First of all – Happy New Year! We survived the end of the world (Dec 21, 2012), and now have been led to the edge of the cliff, had one leg and one arm over it, and then were pulled back. But did we really? If you really look at what we’ve accomplished – I’d say it amounts to about nothing, especially when it comes to spending. The reality of the situation is we actually jumped off the cliff on November 6th.
Much to the false claims of Obama – taxes will be going up on at least 77% of all Americans (not just the 1%. Obamacare is laden with hidden taxes here and there. The balanced approach Obama speaks of must mean that for every additional cent he can grab in revenue, he’ll balance that with a cent of increased spending – to hell with the 16 trillion we owe. Now that he has been re-elected, he can exert his will to accomplish his far left ideology – destroying the country as we know it.
This country has a spending problem – not just a little problem, but an enormous problem. WE MUST STOP SPENDING! We can not afford to continue to allow every government program, including entitlements to continue to grow willy nilly. The government – ALL of it, needs to redefine what the word “cut” means, what “balance” means, and what “debt” means. Reducing the rate of growth in spending is NOT the same as cutting spending. This madness must stop.
The President has little comprehension of leadership, which has led to the most divisive congress I’ve seen in my lifetime. The buck stops with him and how he handles leadership. Our country failed to elect a leader – it instead chose a crafty politician who is putting his own radical ideas into play, rather than providing the leadership this country so desperately needs. Leadership of all Americans – that means it is important for the President to work diligently to lead both parties to work together – bringing together good ideas from both sides and blending them into solutions that work for all.
We have a spending problem – you fix a spending problem by looking at ways to eliminate waste, refine processes to improve efficiency, and by driving continuous improvements. That does not mean that services must be eliminated or even reduced – just executed more efficiently. We have a spending problem – freeze all levels of spending at some baseline rate – be it 2008, or even 2010 levels (and remove unusual one time expenditures – like wars). Now – do everything possible to maintain or increase the levels of services based on this baseline amount – I guarantee you that waste and other inefficiencies will be found, and more can be done with less. This is the attitude our entire congress must adopt. That is what a leader would do – take on the real problem head on – not just add to it. If our government was a business, the board of directors would have ousted the entire lot and brought in new blood to get the job done. Unfortunately, emotions and blatant misinformation has led America to already jump off the cliff.
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