I like you watched the euphoria the night of the election 2008 as Sen. Barack Obama became the next President of the United States. He said with all sincerity that he was going to bring change to the policies that had hurt the American people on mainstreet. We all applauded. We had Robin Hood who was now in leadership who would take from the rich and give to the poor.
After 11 months in office, and of course this really isn't enough time to accomplish real change... having been spared a national tragedy like 9-11 in the 9th month of President George Bush's term in office, what has been accomplished?
His advisors have pushed through "cash for clunkers." This created a wonderful opportunity for people who were driving old beat up cars to trade in their old cars for a huge down payment to buy a car that is overpriced and that they really can't afford. And now after they purchased their new car, here in the State of California, they receive their first renewal of the license plates and they are devastated that the license cost as much or more than a payment.
Next the advisors bailed out banks so that they would not foreclose on the poor people on mainstreet. And now 60 million homes are facing foreclosure and not only have they not assisted the people on mainstreet they are literally throwing them out of their homes many without due process or notice.
So what has the ONE done? He has made the rich richer and the poor poorer. It may not be his fault because he is not an MBA graduate. He doesn't have a business background so he is depending on the advise of his advisors who are the "slick willies" of the investment world.
The rhetoric is wonderful. We are going to tax the rich those who make over $200K a year. Except doesn't he know that the rich are rich because they know how NOT to pay taxes. And already the rich have their bookkeepers and accountants doing everything in their power
to make their tax burden as minimal as possible.
Who are we kidding?
So at the end of this fiscal year, our Treasury department will realize that their revenue is down. These policies have hurt small businesses. As we drive along the business highways of our cities all we see is "for rent" signs. The mom and pop businesses have been closed.
We see with the new health care idea that small businesses are already downsizing to accommodate the huge raise in costs of their mandatory "governmental" health care mandate.
We already see big businesses taking their factories to countries that pay minimum wage. And so what is left?
The middle class has been reduced to the "homeless" the "welfare" the "unemployment" the
"bankrupt" etc.
This big bailout went to sponsor government jobs. And everyone knows especially the industrial military and government contractors, when the government cuts off funds, everyone is laid off.
So these businesses are not self-sustainable. But they are all dependent on government funding.
When the Treasury department runs out of ink in their printing presses, like we do sometimes when we run out of ink in our inkjet printers, all you will get is some fuzzy lines on a blank sheet of paper.
When the nations start to foreclose on America then you will have yourselves to thank. Because you voted in the ONE who put on his cabinet a lot of people with a little experience in the real world and living a real life.
