook asking if you approve of the job President Obama is doing. You can then of course post your result to your page. A good friend of mine had stated he “disapproved” of the job the President is doing. Another person of his acquaintance left a comment stating something to the effect of, “don’t fall in with the racist folks in the Country.” Even if they were only giving him a hard time, it reveals a common attitude amongst several people out there. If you are one of the 58,343,671 people who did not vote for him or the growing numbers of people that disagree with President Obama or his policies, they automatically brand you as a racist. For the combination of elitist and just ill informed, it eliminates the need for them in their eyes to have a logical and factual conversation about the direction the country is being steered in.

In the spirit of backing up my statements with reasons why, here are just a few of the President’s policies and initiatives I disagree with. I will write more in depth on each of these in the coming days. Oh yeah, don’t forget to brand me as a racist because I “STRONGLY DISAPPROVE” of the President.

Stimulus 2

People may be thinking, what second stimulus? Don’t fret, he hasn’t brought that one yet. The first stimulus would be the one put out there by President Bush in January 2008. The beauty of a free market system is that it corrects itself. Government intervention in every aspect of life is not the answer. One of the greatest lies perpetuated by many history books is that the New Deal actually improved the economy. It did not. It in fact made the economy worse. It is the reason why we had a “Great Depression” and the rest of the world just had a “Depression.” Even FDR’s treasury secretary (who was one of the New Deal’s chief architects) testified before congress at a later date stating it had not boosted the economy and had in fact made matters worse. The thing that pulled us out was World War II. President Obama stated in his push for the stimulus that if it passed unemployment would stay below 8% and if we did not unemployment would “skyrocket” to 9 percent by 2010. The unemployment rate is currently 9.5%.

Cap and Trade (Cap and Tax)

This measure just passed the House of Representatives by a slim margin of 7 votes. This means that even a large number of democrats are against it. Cap and Trade is the single largest tax increase in American history. They claim it will combat “global warming” and we can feel all good and fuzzy because we saved the planet. This measure will raise just the energy cost for a family of 4 by $3,000 per year. The Congressional Budget Office put out a much rosier number but admitted in their report that they did not account for all the variables. I prefer to go with the first number that came with a COMPLETE report. This does not include the fact that the cost of EVERYTHING will increase. We use energy to make everything, farm everything, and transport everything. The truth about Cap and Trade is that it is a giant corporate welfare program. There is also that other pesky issue, man made global warming does not exist. The average mean global temperature has been steadily DROPPING for at least the last 7 years. I can and will do a more extensive look at Cap and Trade along with the junk science of global warming in the coming days. It’s ok, you can all equate me to being a holocaust denier now.

Immigration

Oh boy, where to begin on this one. We have a right and an obligation as a nation to protect and secure our borders. People like to throw the race card into this argument as well. I spent a good portion of time in my previous job helping our managers and directors through the immigration process. I know that it can be quite cumbersome. However, we have some of the friendliest immigration laws in the world, especially compared with our neighbors to the south. I believe we need to enforce the laws we have on the books. I believe that breaking the law is breaking the law and you are responsible for the consequences. The very first thing we need to do is secure our border with a big giant fence. We need more border patrol agents to patrol the borders and man state of the art entry points. After these items are taken care of and we are enforcing our current laws, then we can discuss how to further reform the system to allow for an orderly and legal flow of labor across the border. Concentrating on security and enforcement first will also allow us to cut down on other issues such as terrorism, drug smuggling, and human trafficking.

Health Care

Why would you want your doctor’s office to resemble a visit to the DMV? Seriously! There are some reforms that can be made in our system. Some of these will bring down cost. However, the government actually running healthcare is not the option. I know that there are 43 million people in this country without health insurance. There are also 250 million plus people who do have health insurance and more than 80% are satisfied with the coverage they have. Of the 43 million that do not have insurance, 1/3 of them make more than $50,000 per year, 1/3 of them are eligible for Medicaid but haven’t figured out how to apply for it, and 20% are here illegally. That leaves a very small percentage in the other category. These would be such people as the younger generation who feel they don’t need insurance because they are healthy. There are several reforms that can be made, such as allowing people to purchase their own plans across state lines, modernizing the records system, putting caps on malpractice suits, and clamping down on fraud.

These are just some of the major policy issues in the forefront right now. I believe the President and his allies are attempting to craft a major change in how America looks. For them it comes down to power and the belief that the Federal Government should control EVERYTHING and every aspect of our lives for the “Greater Good.” That is not what this country was founded on. On that note, I leave you with a couple quotes from our founding fathers.

Thomas Jefferson

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.”

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”

“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”

Benjamin Franklin

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”

“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.”

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”