Protectionism

What are the fools in Congress thinking ? As soon as they started discussing "BUY AMERICAN" and added it to the "stimulus package", the rest of the world took notice. This is known as Protectionism, which means closing trade with other countries.
Even though Obama insisted on "watering down" the wording of this in the "stimulus package", 30 countries have since instituted some form of Protectionism as a retaliation.
Since the world is dependent on a global economy, any sort of trade barriers are harmful.
Of course, as an American, I prefer to buy products that are made in the United States by fellow Americans. The problem with this is that over the years, Congress has instituted so many laws, rules and regulations that we can no longer be competitive in the marketplace. This is one reason that almost everything that we buy today is made in another country or assembled in another country. As an example; the United States was the first country to manufacture television sets and was the major exporter of them. Between the federal restrictions and cheaper labor elsewhere, NO televisions have been made in this country for dozens of years. We invented the VCR and the DVD, yet all are made elsewhere.
We even "outsource" services to other countries. Most of our medications are made in other countries even though they were developed here first.
Where in our Constitution does it give the federal government permission to interfere with private enterprise ? Why have we allowed Congress to create so many restrictions on our businesses that we have to rely on other countries for almost everything that we purchase ?
Go to your local shopping center or mall and look at the labeling on the things that you want to but...good luck in finding many things that are made in the United States.
We have a great workforce, many natural resources, brilliant business minds and enough investors to be the world's leader in production of almost anything. This country was built on this way of operating and became not only the most advanced country in the world but the richest. Today, the only thing that we lead the world in is ignorance.
To get back our prosperity and way of life, every member of Congress must be replaced and only those that promise to uphold our Constitution should be voted for. All rules and regulations that hamper business must be retracted. The states must be given back their power to make laws about things that are not in the Constitution.
Obama is shoving our tax money (the stimulus package) down the throats of every state Governor whether they want this money or not. If the states take this money, it comes with attachments that not only burden the states in the future but gives the federal government even more control over the states. The "stimulus package" is a very clever way of (1) nationalizing our industries, (2) taking power away from the states, (3) socializing the entire country, thus removing all incentives for progress, and (4) setting us up for a dictatorship in the future.
Of course, as in the past, you'll just sit on your ass and let this happen. Don't say that you weren't warned once it's too late to do anything about it.
You that have read my previous entries might think that I seem a little too radical. The truth is that rather than being radical, I'm really afraid for my future and the future of my children and their children. Yes, this administration is changing your way of life permanently and not for the better. They took over during very difficult times and had a golden opportunity to turn it around; but instead, they have manipulated the situation so that the rest of the world will fail and we will all be vulnerable to those that seek our destruction.