Social Security

Obviously, something has to be done to keep the promise of Social Security. The government is now paying out more than it's taking in as far as Social Security is concerned. This will only get worse as the next wave of retirees start collecting.
I've come up with a few ideas that could help all those that have paid into or are presently paying into the system.
(1) Grandfather anyone already collecting their Social Security (age 65 and over).
(2) Anyone that has not paid into it should be cut off from receiving any future funds from Social Security and either put in some other program or dropped completely.
(3) All fraud should be heavily prosecuted with both huge fines ($25,000 min.) and jail sentences (5 years min.
(4) No one living outside of the United States should receive any payments.
(5) Anyone born after 1950 that has paid into the system and will start collecting their Social Security in the near future should have any earnings in excess of $24,000/ year (gross) deducted from their Social Security payments.
(6) Anyone born after 1990 should have half of their Social Security deduction deposited in a separate fund that purchases U.S. Treasuries and that would accumulate throughout their working lifetime. They then would become eligible for half of their entitlement from Social Security and the other half would come from their accumulation of U.S. Treasuries.
(7) Anyone that is not a citizen must not only pay into the system but would not be entitled to collect from it. This is the cost of the privilege of working in America but not willing to become a citizen.
(8) Anyone working in an elected office for the government cannot collect any payments while employed as such during the years that they work in those positions (regardless of age).
(9) A new fund should be set up just for Social Security deposits. This money from this fund could be borrowed by the government at the prevailing interest rate at the time of borrowing and the interest rate would fluctuate monthly to stay in line with whatever the prevailing rate is at that time. These loans should not exceed a period longer than 10 years before being fully repaid and backed by real assets of the borrower.
(10) All employers must pay their share of Social Security for every employee, whether "on the books" or not.
(11) Anyone may "opt out" of being part of the Social Security system, thus never have a claim to collect payments in future years. However, they still must pay 50% of their normal deduction anyway.
These changes could certainly shore up this burden on the U.S. budget obligations.
If you can think of any other ways to help, please let me know.

Something is really wrong...

We've all been watching the Republican "candidates" not only destroy each other but bring discredit to the Republican party, thus making none of them capable of beating Obama in the coming election.
To make matters worse; on Sept. 6th, Obama will be nominated by the Democratic party. He is unopposed even though most of the party either is totally disappointed by him or is in fear of what he can do to their careers as he's thrown so many of his supporters "under the bus" already.
And of course, let's not forget about the Supreme Court decision that permits "Super PACS" from spending unlimited sums on their choice of candidate. Obama has raised over a billion dollars in his "Super PACS" and has Acorn already intimidating voters in some areas of the country.
Doesn't something seem strange about all of this ? Are the American people being conned by an already inept government ?
At this point, we certainly can't vote for Obama and the potential candidates in the other party are all poor choices for President. So, what is one to do ?
If Obama gets re-elected, it's the end of our democracy and the American way of life. He will make us into just another copy of a European country and let illegals and muslims run rampant. He will break many companies with his Obamacare and other agencies and their restrictions as well as making America more vulnerable with a smaller armed force to protect us.
Isn't it time to revolt and force our government back to the way our forefather's intended it to be ?
What are you doing about it ? Are you content to keep your head buried in the sand and drink the cool-aide ??? Then you deserve what's coming in the near future. Prepare yourself for your income to decrease, your taxes to increase, prices of everything to go way up, your "freedoms" to be redefined and your entire way of life and standard of living to radically change for the worse (unless of course you're one of the non-contributors in our society).
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS..................dammit !!!

OBAMA'S NEXT BLUNDER

Well, Obama screwed up again.......we all saw this coming.
In order to be able to say that he did something positive while in office, he's going to flaunt how he "ended the war in Iraq" and how he brought our troops home.
First of all, the "war" in Iraq was never declared and we should have never been there in the first place (Bush's blunder).
Second of all, once we're in, why leave a job half done ? We're still in So. Korea, So. Viet Nam, Japan, Germany, etc. many, many years after our conflicts and wars are over. What was different about Iraq?
Now, within days of our leaving, it's business as usual in Iraq, with bombs and suicide bombers all over the place.
Everyone (except an incompetent President Obama) knew that once he announced our departure dates, they just had to sit back and wait. In addition to civil strife breaking out, this is an opportunity for our enemy, Iran to move in and further establish another stronghold of terrorism.
What a waste of lives and money..............and we're still fighting another undeclared, unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Why don't we just let those "sand monkeys" kill each other off and resolve their own problems ?
No one in that region (the Arab states) can be trusted nor are any of them our friends or allies.
It's bad enough that Obama can't run this country, he certainly won't listen to his advisors and is trying to run the world. What a waste his term in office has been...............
Of course he'll say, "I killed Bin Laden and his second in command, I brought Health Care to everyone, I ended the war and brought our troops home......everything else is Congresses fault."
The world is in a very delicate position with the uncertainty in Europe, in No. Korea, in the Middle East, and certainly our own economy. If we don't solve our own problems by getting rid of Obama and the present Congress, we're headed for the same fall as Europe is heading for.
And, let's not forget the systematic infiltration of islam in both Europe and the United States.
The Middle East wars have cost us more than if we had housed, clothed and fed everyone at and below the poverty level as well as all of the homeless for many, many years. What about all of the troops coming home now ? Are there jobs for them ? Is there a place to live for them ? Is there any compensation for putting their lives on the line for the rest of us ? The answer is NO ! Most of them are on their own.
This regime has to be changed and we might get the chance next November (assuming the ballot boxes aren't stuffed with dead people's votes and illegal's multiple votes, all coordinated by Obama's thugs, ACORN (that gets millions in government grants).
To sum up....................Obama is a failure, do not let him continue to destroy this country.

Fixing Congress

As of today, our Congress has a 17% approval rating. This is the lowest since records were kept on this (1974).
Obviously, Congress is no longer representing the people of the United States. Congress is divided between two parties that refuse to listen to each other and do what's right for the country rather than themselves.
This is understandable (not moral) in the fact that one can become very wealthy as a Congress member. However, the discussion about Congressional corruption is another subject.

Here are a few suggestions to make our Representatives and Senators more responsible to us:
(1) Since they spend the majority of their time in fund raising for re-election, contributions should be only from individual living persons and limited to no more than $100,000 per person. This would limit their campaign "blitzes" of misinformation.
(2) Congress shall meet for no more than 8 months of the year. The rest of the time they required to go among the people of their district(s) to know what the problems are and to come up with solutions when Congress meets.
(3) After every vote, they must go before the people in their district(s) to justify their vote and position. This would help keep them from voting for things they haven't even discussed and expose them to their voters.
(4) Cut back their salaries to 70% of what they're paid now and limit their time to no more than 200 hours per year with lobbyists.
(5) Limit their time in office to no more than two terms. This would minimize career politicians, thus allowing new ideas to be brought forth in future Congresses.
(6) Most of all, any member of Congress, their family or friends that is proven to have profited in any way, be prosecuted, serve a jail term, pay a large fine and be banned from any form of politics for life.

These six suggestions won't completely solve the problem that we have with Congress, but it's a good start in getting Congress to do what's best for our country rather than what's best for them.
If you have any additional suggestions, I'd like to hear from you.

This is the longest that the U.S. has ever been in an UNDECLARED WAR in it's entire history.
What is the height of stupidity is the fact that we give Pakistan tens of billions of dollars to "buy" their friendships and support. Most of this money goes into the pockets of their leaders and the rest goes into training camps where the Pakistani army trains Al Quada and Taliban to fight against Americans.
Although the news reports on the U.N. efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, in truth it's primarily the U.S. troops that are fighting these wars.
With our expertise in operating the drones, why can't we wipe out our enemy ??? Could it be that we are afraid that Pakistan will use their nukes on us or Europe or even Israel ? Why are we letting them blackmail us ???
First of all, the days of "conventional war" are past. Countries all over the world are "gearing up" for WW III.
China, Russia, Iran, No. Korea, etc. are building their nuclear arsenals, delivery systems and armies in preparation for the nest world war.
In the meantime, Obama wants to reduce us militarily. Since one drone, it's maintenance and operator cost less than 20 troops (with their weapons and support systems) in the field, why can't we slash hundreds of billions from our budget (debt) and use more of these drones ? There is no need to have troops on the ground in order to fight a war these days. Between bombers, jet fighters, helicopter raids and of course drones, we could destroy the enemy easily. If we stop rebuilding these countries that we're at "war" with, there are more billions that we could slash from our expenditures.
All things being said, Congress can reach it's goal of "cutting back" as well as declare WAR so we can proceed with finishing it. This way, we could bring back our service people and use some of these savings to rebuild our country, thus producing jobs for the returning troops.
This amounts to:
(1) Cutting spending
(2) Winning a war
(3) Strengthening our economy
(4) Having American troops protecting America
By now, I hope that you realize that everyone in Washington must be replaced as they're not only corrupt but incompetent as well. They can only get away with what they're doing (or not doing) if we continue to let them.

Corruption in our Gov't.

Last night, on CBS's "60 Minutes" program, another layer of the corruption in our gov't. was revealed.
Insider trading of stocks is against the law and punishable by a fine AND jail time.
This applies to everyone of us with the exception of our Congress.
In the "60 Minutes" exposure, several of our Representatives were challenged about stock trades that they made immediately after receiving INSIDER INFORMATION.
If a company were to give a Congressperson a gift of (let's say) $10,000 to vote for (or against a bill that might favor that company), that would be against the law. However, if a company were to inform any of our Representatives or Senators about a coming development and they could then place stock trades accordingly, that would be legal.
Haven't you ever wondered how someone is elected to Congress with a net worth of a few hundred thousand dollars and ends up becoming a multi-millionaire ?
A bill is presented every session to disallow this. That bill has only six (yes 6) members of Congress that are supporting it. The bill is immediately thrown out for that session.
If you saw the program that I'm referring to, Nancy Pelosi is caught by surprise when asked about the $1 million that she and her husband made on such an insider trade. She is at a loss for words...........BUSTED
Meanwhile, the rest of us are forced to lose money in our 401K and other retirement plans while Congress is raking in millions of dollars towards their net worth.
This is just one of the corruptions taking place in our gov't. No wonder we're listed as the 5th most corrupt country in the world.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Show me the money

Aren't you thoroughly disgusted by now with this administration ?
After listening to Obama appointee, Janet Nepalitano tell the nation that the federal gov't. couldn't start any new projects and that FEMA was almost broke, I was really pissed off.
Over the past two and a half years, this administration has squandered hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to build infrastructure and buildings in foreign countries as well as contribute our dollars to foreign armies and support military actions that are none of our business.
Now that we have had numerous disasters in this country, there seems to be no more money for Americans.
I've gradually revised my observation that Obama was a socialist......he's an outright communist. Under his (lack 0f) leadership, he has systematically kept this country from recovering from a recoverable recession.
He continues to expand government to exert more control over our lives and freedoms.
After re-reading "The Mouse That Roared", i believe that if just one small state like Vermont or Rhode Island were to declare war on Washington, they would get billions of dollars thrown at them like we do for foreign nations.
It's time to withdraw from the federal government and divide the country into states, and leave Washington, D.C. to rule itself without interfering with the rest of us.
The Obama mantra these days must be "Dollars for enemies, none for Americans".

Employment ???????

You do realize that governments don't create jobs; the private and corporate sectors do. However, governments can halt job creation by regulations and laws.
The unemployment numbers in the United States are based on those collecting unemployment payments. These numbers do not include those that have stopped collecting and are still out of work as well as those that were self-employed. Since there isn't that many more layoffs left, the unemployment number should go down just because, eventually, everyone that is eligible to collect unemployment payment, will eventually drop off the rolls until there is no one collecting and then the unemployment number will be ZERO.
The truth is that as long as this administration can keep people unemployed, it can get their vote in the next election with Obama promising millions of jobs if he's re-elected.
Right now, there are thousands of jobs available in Williston, North Dakota. Do you think that this administration is doing anything about promoting these jobs or helping the unemployed get these jobs ? Of course not as it wouldn't be in the best interest of Obama and his band of thugs.
Another huge source of employment has just been stopped by Obama himself. The Trans Canada Pipeline will not be allowed for the time being. This project would employ over a million people across the United States in directly and indirectly related jobs. Obama made a statement yesterday, saying that he will not permit the Trans Canada pipeline until he's been re-elected. This way he can promise jobs to the unemployed and "buy" their vote.
The Trans Canada Pipeline
The Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Project is an approximate 2,673-kilometre (1,661-mile), 36-inch crude oil pipeline that would begin at Hardisty, Alberta and extend southeast through Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. It would incorporate a portion of the Keystone Pipeline (Phase II) through Nebraska and Kansas to serve markets at Cushing, Oklahoma before continuing through Oklahoma to a delivery point near existing terminals in Nederland, Texas to serve the Port Arthur, Texas marketplace.

This would be the largest project of its kind ever to take place in North America and the United States. I applaud Mr. Obama for helping us not only by keeping people out of work, but by keeping us foreign oil dependent. If I want to destroy this country, then Obama's got my vote............

The "Great One"

Isn't Obama proud that the air support that he authorized, helped with the fall of the tyrant in Libya. Now the flag of Al-Qaeda flies over Libya's capitol.........good job Obama, helping enemies of the U.S.

On another matter; the Solyndra bankruptcy is starting to look pretty bad for Obama. He personally pushed through $525 Million of taxpayer money to Solyndra and now they're bankrupt. An investigation is taking place and we are prohibited from seeing the corruption in this case. Obama has threatened to use Executive Privilege in order to NOT release his e-mails to the head of Solyndra, who by the way was a major contributor to Obama's re-election. In addition, Obama wants the e-mails suppressed because they implicate him in "under-the-table" cash "kickbacks" to him in the sum of millions of taxpayer dollars deposited in his offshore account.
Besides his efforts to bring down the United States, he is lining his pockets with our money.
Does this sound familiar ??? Every leader of a Middle Eastern country has been given tens of millions of dollars (as foreign aid) and they have pocketed it for their own fortunes (Iraq, Iran, Libya, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Nigeria, etc.).
No wonder that several organizations that track international corruption have all said that the United States is the 5th most corrupt country in the world...
I suppose you want to re-elect Obama so he can stash more of your money in his private account. How do you think that this man has become a multi-millionaire ? Ans: He steals from everywhere that he goes...an example is that as a "community organizer", his organization went broke. Could it be that he embezzled their fund too ?
By the way, a lot of your Congressmen also get kickbacks from companies that they support in the form of homes, boats, cash, scholarships for their kids, etc.
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama keeps pulling an "Evita Peron" on us by spending taxpayer dollars on expensive clothing and jewelry and having lavish parties.
Obama acts more like a dictator than a President......and you want him to continue. The real truth about this failure of a President will all come out after he is no longer President of the United States. It's up to you to have four more years of your money being stashed by him and other corrupt leaders or for us to have a new start with someone else. Notice that even though the Democrats have other more qualified people than Obama to run against him, no one dare. Obama is relying on "Chicago style" voting (illegals, dead people, uninformed 18-30 voters, votes by the elderly by their caregivers, homeless, welfare mothers, etc.). If you include the black vote, this is how he won last time (see ACORN, his private army).
Haven't you had enough of this fraud of a man yet ??? Some members of the Electoral College have already sworn to re-elect him. I wonder what their payoff is...

On voting...

Next year we all have to go to the polls to vote for a President and Vice President of the United States of America.
First of all, the Democrats can't find anyone to run against Obama ; second, the Republicans are destroying any credibility that their candidates might have in running against Obama.
The big issue is that actually there's no need to go vote.........
YOUR VOTE DOES NOT COUNT !!!
Even though the Presidential candidates names are on the ballot, your vote is ignored. Only the Electoral College has the right to vote for the President and Vice President. The vote of the people can be completely ignored by members of the Electoral College, as well as their votes can be bought.
So, with that in mind, what's the sense in all this "campaigning" and voting ? Could it be another great distraction from revolting against Washington ?
If you do vote, VOTE EARLY and VOTE OFTEN...just like the illegals do. And remember, you don't get to vote for the President (Obama does).

The absurdity of it all...

This whole Presidential candidate thing has gotten out of hand.
All we see is a bunch of people running from state to state in what they're calling "debates" for a chance to "badmouth" each other and present some sort of plan that might or might not work, assuming Congress will let it. No matter who "wins" any of these debates, they have each diminished the credibility of the others by the time it's over.
It really doesn't matter who ends up being the Republican candidate...as long as they can beat Obama.
The Democrats are just as ridiculous in the fact that they aren't putting up anyone to oppose Obama even though over 60% of the country is against him. Is this the best that the Democrats have to offer us ? And...to add insult to injury, Obama is no longer doing his job. His entire focus is on running around the country campaigning for re-election. I'm not quite sure why he even has to do that as he is the Democratic candidate (by default).
In addition to all this running around, millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent by a man that has disappointed us in order that he get four more years in order to disappoint us more.
Has anyone calculated exactly how much the Obama campaign is costing us ??? I guess that this is his way of creating jobs; by hiring people to work on his campaign............but he's running unopposed.
I don't like him, I won't vote for him and I'm fed up with his spending my money on fancy dresses and parties for his wife and all of my dollars that he's wasting while not doing his job.

Democracy

In my recent observations, I've noticed that our representatives (Congress and the President) are no longer referring to us as CITIZENS, but rather as "Consumers".
They're passing laws and regulations about what we eat, what we are allowed to own, where we can't go and about our habits and health.
This is not the Democracy that our founding father's had in mind.
Of course, over the past 200 and some years that we've been a democracy, we've allowed our "rulers" to slowly move away from democratic rule and more towards being "Rulers" rather than complying with the wishes of the citizens. The present administration is the most guilty of this.
In my observations, I see why this is so.
Democracy is unnatural...
Just watching children in the schoolyard during their play period, they always have one that seems to be the "organizer" or leader of the groups that they form, telling (or suggesting) what they'll play and what the rules will be. This is a more natural form of governance. It is more akin to a monarchy or dictatorship; which is far more acceptable than democratic rule amongst the group.
Perhaps, it's time that we reevaluate how far we've moved from being a Democracy and reorganize ourselves into a better form of government. Since democracy is merely MOB RULE, and in today's atmosphere, it's money and politics that has become the determining factor in how our government is treating us...a change is due.
Personally, I'd like to get back to honoring our Constitution and update it to encompass our modern technology, keeping the original seven Articles (with a few updated modifications). Some of the Amendments are either no longer valid or needed, others are vague enough where abusive use has come into play with them; as well as needing some new ones for our modern world.
Now, I'm not saying that children, unencumbered by politics or money have a better system of organization; I'm merely saying that if we want to continue to be a Democracy, we have to work harder at it and not sit back leaving all decision making in the hands of a few. If we don't do something soon, we will all be under the whims of our Rulers under the guise of socialism and eventually a Dictatorship.

Even though our restricted media tells us little to nothing about world events, other sources from around the world do inform their populations as to what's going on in the world.
An example is that while the Obama administration is reducing our military might by not only reducing the number of people in the military, they are selling off our arms (Planes, Tanks, Submarines, guns & ammo, etc.) to other nations. Meanwhile, Russia and China are building up their already enormous military with the prospect of a coming world war.
As we all know by now, through his restrictions on free enterprise and his ineptness, Obama has put us on a downward spiral to destroy our economy.
Obama has put us deeper in debt during his term so far that all of the Presidents from G. Washington to G. Bush all together.
It appears that Obama is hell-bent on reducing America to a third world country.

Apparently, this administration has done nothing but help plummet our economy into a downward spiral.
Their excessive spending and accumulation of thousands of business restrictions keeps the government taking in less and less, thus putting us into a potential for another great DEPRESSION.
A solution to putting people back to work, making the economy robust and giving the government more money than they can spend might but the following. As much as one might disagree with the suggestions below, I only ask that you consider them. They must ALL be implemented, as by "picking and choosing" which ones, defeats the purpose intended.
(1) Vote out all incumbents, including the failed President (Obama). This would give us a chance to start fresh with a President and Congress that might do the will of the people (Example: Repeal Obamacare which in itself will be too costly to maintain and restrict the fine medical services we now have).
(2) Tax the unions. Since these multibillion dollar organizations have huge staffs with exorbitant salaries and are mostly political arms, they serve little of their original intended purpose of helping the working class.
(3) Tax all churches and religious organizations. Some of these have become multibillion dollar organizations with a political agenda anyway (not to mention the millions of dollars sent from mosques to our enemies in the middle east).
(4) Legalize prostitution. Since prostitution has always gone on and will continue to flourish, why not tax it ?
By having licensing, medical documentation and taxation on it, law enforcement could be used elsewhere, the spread of venereal diseases could be minimized and this would produce additional income for the states.
(5) Legalize marijuana. Just like the laws and taxes on tobacco and liquor, the same rules, laws and restrictions could be imposed on marijuana (packaged and sold just like cigarettes). This alone would reduce crime, free up law enforcement, regulate quality and produce a huge windfall of money to the government.
We all saw what happened during Prohibition and why the 18th Amendment was repealed.
(6) Deregulate various industries that are only hampered by many of the restrictions and regulations imposed on them, thus charging the public even more for their products or services.
(7) Institute the Fair Tax Plan so that the government would take in more money and the wage earner would keep more of their money. With this plan, the IRS could be minimized or eliminated, thus saving even more money for the government.
(8) Stop all subsidies to corporations. This would make competition greater, reducing prices to the consumer and keep billions of dollars in our treasury.
(9) Only give foreign aid to those countries that can pledge allegiance to us and have them make an accounting of how this aid was spent.
(10) Eliminate many government departments that are really states rights (Example: Department of Education).
(11) Put import taxes on all items coming from countries that tax our exports. This would bring jobs back to America.
(12) Put all illegal aliens into work camps, either producing agriculture or consumer items for export.
(13) Stop rebuilding areas in other countries until we've rebuilt our own deteriorating infrastructure and cities.

Whether you agree or not, you must admit that these suggestions would not only put America back to work, help the poor to move up to the middle class, make the government (both federal as well as local) take in more money, but make us the greatest nation in the world for ourselves and the generations that follow us.
Let's make the global economy compete with us rather than how we're struggling to compete with them...

A Solution

This morning, President Obama made another one of his speeches that show how clueless he really is. He laid out a "vague" plan to turn the economy around.
The real way to do this is:
(1) Privatize the private sector. By this, I mean that the government should get out of the way of most businesses. Repeal the regulations that have been put in place during the past two years that either restrict or make doing business far more costly.
(2) As far as "Job Creation"; there are closed military bases all over the country that have housing, electricity, workshops etc. Reopen these bases and fill them with the homeless. Teach them the skills that they can use in obtaining a job while they're there, maintaining the bases. Have them grow their own food, repair anything that breaks and build more facilities for education in various trades.
(3) Before Congress (and the President) cut anybody's Social Security or Medicare, Congress must cut their benefits (salaries, pensions, expenses perks, etc.)
(4) Stop all Foreign Aid to countries that are our enemies. Discontinue, rebuilding other countries.
(5) Implement the Fair Tax Plan.
(6) Cut out all special interest projects (tea cup museums, roads to nowhere, grants for the Arts, grants to prisoners for college degrees, ....as a matter of fact, stop ALL grants.
(7) Balance the budget (which Obama is strictly against).
(8) Either recall or vote out all Representatives that aren't voting the will of the people (Obamacare is a good example).
(9) Give back the States their Rights and responsibilities. An example is the Department of Education...this is a State's Right.
(10) Get rid of most of the newly created agencies created by Obama that increase the government's control over our lives.
(11) Stop all subsidies to farms (paying farmers to NOT grow certain produce), corporations and "hobbyists". Let the marketplace seek its own level.
(12) Instead of paying the military a huge re-enlistment bonus, buy them an annuity so that their retirement is secure when their service is over.
(13) Reinstate the separate fund that was originally for Social Security and make it a law that it be reserved ONLY for Social Security recipients. No payments should be taken from this fund and given to anyone that didn't contribute to it.
My list could go on and on, but I think you get the picture.
Each of the above items would account for Millions to Billions of dollars saved. Collectively, not only would we be able to save Trillions, we could pay off the National debt over the next few years. Unemployment and homelessness would almost disappear, poverty would only exist among those that didn't want to work.
In other words, we don't need to cut benefits to soldiers and the elderly. Obama is clueless on how to run this country (he's a "community organizer", and not very good at that either).
Let me know if you have other ways for us to improve our economy...I can't think of them all..........

The big JOKE

By now, most of us realize that Obama is just a big JOKE on the American people.
Let's look at his most recent speech (yesterday) to a joint session of Congress. Even the press ignored him. There are 90 reserved seats in the Press Gallery, yet only 26 people from the media showed up, and 12 of them left before Obama finished speaking.
This was actually the official start of his campaign to be re-elected. You can bet this speech will bring the DOW down hundreds of points. Every time he speaks, stocks drop by a huge margin. This kills more jobs and causes people to lose more of their retirement money.
He asked Congress to pass his Jobs Bill.......What bill ? He has written nothing down nor has presented anything for Congress to vote on. The JOKE is that he expects the Democrats to write an unreasonable bill that the Republicans will defeat it. This way he can say that "his" bill was thwarted by the Republicans.
The other JOKE is that he wants to spend $476 billion on this "Jobs Bill". We just saw the craziness that Congress went through trying to raise the debt ceiling. Now where does Obama expect us to get almost a half a Trillion dollars from for this phantom Jobs Bill ? No wonder our credit rating has been dropped down (for the first time in history).
Somehow, he thinks that the government creates jobs. Only the private and corporate sectors create jobs. The only jobs the government can create are government expansion jobs.

In the meantime, over 1400 homes have burnt to the ground in an area of Texas that is larger than the state of Connecticut. The Governor of Texas has asked that these areas be declared a national disaster area, and because of the conflict between the Governor of Texas and the President, this request (made twice now) lays on the Presidents desk unsigned. Obama knows that no one in Texas will vote for him anyway, so he has no reason to commit federal manpower, equipment or financial aid to the victims of the Texas fires.
Do you really want a President that punishes people that disagree with him ? I thought he was President of all the people of the United States. His actions are more that of a King or Emperor.
Obama is not only a JOKE but an embarrassment for the United States.
Please, please, tell me some reason to keep this man (that we know nothing about) in office. His last attempt to get us out of a recession not only failed but put us deeper in the hole. Now he wants to repeat it again, just using different words. Instead of "shovel ready" he now says "infrastructure".

Bottom line is: Would you buy a used car from this guy ? If you do, I guarantee it'll fall apart on you before you can get it home.
Obama is an ineffective President that has done nothing but blame everyone and everything for his failure except taking responsibility for his ineptness. He blames the previous administration, he blames the banks, he blames Congress, etc. Instead of "Hope & Change", he's given us "Hopelessness and Change for the worse". True, when he took office, we were headed for a mild recession. It was easily turned around if the private sector was left to do it. Instead, he levied over 17,000 new restrictions on business, shoved Obamacare down our throats and gave Trillions of our dollars to our enemies.
Get rid of this Chicago thug that knows nothing about leadership.

Gov't. Fire Suppression

With huge fires burning all through Texas (57 this week alone), some as big as 35,000 acres with over 500 homes destroyed, FEMA has finally arrived. Now that the government has it's people involved, a new problem is in play. Firefighters from all over the state and from all over the country (as far away as Alaska) are being told to go home. Apparently, the new rules are that if you don't have explicit permission from the federal government to help with putting out the fire, you cannot participate.
This is insane. There are hundreds of firefighters just sitting around because they are not allowed to bring in their equipment or people to halt these fires.
Meanwhile, as these fires continue to burn, over 1,000 homes throughout the state of Texas have been destroyed and the federal government hasn't done one thing other than stifle the firefighter's progress.
We all understand the animosity between Obama and Perry (Texas Governor). However, in such an emergency, Obama should put his anger aside and have declared Texas a disaster area and sent help and funds.
With enough people bitching about how Washington is dealing with this, eventually, Obama will have to allow some federal funds in order to "help his declining image".
This is just another example of how ineffective this present administration really is. With a President that has his ego on the line, one can only expect that his supporters will get freebies and anyone (or state) that opposes him will be denied any help whatsoever.
I thought he said that he was President of all the people, not just those that he selects...

Job Creation VS Obama Regulations

I just became aware of another example of this administrations new regulations.
This one involves Gibson Guitars. Since 2009, Gibson Guitar has created 600 new jobs (without any government assistance).
The regulation specifies that if a guitar, piccolo, piano, etc. or instrument of any kind crosses our borders, the owner has to know the species of wood that every component is made of, where it came from and be able to prove it. Customs will seize you instrument if you can't prove the origin of its materials.
The FBI raided a Gibson Guitar factory and confiscated over $1 million worth of ebony and 6 guitars that they claimed was imported from India where ebony is considered as an endangered specie of tree.
The wood was actually imported from a Forest Stewardship Council Certified supplier and it came from Madagascar where ebony is not an endangered specie. Gibson has all of the documentation to prove this.
The government is about to close down Gibson Guitar and put them out of business except for a lawsuit that Gibson is perusing against the government regarding this nonsensical interruption of free enterprise.
Just another example of how this administration is "creating jobs". This is just one example of how the 17,000 new regulations put into effect during the past two years is affecting business, employment and our economy. Obama is hell-bent on destroying America, piece by piece.
Anyone not poor or illegal that votes for him is not only a stupid Liberal but has no idea of how much damage
Obama has done to this country. They argue that he "inherited" a bad situation. The truth is that any respectable businessman could have corrected that situation in less than two years.
Instead of Obama trying to correct the economy, he focused on shoving ObamaCare that we can't afford, down our throats. Now that he's campaigning (with your tax dollars) to be re-elected, he is finally expressing concern about the economy and jobs. You voted him in without knowing anything about this man and his socialist ideas, his communist and radical connections and his inability to run anything but being a "community organizer' (buzzword for radical antagonizer).
Don't be stupid this time, don't believe any of his lies, his mantra of "Hope & Change" is ridiculous. First of all, the Change he spoke about was to destroy those that create jobs and move money from those that work to those that don't work. As far as Hope, one that does nothing can just sit around and hope all they want...nothing happens. Don't be a fool this time. Vote for anyone (even your dog) rather than Obama. If you let him get away with what he's done to this country as of now, you ain't seen nuthin yet.....
Stop being a moron and research everything that he's done since being elected. That will open your eyes; you'll be shocked. Without you doing your own research, you're limited to what the media (that is controlled by Washington with threat of losing their licenses) is allowed to tell you. Start thinking for yourself. He fooled you once, if you let him fool you again, you are responsible for the demise of America.

Advanced Education

Due to the falling economy, over the past two years, more and more school districts around the country are going to a FOUR DAY school week. I can understand the economics and savings of money by this move. However, with our public educational system falling behind all other industrialized countries, is this the appropriate thing to do ?
Proponents of the FOUR DAY school week say that since implemented, scholastic scores have gone up, moral has increased and attendance is at an all time high. With that being said; then it seems that scores would increase even more by going to a THREE DAY school week. And how about a TWO DAY or a ONE DAY school week ? Imagine if we went to a NO DAY school week...everyone would then become honor students and our poor educational system would no longer be needed as well; as all kids would be exceptional college candidates.
Now, with the "dumbing down" of America, it appears that they've found a faster way to poorly educate the next generation. After all, this country was built by millions of people that had never gone to school. Could it be that if we have a huge population of uneducated people that we could make our country grow again ?
I think not !
So, what's more important, increasing salaries for the people that run these school districts or educating our children ? Obviously, the people that make the rules couldn't care less about the kids........

Show me the money

Aren't you thoroughly disgusted by now with this administration ?
After listening to Obama appointee, Janet Nepalitano tell the nation that the federal gov't. couldn't start any new projects and that FEMA was almost broke, I was really pissed off.
Over the past two and a half years, this administration has squandered hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to build infrastructure and buildings in foreign countries as well as contribute our dollars to foreign armies and support military actions that are none of our business.
Now that we have had numerous disasters in this country, there seems to be no more money for Americans.
I've gradually revised my observation that Obama was a socialist......he's an outright communist. Under his (lack 0f) leadership, he has systematically kept this country from recovering from a recoverable recession.
He continues to expand government to exert more control over our lives and freedoms.
After re-reading "The Mouse That Roared", i believe that if just one small state like Vermont or Rhode Island were to declare war on Washington, they would get billions of dollars thrown at them like we do for foreign nations.
It's time to withdraw from the federal government and divide the country into states, and leave Washington, D.C. to rule itself without interfering with the rest of us.
The Obama mantra these days must be "Dollars for enemies, none for Americans".

Aren't you thoroughly disgusted by now with this administration ?
After listening to Obama appointee, Janet Nepalitano

Good progress

The Obama administration is finally making progress in Obama's promise to lift some of the 17,000 new regulations put into effect since he became President. Most of these regulations are so restricting that they have either caused many small business to shut down or caused large businesses to increase their prices to us.
Finally, Obama has lifted one, yes...just one of the 17,000+ regulations stifling business and economic growth.
That regulation is that a Milk Spill be treated the same as an Oil spill. Now I can understand that if a tanker truck turns over on a freeway, of course it will be attended to as any large spill would. However, this regulation forces the dairy farmer (regardless how small) to adhere to ridiculous precautions for just a few drops of milk on the ground.
The farmer has to immediately evacuate the area, put up barricades, call the EPA, inform HAZMAT, bring in governmental people to clean it up, etc.
Kudos to Obama for lifting this restriction. Now what about the rest ???
Pizza shops are closing that can't afford to install the new equipment that the new regulations are forcing them to do. All kinds of businesses are closing down because of this administration's goal of controlling everything in our lives (remember ObamaCare ?).
I could list hundreds of these new regulations that are so stupid that all they do is put an additional burden on our fragile economy and benefit no one except give the government more control over one's business.
By getting rid of most of these new restrictive regulations, the economy could start growing again and people could get back to work.
C'mon Obama...do the right thing for a change.

Who, What & Why ???

This was an interesting weekend. For the first time in our history, the credit of the United States came under scrutiny. Standard and Poors (S&P), the agency that rates the ability of nations to pay their debts, lowered the rating of the United States from AAA to AA+.
What this means is that it will cost more for the U.S. to borrow money. This is just like your credit score dropping and your interest rate therefore goes up.
Obama is blaming S&P for not understanding how Washington works. Actually, it's Obama that doesn't understand the condition that the U.S. is in. The Democrats are blaming the Republicans, the Republicans are blaming the Democrats and everyone is blaming the Tea Party.
Actually, the Tea Party, being called "unreasonable" wanted a cap on spending, a balanced budget and a greater reduction in the debt.
S&P based their downgrade on the fact that they expected a $5 trillion drop in the deficit, but it was only $2 trillion. They also expected a cap on borrowing and there is none.
What this means for all of us is HIGHER TAXES, HIGHER INTEREST RATES, HIGHER PRICES and less employment. Your Congress screwed you again.
S&P said that in order to just keep the downgrade rating (without a further downgrade in the future), the GNP (gross national product) would have to climb by over 3% annually. However, with all of the restrictions that this administration has put on business, we're lucky if we can grow beyond 1%.
At present, of the entire working population (able bodied people, 18 - 65), only 54% are either working for someone or self employed. This is the lowest percentage since the 1930s.
There is a solution; but it means that Washington has to give up power to the people. If restrictions are lifted, taxes are not increased and interest rates are held firm, this country could turn itself around in a year or less.
Of course, Washington will continue to borrow, spend and restrict the growth of this country because we have a spoiled Congress and an inept President. Actually, a lot of this is your fault. You voted for these people and when they didn't represent your wishes, you did nothing about it. I remember when a million man march was organized. Now is the time for a 10 million taxpayer march on Washington to be organized.
You are watching the deterioration of the United States that will trigger a great civil war. If you think that I might be exaggerating the problem, then just sit by and watch your freedoms go away, your income decrease, your costs go up and your neighbors and community fall into poverty. Even then, most of you will do nothing.
The rest of the world is laughing at us and watching the most powerful nation in the world self destructing from within. All of our enemies realize that they don't need to attack us. They can just sit back and let Obama and Congress devour us from within. Yes, you can do something about this before it's too late...but you won't !
Soon, you will remember that I warned you as you see the fall of the U.S. and you'll think back to a time when you could have done something. Then it will be too late. Act now or suffer the consequences.

...and he fiddled while Rome burned.

Yesterday, the public lost $1.9 trillion in their IRAs, 401Ks and other investments.
That evening, at taxpayer expense, Obama celebrated a LAVISH 50th birthday party at the White House.
How about you folks footing the bill on my next birthday party ??? One thing is for sure, it won't cost near as much as Obama's did.
In light of that, today, Congress added $239 billion to our debt. This is new spending and has nothing to do with our present obligations.
Are you getting the picture yet ? All of our "leaders" have got to go. They really don't give a damn about us or our country. The only thing that they're really representing is their egos and re-election (at your expense).
While they rejoice over 117,000 jobs being added (they weren't really added, they were there all of the time, just not filled yet), it gave them the right to spin a great untruth.....that the unemployment rate dropped from 9.2 to 9.1. Big deal....if I'm drowning in 9.2 feet of water, will the water level dropping to 9.1 feet save my life ?
What does it take for you to see that these people do not have your interests at heart ? Why are you so apathetic and doing nothing to stop this ? Are you doing that well that you too don't give a damn ?
Get rid of both parties...get rid of all career politicians...get rid of some of the restrictive laws and regulations that are stifling businesses and growth...get rid of all the redundant agencies created by this administration.
Congress is supposed to make laws and approve a budget to run the country. They have no right to fund special interests projects, give cash grants, spend elaborate sums on their personal pet projects, etc.
Let's get back to the Constitution instead of letting these schemers violate it.

No time lost...

The ink wasn't even dry on the bill extending the debt ceiling when Congress has already just spent over $40 Billion of the new amount that they can borrow. Where were all those politicians that were trying to "cut spending" ?
However, the biggest slap in our faces cam from Obama himself. As soon as the bill became law, Obama left Washington to fly out and get back on the campaign trail. Why isn't he doing his job. He was elected (hired by the people) to be in Washington and run this country. His campaign is costing the taxpayers a huge amount of money. He flies for free, gets accommodations (hotels, meals, transportation, etc.) for free, has a bunch of unpaid volunteers at his beck and call, all on the taxpayer's dime.
If you or I spent most of our time promoting ourselves at our company's expense and not being at work, we would be fired very quickly. I suggest that we fire this malingerer. Other than becoming a multi-millionaire, why would anyone want to be President of the United States. Answer: Ego and power.
It obviously doesn't require intelligence (Ex: Jimmy Carter had the highest IQ of any president and was a nuclear physicist, yet look at what a poor President he was). It doesn't require any experience (Ex: Truman was a high school teacher before becoming President).
To run a country as large as ours has got to be the worst 24/7 job in the world. It only pays $400,000/ year, which is less than a lot of CEOs and company Presidents make (and they're actually working at their jobs).
Well, you wanted a community organizer to run your country...and now look at the condition he has put us in. Just by the fact that he was a left wing socialist, an anti-American sympathizer and a street thug, was not any reason to elect him. Now he's campaigning to have another four years to complete his destruction of the American way of life.
Do you want more of his thuggery and destruction of the middle class ? If you don't vote or vote for him, then you are part of the problem. Don't come bitching to me when your income drops, your costs go up and your children are unemployed, all while you're paying for the care and comfort of those that have no intention of ever being productive.
Wake up and see his failures...wake up and see his underhanded methods...wake up and get rid of him. You can't afford four more years of this.

...and the Winner is...

After all the smoke settles, it looks like we've been "snookered" again.
The debt ceiling crisis has been settled in favor of Obama, not the people of the United States.
Now, Obama can campaign without interruption...he can claim that he forced Congress to settle this problem.
Actually, it increases our debt by $2.4 Trillion with no cuts in spending until after the election (which won't happen anyway).
Can you believe how the real issue wasn't about raising the debt ceiling. We all knew that it was going to happen. The real issue was about raising taxes and cutting spending. Well, it's spending as usual in Washington and the tax raises won't happen until after the next election (where taxes will then explode upward as well as huge cuts in the military, Social Security and Medicare).
Bottom line.........Obama wins, you LOSE !
Now can't you see how manipulative Obama is ? He is sneakily destroying our country with more spending (debt), huge taxes (coming soon) and a weak military. He is doing everything that he can to keep the economy and jobs at a minimum and has hurt all Americans (from the rich to the poor) during his time as President.
Do you want more of this ? We have a chance to get rid of him in the next election, but it will take all of us to do it. If you do nothing, if you don't vote, if you don't tell your friends and neighbors how bad he is; then you are condoning the fall of the United States.

What Debt Ceiling ?

I don't understand this business about a Debt Ceiling. Every time (dozens of times) that we get close to it, Washington has raised it. This is like every time you extend your credit card to its limit, you just get the credit card company to increase your spending limit without trying to pay it down by curtailing your spending.
Congress is fighting over things that aren't really a way to solve this controversy. One side wants tax increases, the other side wants a balanced budget, one side wants spending cuts while the other side wants spending increases...who are they kidding ? The obvious solution is :
(1) A final and firm debt ceiling that is NEVER to be exceeded.
(2) Reform our tax system to use the Fair Tax Plan which will eliminate the IRS and bring in more revenue to the government without raising taxes.
(3) Clamp down on fraud in government programs and entitlements, thus saving another $100-$150 Billion each year.
(4) Cut out "pork barrel" spending which amounts to over $800 Billion each year.
(5) Stop sending aid to countries where their governments and armies grab up to 97% of what we send as aid (Ex: China that is our biggest creditor, where we finance part of their army).
(6) Stop rebuilding countries that are war-torn. The people of Afghanistan and Iran are laughing at us as we build schools, mosques, roads, homes, etc. for them that they would not build for themselves.
(7) Stop spending Billions to prop up industries in other countries (Ex: $4 Billion to Brazil for their oil exploration).
(8) Ad a Balanced Budget Amendment (50 states already have one).
(9) And, of course, get rid of Obama and the Congress that we now have.
There is no need to cut spending for the Pentagon, Social Security or Medicare...just clamp down on the fraud and unnecessary spending in these departments. A restructuring of these departments for the future is definitely in order.
We've all been "had" by this stupid diversion about a Debt Ceiling to not notice the slick maneuvers by Obama to not have any blame for the outcome so he can be re-elected to cause more chaos, contrived crisis and bring down America even more than he already has. The debt ceiling could have easily been raised, but Obama needed a "good crisis" to help in his plan to destroy us. You only have to look around to see that most of us that are no better off or worse off than we were just two years ago is because of this administration and the politicians in Congress. Our only survival as a nation is to get rid of them all.

Apparently, Congress "can't see the forest because of the trees".
All of this nonsense over a debt ceiling is just a political ploy by Obama.
No matter what compromises are made, no matter what plan is submitted, no matter who does it; Obama either disapproves it or threatens to veto it.
Hasn't Congress caught on yet ? No matter how it turns out, Obama can say "THEY DID IT, NOT ME..."
All that the Congressional leaders need to do is ask Obama for his plan. Of course that would expose Obama as he isn't even sure what or why there is a debt ceiling.
You ignorant, bleeding heart liberals put a man in office that is totally clueless about running a country (let alone anything else). While he talks about cutting spending in Social Security and Medicare, his ObamaCare costs are many times larger. Where does he think the money is coming from ? If this keeps up, the only people in America with any money will be the politicians.
In the next election, an important question that should be asked of everyone running is, "Will you work for $1/ year and serve no more than two terms ?" Of course we'll need to know more about each candidate, but that should disqualify a whole bunch of phony politicians from the start.
There are two reasons that Obama wants to be re-elected...(1) While in office, his fortune has grown from "comfortable" to multi-millionaire. Another term would thrust him into the billionaire club. And (2) is that Obama, the egomaniac is so power hungry that he can't let go of control regardless if he is helping or hurting us.
Just ask yourselves...are you better off since Obama took office ? Why has unemployment soared five times as much for blacks and Latinos as for whites ?
I could ask many, many more of these questions until you would see that all of your answers point to a corrupt government being run by an incompetent narcissist.
Get rid of Obama and his advisers and supporters or lose everything..................

Obama speaks...America is pissed.

I just listened to President Obama's speech regarding a solution to our debt ceiling crisis.
First, he started out by blaming others for his inadequacy in coming up with a plan to solve this dilemma.
His demeanor was mean and condescending in his castigation of the Republicans for wanting his outrageous spending curtailed.
During his term in office, over a Trillion dollars of wasteful spending has been spent on frivolous projects like research for shrimp on treadmills, teaching pigs to walk in an orderly line, etc., etc., etc.
Obama is first to take credit for things that happen on his watch such as the assassination of Bin Laden (even though the SEAL team had been set up and practicing for this under the Bush administration), but won't take the blame for anything that's gone wrong (such as the failure of his Stimulus Package).
When he speaks to Congress, he talks down to them, treats them like children and even throws TANTRUMS.
As the months have gone by, we are seeing an angrier and more confused man sitting in the President's chair (when he's in Washington and not out campaigning).
Perhaps Obama is finally realizing that he is "in over his head" and that running our country is not the job for a thug community organizer. He wears his ego on his chest...nothing is ever his fault or responsibility. He is NEVER wrong. Can you imagine what his poor daughters have to put up with ?
The bottom line is that even though Obama is the President of the United States of America, he is incapable of running this country and won't admit it.
The debt ceiling crisis is easily solved without threatening Social Security and Medicare recipients.
First, stop spending on special interest groups that benefit only a few with frivolous projects.
Second, repeal Obama care; that will cost us Trillions in the near future.
Third, balance the budget.
Fourth, discontinue all grants, regardless of who benefits.
Fifth, stop foreign aid to our enemies.
Sixth...and most important RECALL OBAMA FROM THE PRESIDENCY.
If he is left to continue, our country will be in ruin and poverty will run rampant throughout what is the middle class (at this time). President Obama and most of Congress are setting us up for another great Civil War. Obama is hell-bent on destroying the economic principles that have made America great. His policies and increased regulations have brought growth to a halt as businesses don't want to expand because under Obama, success is penalized. New regulations are causing many businesses to close, many professionals to retire early and a growing disgruntled population. Obama is aware that he is causing a wave of civil unrest to come over this country and is bringing in foreign troops to help squelch it. If he isn't stopped, there will be blood in the streets and you will be broke.
By keeping your head in the sand, you are supporting his incompetence and condoning the ruin of our country. Get involved, speak up, write to your representatives (and if they don't listen, vote them out).
Dammit..................DO SOMETHING !!!

Debt Ceiling

What is the matter with our elected officials ?
There has not been any attention to a Balanced Budget for over 800 days so far.
All of the Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, etc.) all voted against raising the debt ceiling when it came up last time. This time, they want it raised. Talk about your "flip-flopping".
The Republicans want NO TAX INCREASE, a BALANCED BUDGET and SPENDING CUTS. What is wrong with that ? Social Security and Medicare don't need to be touched (other than curtailing fraud). There are tens of billions wasted on special interest programs and grants such as a Teacup Museum, Treadmill Research for Shrimp, etc. The reason that the 1600+ programs that benefit only a few are not being cut is that they would lose votes for those Representatives that originally got them.
Worst of all, Obama has no plans for solving the Debt Ceiling problem. He has already said on several occasions that he wants to raise taxes and raise spending. Actually, this is his way of penalizing the successful and shifting their money to the slackers while bringing down the economy of the United States. Just this morning, he was so pissed off at Texas Governor Perry for "bad-mouthing" him, that he ordered the EPA to shut down the three coal burning electric plants at a time when, due to the heat wave in Texas is causing more than normal electric usage (for air conditioning). He wants to punish all Texans for the words of their Governor.
The solution is easy...
(1) Freeze the debt ceiling
(2) Eliminate all ridiculous programs and grants
(3) Stop Foreign Aid to our enemies
(4) Recall Obama
Of course, you realize that all of those THREATS from Obama and his Democrat henchmen in the Senate are just that...threats to intimidate. The government has enough money to pay its obligations regardless of whether we have a debt ceiling or not. One big reason for our debt being so large is that we borrow money from China to give away to oil producing countries. Obama just gave $4 Billion to Brazil for them to continue their offshore drilling for oil while limiting offshore drilling in this country. Does that make any sense ? Obviously, Obama is dumber than he looks.
We have to get rid of this guy...........he's killin' our country.

Debt ceiling....

Both the Democrats and the Republicans have got this "Debt Ceiling" thing wrong.
Just leave it alone (or reduce it). Instead, cut out all of the unneeded personnel, programs and spending.
Most states and local governments in this country are doing just that...
As an example; there are over 450 employees in the White House that are paid a total of over $34 million/ yr.
Why has Obama increased the White House staff so much ? Was this his idea of "job creation" ?
We don't need to penalize the taxpayer by either raising taxes (Democrats) or cutting Medicare and Social Security (Republicans). We need to stop funding ridiculous grants for things like a Teapot Museum or Treadmills for Shrimp (I could list hundreds of these things that are being funded by the Obama administration).
What about all the private and personal spending of taxpayer money by the members of the House and the Senate ? This spending on things like new carpeting in a Senator's home, tuition for a Representative's daughter, etc. (i could list hundreds of these things that are being paid for with taxpayer money).
What about all the free money that we give (in the Billions each year) to our enemies and nations that don't need our money (as an example: China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc.)
When you tally up just the three money wastes I've listed above, it accounts for over $2 Trillion dollars (over 10 years). I use the "over 10 years" number because that's how Washington gets us to think it's all happening NOW.
Almost every member of Congress has increased their staff in the last two years (unnecessarily). Other than a Communist country, we (the U.S.) have the largest government (number of employees) in the world.
There are whole departments that are doing most of the same work as other departments, there are departments that could totally be eliminated. An example is the Department of Education, this is a states responsibility, not federal. What's the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture doing in their meddling in the Department of Interior's meddling with the Forestry Service about oil exploration ? See what I mean ?
We need less people in Washington, less rules and regulations, less departments, less grants, less foreign "aid" and less taxes.
While our benevolent Congress vote for cutting our incomes, they don't dare vote away any of their "perks" or income. They're even exempt from ObamaCare and insider trading.
I've been begging you to vote out EVERYBODY and start over with people that have this country's best interests at heart instead of worrying about being re-elected.

A Case Against Diversity

A mini history of our growth...

The Pilgrims established settlements and colonies. They kept Catholics, Jews, Blacks, Orientals, etc. from any opportunities.
There was no diversity.

Nevertheless, people came to the "new land" and the population grew. as time went by, the colonies became states and a country (The United States of America) was born. Basically, this country was founded by white, Protestant, Europeans.
Still, there was no diversity.

As the people of the U.S. expanded their territory (at the expense of the natives), more territories became states and became part of the union of the United States.
Still, there was no diversity.

America continued to prosper as most of the new immigrants built the country. As time went by, the concept of diversity and "the great melting pot" started to become (reluctantly) acceptable.
And now there became diversity.

The Catholics became shop owners and civil servants, the Jews became doctors, lawyers and bankers, the Blacks, Latinos and Orientals became laborers and craftsmen. And the country continued to grow and prosper.

Finally, the country started to become divided between the conservatives and the liberals and finally a great civil war. After the end of this civil war, the country returned to its expansion, development and growth. The government still upheld its original Constitution (with a few amendments added). Now woman and blacks could vote.

After a while, the country fell into a great depression. One way to reverse this was to become more industrial and build a military "war machine". The next obvious step was to get involved in foreign wars. This moved part of the population out of the country and created jobs for those still in the U.S. (women and minorities).
We now had true diversity.

After WWII, the nation was trending towards liberalism with communism,unionization and acceptance of radical new ideas. Diversity and "the melting pot" was now in "full bloom", with every ethnic and religious group making great advances in science, engineering, medicine, art,natural resources, business, etc.
This went on without anyone noticing that the concept of diversity and "the melting pot" had peaked.

People were now coming to the United States to exploit it. Al throughout history, we find that as any group (tribe, country, territory, etc.) becomes more diversified, it eventually declines or is destroyed.

Today, in this country, the many diverse groups have instilled (by guilt) the concept of political correctness to give them an unfair advantage. The country is again becoming divided with our universities teaching liberalism to classes half filled with foreign students that have no intention of contributing to the betterment of the United States.
There is a flood of immigrants (legal and illegal) pouring into the U.S. daily. Today, most American "minorities" see themselves with hyphenated names (African-American, Mexican-American, etc,). Other than the natives that lived here before the Europeans arrived, we are all descended from another country and culture. Anyone born here is a NATIVE AMERICAN (no hyphen needed).

Political correctness and liberalism is pushing for even more diversity and the eventual deterioration of our society. I am not declaring that we return to the days of a white, Protestant society. I'm merely stating that with the influx of more immigrants and the (politically correct) special privileges being given to them, that Democracy (as we've known it) is no longer workable.

To make this easier to understand; Democracy is really "mob rule". We all vote and the majority wins (right or wrong). Right now, the Latino and muslim population is growing in this country at such a fast rate that they are overtaking America. They are moving into political office to eventually change the American way to their cultures. Most Latinos and muslims coming to the U.S. have no intention of becoming citizens or obeying our laws. Most, even refuse to learn our language.
Latinos (especially the illegals) come here for all of the (unconstitutional) freebies that our liberal government gives them. Not only do the muslims come here for those freebies but are infiltrating our country in a declared religious war against America.
Yes... it's a declared religious war by islam against all non-believers.

The bottom line is, as for all other societies in the past, diversity is now destroying America from within. This can be stopped; but first you have to stop being politically correct and demand a major change in our immigration policies, enforce our laws, make English our only language and stop giving away the taxpayers money to these people.