Mortgaged Futures

By Andrew Harding

The other day my Dad and I were having another one of our conversations about the state of our beloved nation and what is going to become of it (I should note, these conversations almost always end in mutual disgust and frustration), we talked about the economy and the Democrat’s irrefutable disregard for anything the American public has to say. Again, the Liberals who represent certain parts of this nation have taken on the mentality of, “Even though you may not want this, we know you need it”. When will they understand that the American people do not use doublespeak as they do. We say what we mean and mean what we say, there should be no negotiation as to whether or not we are smart enough to make our own decisions.

Onto the “spend spend spend” mentality this administration has clearly adopted in a brazen effort to strip the private sector of it’s power and ability to stand alone. I find it very sad that while my Dad raised his children during the capitalist rush under Reagan I am forced to consider the prospect of raising my children under the most socialist administration this country has seen since Teddy Roosevelt. If we continue on the path Obama has set for us not only will our children not know what a truly free market looks like, they will be strapped with the burden of this administrations spending frenzy. The White House will have us believe that all of the programs they have put into place have been huge successes, but this has become routine for them. Every major setback is downplayed while every minor victory is treated as the solution to everything. Take for example, Obama’s most “successful” program, Cash for Clunkers. Yes, car sales rose dramatically under that program and everybody seemed prepared to spend money again. What you won’t hear Mr. Obama admitting anytime soon is that many dealerships have yet to be reimbursed for their losses, and I’ll give you one guess who gets the honor of paying for that. You also won’t hear that car sales dropped through the floor several months before and after Obama’s great “success”. Before I jump into the debate on healthcare reform I would like to remind everybody what happened the last time the U.S. Government spent one trillion dollars of our money. The first thing Mr. Obama did when he took office was to push through a massive spending bill that was designed to “create” more jobs and “stimulate” the economy, unfortunately it accomplished neither of these things. Obama said unemployment would never reach 8.7% if his bill was passed, we are currently sitting at an unemployment rate of 9.7% (Another small note, unemployment has dropped .4% since December and only 36,000 Americans lost their jobs today so that’s good news right? Thank you Mr. Reid). So what happened? Obama did not tell a lie, he did “create” jobs. Even if that meant using stimulus money to expand ACORN and other programs the government has it’s tentacles wrapped all over. The fact remains, we are worse off today than we were before the stimulus was passed. But now this administration has the audacity to assume they can just pull the wool over our eyes again and we will accept it because “They know what’s best”?

As massive and destructive as the stimulus was for this country, trying to pull of healthcare reform at a time like this is pure insanity. Don’t get me wrong, there are ways to reform healthcare that don’t involve destroying the country, but I have a feeling not many are floating around those infamous closed door meetings. For example, why is opening health care up across state lines not being discussed? Because Liberals would rather handcuff a perfectly capable industry and then complain that it’s not performing correctly. They did it with Banks and they are getting very close to doing it with healthcare. To say that this healthcare program, including the public option, is deficit neutral is a slap in the face to all Americans. We know enough to understand who will end up paying for it in one way or another.

The point is, all these different spending bills and unnecessary reforms are costing us in ways we can’t even comprehend. My children and grandchildren will pay for the mistakes that I allow happen. I can’t turn the other cheek knowing that I have the ability to salvage a few mortgaged futures, I don’t think any of us can.