So this lovely little Trojan Horse Obama's pushing on the American people is now up to a whopping $887 billion dollars and it's still being voted on in the House of Representatives. It's supposed to climb even more, because well, there wasn't enough fat in the bill when Obama delivered it to the House, so they had to add their pork and then the Senate will add their pork, damn pigs, and deliver an addition $1 trillion dollars in debt to the American people.
And I found some other items being funded by this stimulus package. Remember ACORN? The amoral, unethical organization which is being investigated in numerous states for voter fraud, being accused of extortion and more? Yeah, $4.19 billion of the $887 is going to ACORN. I'm enraged and stunned. $650 million to digital television conversions. $400 million to global warming research. Has anyone taken a look outside? Has anyone looked to history and realized that climate is a cyclical thing which is following the same cycle it has for millennia? Are we living in the Twilight Zone? Is someone going to yell PSYCH! We're just kidding. We know this won't stimulate anything but more criminal activity.
When will the insanity stop. Let's stop and consider this for a moment. When you are dealing with your own budget, have you found spending yourself into oblivion being successful? Ever? Of course not. Economics is economics and 2 plus 2 will ALWAYS equal 4. So I'm not sure what it says about American politicians that they've lost understanding of this very simple math. So simple even I can figure it out, which is saying something. I hate math! And even I know that the governments answer to the current economic crisis is doomed to failure. Increasing the growth of the federal government in every aspect of our lives and hasten the dwindling Constitutional rights of the American people.
So I came up with my own stimulus package. I mean shoot, a 5-year-old could do a better job then the politicians are. I'm 45, so mine just has to be better:
Point One: Pull back aid from every country in the world. We can't even pay our own debts, we have no more money to give out. Time to all due all the loans we have administered to countries around the world. I mean, hey, they supposedly all hate us now anyway. No sense in paying them to hate us.
Point Two: Shut down the useless government agencies who do nothing but bring harm to the American people. As an example, some programs I would shut down are the EPA, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture (leave the farmers alone to grow their product and sell it to their fellow citizens. The government got involved and our farmers have been in trouble ever since), The Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Point Three: Revamp Welfare to pattern itself after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' welfare program. If you can't do that, junk the thing. Make people go back to work.
Point Four: Distribute the $887 billion as follows:
$100 billion to support the development of America's resources and end our dependence on foreign oil. Remove the obstacles to development of shale oil, oil, coal, wind, electric and other current and future sources of energy. This would produced millions of jobs.
$200 billion to the U.S. Military so that they be adequately armed and protected, development of technology and weapons, etc.
$300 billion to establish a single department which will purchase mortgages with exorbitant rates and allow hard-working Americans, not illegals but Americans, to have their mortgage payments reduced to a reasonable amount with the interest remaining low and a portion of interest and late fees paying into Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
$287 billion made available in low interest loans to small business owners and corporations, who show exactly what will be done with the money and follow suit, to increase their businesses.
That's it! Nothing else. No pork. No pet projects. No baseball diamonds, gardens, lawns or anything else. If the states want these things, then they must work their budgets accordingly and handle it. Even if it means the governor is out mowing the lawn!
So that's it. That's what I would do with the $887 billion. And when the Senate adds $113 billion to the tab, I'd throw that at energy development. The funds that quit pouring out of the country, the increase of profits from energy and the payment of outstanding loans will be used to hammer away at the debt. NAFTA will be stopped cold. It's harming the U.S. economy more than it is helping. Holy cow, turn me loose on Washington to knock some heads together and get some things done. Better yet, let's impeach Obama and his Veep and put Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin in charge. America will be whipped into shape in no time at all and reason will reign once again.
And I found some other items being funded by this stimulus package. Remember ACORN? The amoral, unethical organization which is being investigated in numerous states for voter fraud, being accused of extortion and more? Yeah, $4.19 billion of the $887 is going to ACORN. I'm enraged and stunned. $650 million to digital television conversions. $400 million to global warming research. Has anyone taken a look outside? Has anyone looked to history and realized that climate is a cyclical thing which is following the same cycle it has for millennia? Are we living in the Twilight Zone? Is someone going to yell PSYCH! We're just kidding. We know this won't stimulate anything but more criminal activity.
When will the insanity stop. Let's stop and consider this for a moment. When you are dealing with your own budget, have you found spending yourself into oblivion being successful? Ever? Of course not. Economics is economics and 2 plus 2 will ALWAYS equal 4. So I'm not sure what it says about American politicians that they've lost understanding of this very simple math. So simple even I can figure it out, which is saying something. I hate math! And even I know that the governments answer to the current economic crisis is doomed to failure. Increasing the growth of the federal government in every aspect of our lives and hasten the dwindling Constitutional rights of the American people.
So I came up with my own stimulus package. I mean shoot, a 5-year-old could do a better job then the politicians are. I'm 45, so mine just has to be better:
Point One: Pull back aid from every country in the world. We can't even pay our own debts, we have no more money to give out. Time to all due all the loans we have administered to countries around the world. I mean, hey, they supposedly all hate us now anyway. No sense in paying them to hate us.
Point Two: Shut down the useless government agencies who do nothing but bring harm to the American people. As an example, some programs I would shut down are the EPA, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture (leave the farmers alone to grow their product and sell it to their fellow citizens. The government got involved and our farmers have been in trouble ever since), The Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Point Three: Revamp Welfare to pattern itself after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' welfare program. If you can't do that, junk the thing. Make people go back to work.
Point Four: Distribute the $887 billion as follows:
$100 billion to support the development of America's resources and end our dependence on foreign oil. Remove the obstacles to development of shale oil, oil, coal, wind, electric and other current and future sources of energy. This would produced millions of jobs.
$200 billion to the U.S. Military so that they be adequately armed and protected, development of technology and weapons, etc.
$300 billion to establish a single department which will purchase mortgages with exorbitant rates and allow hard-working Americans, not illegals but Americans, to have their mortgage payments reduced to a reasonable amount with the interest remaining low and a portion of interest and late fees paying into Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
$287 billion made available in low interest loans to small business owners and corporations, who show exactly what will be done with the money and follow suit, to increase their businesses.
That's it! Nothing else. No pork. No pet projects. No baseball diamonds, gardens, lawns or anything else. If the states want these things, then they must work their budgets accordingly and handle it. Even if it means the governor is out mowing the lawn!
So that's it. That's what I would do with the $887 billion. And when the Senate adds $113 billion to the tab, I'd throw that at energy development. The funds that quit pouring out of the country, the increase of profits from energy and the payment of outstanding loans will be used to hammer away at the debt. NAFTA will be stopped cold. It's harming the U.S. economy more than it is helping. Holy cow, turn me loose on Washington to knock some heads together and get some things done. Better yet, let's impeach Obama and his Veep and put Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin in charge. America will be whipped into shape in no time at all and reason will reign once again.
Obama's Stimulus Package vs. My Stimulus Package
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EXCELLENT ideas. Sounds like we have some real non-thinkers in charge at the moment. Reminds me that I saw a great bumper-sticker today: "Liberals - People so open-minded their brains have fallen out." I laughed out loud.
ReplyDeleteWow Candace...you're hired. Love your plan...send some to this small business owner.
ReplyDeleteI am LOL at lachish's comment about liberals. VERY funny!
ReplyDeleteI love your plan Candace and stand right there with you saying WTH? I'm stunned. I'm flabbergasted.
I'm disgusted.
Your views never cease to amaze me. Whenever I read your blog it is as if you tapped in to my thoughts and wrote a great post about them. It is so refreshing to know I am not alone in my distrust of Obama. I can't shake the feeling that he is very scary. Thank you for sharing your (our) views so well!
ReplyDeleteI like your ideas. I like what the GOP had put forth too, which includes immediate suspension of capital gains tax and major tax reductions across the board. Adding 6.3 instead of Obama's 4 million jobs at half the cost I might add. Of course Obama only feigned interest in being bipartisan and has no intention of doing anything that doesn't involve his "great plan" to spend us into oblivion. There are lost of good ideas out there but no one seems to be taking anyone else seriously!
ReplyDeleteHi! I just found your blog. It's awesome!! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteCandace I love ya,
ReplyDeletecan I point out that under Bill Clinton we had a balanced budget for the first time in several years? Also I would like to know how Obamination's plan to give money to the people is any different than both of George W's two stimulus checks. I agree our government needs to learn to stay within it's meens. but Its hard to keep spending down when you have a desire to invade Iraq.
Good luck and keep plugging. you are doing a good work.
Hi Candace,
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I squeezed out enough time to read your blog. And Holy Cow!! You are really up there on your soapbox! You are definitely a woman with a backbone! And good for you! I think perhaps you are onto something, but as a Canadian, I am just a bystander with an opinion. (Perhaps that is a good thing for me.)
To be honest, (and that might be met with resistance on your blog) I like Obama. I worry, however, that he received a lot of campaign advertising money from unnamed sources and that smacks with the sad sound of corruption. I do like the fact that he’s taking a stand on things, but I don’t support all the things he is standing for.
As for oil, I know that Canada is supplying the US with a lot of oil and that it is sold for less in the US than it is in Canada. The price disparity has been in place for decades and no Canadian I know has ever figured out why.
I do agree that the haves of the world have an obligation to help the have-nots, but one demonstrates great stupidity when running faster than they are able to. I think the US might be tripping badly right now.
As for the root of the real problem in the US (and it’s certainly not limited to your country), I believe that it is greed. It seems like many people feel that everyone else should sacrifice for others, but their own needs and wants are somehow exempt. The concept is beautifully captured in the irony of an environmentalist using a laptop computer to get their message out. This hypocritical attitude is not at all new. In fact, I find it trying to rear its ugly head, from time to time, in my own mind. While it is not right to be purposefully hypocritical, I can certainly see how easy it would be to make the leap. (Or is it simply a tiny step?) I believe that the answer lies in teaching people correct principles and allowing them to govern themselves, but we, as humans, seem to regularly demonstrate that we require laws and policing of those laws before we all will act responsibly. About all I can really do is seriously attempt to get Davis Bigelow to tow the line and hope everyone else does the same. Of course, a rationalized attempt at towing the line would just end in trouble. My effort has to be real, not rationalized. Maybe I can change the world by displaying a good example, because nothing else seems to be working. I’m just not sure how else to rid the world of greed and corruption. A famous song once said, “Let there be peace on earth and let is begin with me.” Anyone want to join me in a concert?
The big difference between Bush's plans and Obama's is simply this: with Bush's plan money actually went to the American people. It was a tax rebate. With Obama, of the $870 billion dollars, only 3%, I believe, is going to tax rebates. Nothing to mortgages. Nothing to small business. Nothing to actually help the economy. The rest is all going to special programs which do nothing but weigh the economy down. That's the big huge difference. His plan will not stimulate anything, at all.
ReplyDeleteDavis,
ReplyDeleteMy biggest problem with Obama is his communist philosophies and the fact he didn't wait at all before beginning to implement that. And yes, greed is the main problem. Everywhere. Not just in America, as you pointed out. But remember, I am not the only American who believes in fiscal responsibility. Our voices have simply been drowned out by the "gimme, gimme, gimme crowd." They are very loud.
Oh yeah, I have huge issues with Obama on his abortion stances too. He's a monster, without question.
Thanks to all of you for dropping by and expressing your opinions.
Oh yes! I forgot about Obama's stand on abortion. I don't support abortion except in the most extreme circumstances, and then sometimes I don't think abortion is a reasonable option then either. I am a staunch believer in the notion that if you don't want the opposite end of a stick, you shouldn't pick up the end closest to you. Unfortunately, I’ve had to learn this concept the hard way, but my own experience doesn’t make the notion any less valid. There is, and always will be, one sure way to prevent unwanted pregnancy – and most of the time, we have the right to choose it or not. I am definitely, and simultaneously, pro-choice and pro-life. Cool huh?
ReplyDeleteI'm not good with politics, and I never seem to really understand what is going on behind the scenes, but I appreciate and admire your determination to stand up for what you believe. I was quite discouraged after the election, but everyone keeps reminding me to be optimistic. When I think of trusting in God to bless those who humble themselves and get their act together, I am optimistic, but when I think of trusting in man (like Obama), it's hard to think positively.
ReplyDeleteeven though we can do little or nothing to change the president's stimulus plan, i do think some of your ideas are great. i like your point #2! haha. and you know what's funny? i'm pro-obama and i agree with you. ;)
ReplyDeleteLet's go over your plan.
ReplyDelete"Point One: Pull back aid from every country in the world. We can't even pay our own debts, we have no more money to give out. Time to all due all the loans we have administered to countries around the world. I mean, hey, they supposedly all hate us now anyway. No sense in paying them to hate us."
Great point. I suppose this means pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan immediately, bravo! We need to end our trillion dollar a year empire.
"Point Two: Shut down the useless government agencies who do nothing but bring harm to the American people. As an example, some programs I would shut down are the EPA, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture (leave the farmers alone to grow their product and sell it to their fellow citizens. The government got involved and our farmers have been in trouble ever since), The Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development."
Great idea, but you left out a couple dozen or so more that should be eliminated.
"Point Three: Revamp Welfare to pattern itself after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' welfare program. If you can't do that, junk the thing. Make people go back to work."
"Junk the thing" is the only constitutional answer here.
"Point Four: Distribute the $887 billion as follows:"
Before you even get started, give the constitutional and economic arguments for distributing money to anyone.
"$100 billion to support the development of America's resources and end our dependence on foreign oil. Remove the obstacles to development of shale oil, oil, coal, wind, electric and other current and future sources of energy. This would produced millions of jobs."
Government investment is an oxymoron. Don't bother.
"$200 billion to the U.S. Military so that they be adequately armed and protected, development of technology and weapons, etc."
They will quite adequately provided for with current appropriations if we bring them home now.
"$300 billion to establish a single department which will purchase mortgages with exorbitant rates and allow hard-working Americans, not illegals but Americans, to have their mortgage payments reduced to a reasonable amount with the interest remaining low and a portion of interest and late fees paying into Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."
Define "exorbitant rates", "reasonable amount". Isn't government intrusion into the mortgage market the cause of the current bubble in the first place? Answer: yes.
"$287 billion made available in low interest loans to small business owners and corporations, who show exactly what will be done with the money and follow suit, to increase their businesses."
Let them get private capital; we don't need a bunch of new businesses that can only survive on a stream of easy credit.
"That's it! Nothing else. No pork. No pet projects. No baseball diamonds, gardens, lawns or anything else. If the states want these things, then they must work their budgets accordingly and handle it. Even if it means the governor is out mowing the lawn!"
Sorry your proposal is all pork.
"So that's it. That's what I would do with the $887 billion. And when the Senate adds $113 billion to the tab, I'd throw that at energy development. The funds that quit pouring out of the country, the increase of profits from energy and the payment of outstanding loans will be used to hammer away at the debt. NAFTA will be stopped cold. It's harming the U.S. economy more than it is helping. Holy cow, turn me loose on Washington to knock some heads together and get some things done. Better yet, let's impeach Obama and his Veep and put Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin in charge. America will be whipped into shape in no time at all and reason will reign once again."
Your populist rhetoric is thinly-reasoned. Again, by what economic and constitutional theory do you think $887 billion should be borrowed and spent?
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Wow. It's easy to say "Junk the thing" concerning welfare when you have a job and a house and food on the table. Quite a different thing if you can't find a job or your a single mom trying to raise children.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it was Christian to force people out of their homes and into the streets.
Do you really support single moms working two or three jobs a day and never seeing their children? What if she can't get that job? Are jobs that easy to come by? Can you support a family on minimum wage?
And by the way, single moms come in all forms. They aren't all never marrieds who have octuplets.
Not everyone has a husband to take care of them, or an expensive education.
I think it's important for all of us to remember that America is at a critical juncture and yes, something does need to be done. I think almost everyone is in agreement there. Where the disagreement comes is whether this situation should be used as a venue for furthering socialism, which is what the democrats are doing; or look to history, learn how 2+2 still makes four no matter how you twist it, look to actually helping America rather than hindering her further and go with tried and true methods to repair this monstrous mess. I'd like to see America following the advice of Mitt Romney on this, as he is a brilliant businessman and knows how to fix failing corporations, which is what America is right now.
ReplyDeleteNo one should ever advocate leaving single parents to struggle with the support of their children without help. I do believe the bulk of that help should come from church, rather than government. But if our government would pattern their welfare program after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' welfare program, I'd be okay with that. Yes we need to take care of our poor, but not the lazy. We also cannot continue to take care of all the illegal immigrants who send all their monies out of the country.
It's an ugly mess with definite solutions. Sadly, it is not what the Democrats are doing. That's the saddest thing of all here.
Thanks for your thoughts, Anne. They are good ones.