Vote Out Politicians That Are Not In Touch With Reality
August 19th 2010 01:14
I gave up this post many months ago as I viewed a dismal economic recovery. I could not help but think...who cares? I felt like writing again even though we still are in economic straits, mainly because I can't believe we are actually worse than when I last wrote. Who could imagine unemployment in the 10% range of people out of work for 18 months, 24 months, or longer. It makes you wonder what would trigger an economic recovery.
In the past I didn't get into politics a whole lot in my posts, but I don't think you can look at the current economy without talking politics a little bit considering the doomed policies and overspending that have put us there.
I used to be the type of person who traded in each car every three to four years for a brand new car. I now have a seven year old car and a five year old car. Those are both old for me, but guess what...I have no interest in purchasing a new car. The last think I need right now is car payments. Thanks to healthcare reform and bailouts, I am expecting that I am going to have to start paying more in taxes to cover those expensive entitlements and bailouts (unless they've added a good fertilizer to those money trees they have in Washington, D.C. -- I mean the kind you buy in the store, not the sh** you get from politicians). I have a son planning to go to college next year too. On top of all that, my concerns about the economy, expected tax hikes, and healthcare reform have forced my husband and I to plan to spend 50% less on Christmas this year than we have in past year. I just have no confidence in what is currently happening to do anything else.
I can understand why consumer confidence is so lower. People know that employers will not increase hiring when they have the healthcare reform hanging over their heads like the Angel of Death. Ready to punish them for not providing huge benefits to all employees. That loss of money means no new hiring.
It's really sad and pathetic that politicians are so far removed from the real world that some Senators, that shall remain nameless, make comments after a vote in their state to opt out of healthcare, that the people are not saying they don't like the bill but that she didn't do a good job of explaining the bill. I'm sorry but that is the most ridiculous statement that I have ever heard and when someone is that out of touch with reality it's time to vote them out of office.
In the past I didn't get into politics a whole lot in my posts, but I don't think you can look at the current economy without talking politics a little bit considering the doomed policies and overspending that have put us there.
I used to be the type of person who traded in each car every three to four years for a brand new car. I now have a seven year old car and a five year old car. Those are both old for me, but guess what...I have no interest in purchasing a new car. The last think I need right now is car payments. Thanks to healthcare reform and bailouts, I am expecting that I am going to have to start paying more in taxes to cover those expensive entitlements and bailouts (unless they've added a good fertilizer to those money trees they have in Washington, D.C. -- I mean the kind you buy in the store, not the sh** you get from politicians). I have a son planning to go to college next year too. On top of all that, my concerns about the economy, expected tax hikes, and healthcare reform have forced my husband and I to plan to spend 50% less on Christmas this year than we have in past year. I just have no confidence in what is currently happening to do anything else.
I can understand why consumer confidence is so lower. People know that employers will not increase hiring when they have the healthcare reform hanging over their heads like the Angel of Death. Ready to punish them for not providing huge benefits to all employees. That loss of money means no new hiring.
It's really sad and pathetic that politicians are so far removed from the real world that some Senators, that shall remain nameless, make comments after a vote in their state to opt out of healthcare, that the people are not saying they don't like the bill but that she didn't do a good job of explaining the bill. I'm sorry but that is the most ridiculous statement that I have ever heard and when someone is that out of touch with reality it's time to vote them out of office.
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Comment by S.L.
The Political Brief
Comment by Sam Uretsky
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The Great Recession is the result of nobody being willing to go first, and politicians of one party being either unwilling to cooperate in a recovery program or in denial regarding the proper methods of economic stimulus.
Companies won't hire until there's reason to believe there will be business to justify the expense, and there won't be business until more people are employed and can become customers. When companies can"t or won't hire, that's when government should -- but in order to get bipartisan support to bring the stimulus bill to the floor, the stimulus was too small, 30% was devoted to tax cuts which are woefully inefficient, and now it turns out that local officials haven't used the stimulus monet because they're saving it for a rainy day. The politics which blocked an effective stimulus are the problem.
Comment by S.L.
The Political Brief
Like the Great Depression, the lingering result is because of government interference, not inaction. If FDR had left the economy alone it would have righted itself just as the worse depression of 1920 did. Instead he meddled with everything and caused it to drag along for years until World War 2 started and brought the economy back to life. Clearly our "Constitutional Scholar"-in-Chief not only is ignorant of the Constitution, but of history as well or he would know that the only way to "fix" the economy is to leave it alone, as has already been proven to work, instead of doing what is guaranteed to worsen it.
Finally, you can't be serious about the healthcare insanity, can you? The system wasn't working as well as it should, granted. However it can be easily (and cheaply) fixed by a couple of simple measures. First is tort reform. Loser pays. That would end frivolous lawsuits that jack up malpractice insurance and cause some doctors to change fields or retire due to the expense. Second, allow insurance companies to sell across state lines and have reasonable competition between them. There. Didn't cost a dime and it would work. Forcing people to pay for insurance they don't want is unconstitutional, at best. Lying about taxes not being increased is really dumb as well. One more thing, if our medical care was so bad, why do people from the socialized medicine countries come to the USA for treatments instead of staying home?