It either must be terribly humiliating or maybe these two just aren't as smart as everyone thought they were. I suspect it is the former, because I know that Senators Warner and Webb are plenty smart. They are also plenty wimpy. These guys folded like a flimsy tent when we we needed them. Warner ran as a "radical centrist" Webb publicly fancies himself a renegade and a free thinker. Well, when Harry Reid needed these two to fall in line they snapped a crisp salute, voted the way Harry wanted them to and then posted statements on their websites explaining their votes in approved talking points from the DNC.
The real problem here, and it goes beyond gutless senators like Mark and Jim, the problem is that these guys are already fabulously wealthy. The taxes they are going to impose upon us (assuming they have not exempted themselves somewhere in the 2000 page bill) are a drop in the bucket to them. They mean nothing. These two could easily pay (though I bet they won't) another 100K in taxes each and they would not blink an eye. The problem is that for the rest of America, those of us who work for a living, who build businesses and create jobs, these taxes are real and they hurt. So my tax dollars are going to Nebraska, Louisiana, and Vermont in order to keep their senators votes in line. This is good government....why?
Nice job Senators from Virginia. You cowered in front of a moron like Harry Reid. I cannot imagine how it feels to be a lapdog for man of Reid's caliber...but it must suck. Good luck in your re-election bids. You are going to need it! HAHAHAHA!!!!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Term Limits Now More Than Ever
Get these people out of Washington as soon as we can...all of them. Super rich, ivory tower lemmings completely out of touch with the daily lives of real Americans in Washington is a recipe for...disaster - just what we are getting from Congress and the President today. Agenda driven, political legislation that has nothing to do with solving problems in our country.
Here are the no longer covert priorities of every legislator in Washington 1) Get re-elected 2) Score political "victories" that hopefully make the opposition look bad 3) Get re-elected again. That's pretty much it. See the problem.
Senate, one term; House 2 terms. Then go home and earn a living like the rest of us.
Elect me president, I will get it done :)
Here are the no longer covert priorities of every legislator in Washington 1) Get re-elected 2) Score political "victories" that hopefully make the opposition look bad 3) Get re-elected again. That's pretty much it. See the problem.
Senate, one term; House 2 terms. Then go home and earn a living like the rest of us.
Elect me president, I will get it done :)
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Obama, you are the President...time to start acting like it
I know that coming from Chicago, everything for Barak Obama is political. However, the decision to send more troops, stand with current levels, or withdraw from Afghanistan should rise above typical, frustrating, and self-serving partisan gnashing of teeth. Unfortunately for Obama, he cannot rise from the sewer of Chicago politics. Every decision is political and is made through the decision tree of what makes Obama and the Democratic party look good and the other side look bad. Furthermore, what position strengthens his political foundation and erodes any competitor, in party or out.
The Afghanistan decision is not all that hard if put through a simple analysis. First, what does it take to win? Are we willing to pay that price? If we are not willing to go all in and win, then get out. General McCrystal believes 40,000 more troops will give him a winning hand. He believes he can secure the population, defeat that Taliban, and leave a nascent free society. He is closest to the ground, either give him what he needs or relieve him and pull out. I was shocked to think that Obama was considering splitting the difference and sending more troops but not as many as his general requested. This would be politics at its worst. This is the worst case scenario for he troops already there and the new ones he would send. It is not the addition in force that a trained military professional believes is needed to win. However it is enough to make Obama not look like a sissy, but not what the military needs, so he is still okay with his left wing loony supporters. This is a political decision. It is tantamount to throwing away American lives....not enough to win, but just enough to provide political cover with the opposing views on what to do in Afghanistan.
Obama is not big on American "winning". We know he is a man of the world. If he feels that a convincing and forceful American victory is not in our best interests....then make that decision and live with the consequences. That is what leaders do, it is not what politicians do. If Obama wants to get out, I would rather he say so and get the warring American forces home. Sending them a fractional reinforcement on what is needed to win is wasteful and immoral.
Obama, you are the President of the United States. It is time to start acting like it. Make a decision, lead for a change. We will let you know how you did in 2012.
The Afghanistan decision is not all that hard if put through a simple analysis. First, what does it take to win? Are we willing to pay that price? If we are not willing to go all in and win, then get out. General McCrystal believes 40,000 more troops will give him a winning hand. He believes he can secure the population, defeat that Taliban, and leave a nascent free society. He is closest to the ground, either give him what he needs or relieve him and pull out. I was shocked to think that Obama was considering splitting the difference and sending more troops but not as many as his general requested. This would be politics at its worst. This is the worst case scenario for he troops already there and the new ones he would send. It is not the addition in force that a trained military professional believes is needed to win. However it is enough to make Obama not look like a sissy, but not what the military needs, so he is still okay with his left wing loony supporters. This is a political decision. It is tantamount to throwing away American lives....not enough to win, but just enough to provide political cover with the opposing views on what to do in Afghanistan.
Obama is not big on American "winning". We know he is a man of the world. If he feels that a convincing and forceful American victory is not in our best interests....then make that decision and live with the consequences. That is what leaders do, it is not what politicians do. If Obama wants to get out, I would rather he say so and get the warring American forces home. Sending them a fractional reinforcement on what is needed to win is wasteful and immoral.
Obama, you are the President of the United States. It is time to start acting like it. Make a decision, lead for a change. We will let you know how you did in 2012.
Are you kidding me?
We are really going to bring the 9/11 terrorist a$$holes to American soil for a civilian trial...to be put on the docket right after a carjacking case is resolved? So the planners of the 9/11 jihadist massacre are due the same rights as the local car thief? Newsflash for Eric Holder - these bastards are not American citizens. They are not due any constitutional due process. They are ar criminals. This is both an irrational and stupid political decision...very Nixonian...by an administration that fancies itself as far smarter than markets, economies, and certainly average Americans.
There is an intersection of interests in the KSM matter. The only thing he wants out of his remaining pathetic and wasted life is to die as a martyr. The only thing we as Americans owe KSM is a bullet between the eyes. It is my suggestion that we recognize the intersection of these common interests...and save ourselves a lot of money, time, and national turmoil.
There is an intersection of interests in the KSM matter. The only thing he wants out of his remaining pathetic and wasted life is to die as a martyr. The only thing we as Americans owe KSM is a bullet between the eyes. It is my suggestion that we recognize the intersection of these common interests...and save ourselves a lot of money, time, and national turmoil.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Use Your Heads People
I am not a big fiction reader. I strongly prefer non-fiction. I especially dislike reading fiction in the news media and then hearing fiction repeated as fact by people following what they hear rather than using their heads and thinking for themselves.
Here are some facts that are not refutable. The democrats control the House of Representatives by 79 seats. They have an insurmountable voting majority of 60 in the senate (58 democrats +2 reliable "independents"). So when I hear chatter in the media and in conversation about the "obstructionist" republicans my head starts to throb. The republicans cannot in anyway obstruct anything the democrats want to do. They do not have the votes. This is like stating that my pair of two's is obstructing your full house in the poker hand of life. The full house wins every time. It just is. So, if the democrats want to pass legislation, there is nothing the republicans can do to stop it. They do not have the votes. They would be steamrolled on every vote.
If fellow democrats are jumping ship from democratic causes, why does that make republicans obstructionist? The answer is, it doesn't. However, most of the media needs a boogey man to demonize and an excuse to cite when liberalism fails. If the democrats agenda does not roll forward this year, it isn't because of the meanie republicans, it is because the democrats don't agree on the policy...and maybe, just maybe because it is bad for America.
Come on people use your heads. This one isn't that hard.
Here are some facts that are not refutable. The democrats control the House of Representatives by 79 seats. They have an insurmountable voting majority of 60 in the senate (58 democrats +2 reliable "independents"). So when I hear chatter in the media and in conversation about the "obstructionist" republicans my head starts to throb. The republicans cannot in anyway obstruct anything the democrats want to do. They do not have the votes. This is like stating that my pair of two's is obstructing your full house in the poker hand of life. The full house wins every time. It just is. So, if the democrats want to pass legislation, there is nothing the republicans can do to stop it. They do not have the votes. They would be steamrolled on every vote.
If fellow democrats are jumping ship from democratic causes, why does that make republicans obstructionist? The answer is, it doesn't. However, most of the media needs a boogey man to demonize and an excuse to cite when liberalism fails. If the democrats agenda does not roll forward this year, it isn't because of the meanie republicans, it is because the democrats don't agree on the policy...and maybe, just maybe because it is bad for America.
Come on people use your heads. This one isn't that hard.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
When Fat Cats Become Bone Heads
So major banks in the US are managed by their leadership to the point of collapse and the US Govt has to rescue them with billions of taxpayer dollars. Now as their business recovers, at least for now, what does the leadership do? They pay themselves huge bonuses like nothing ever happened. What planet do these idiots live on?
It is my opinion that cronyism in both the private and public sectors is one of the biggest threats to the future of the United States. Once a person becomes a fat cat in business or politics, short of being convicted of being an ax murderer (or taking 90K in bribes and stashing the cash in the freezer), they are entitled to riches and perks unknown to the rest of America. I guess a meritocracy is only in effect for those not in the fat cat club. Once in, membership appears stickier than university tenure.
What were these clowns thinking? What a self inflicted PR nightmare. If fat cats forget that their fat wallets don't impress most Americans and their fate egos will be their undoing. What a bunch of boneheads. Obama should have fired all of them for being morons - they work for the government. Remember?
It is my opinion that cronyism in both the private and public sectors is one of the biggest threats to the future of the United States. Once a person becomes a fat cat in business or politics, short of being convicted of being an ax murderer (or taking 90K in bribes and stashing the cash in the freezer), they are entitled to riches and perks unknown to the rest of America. I guess a meritocracy is only in effect for those not in the fat cat club. Once in, membership appears stickier than university tenure.
What were these clowns thinking? What a self inflicted PR nightmare. If fat cats forget that their fat wallets don't impress most Americans and their fate egos will be their undoing. What a bunch of boneheads. Obama should have fired all of them for being morons - they work for the government. Remember?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
When "Present" Won't Cut It
Opponents of Barack Obama reported during the campaign the high percentage of "present" votes by then state senator Obama. Clearly Obama was mapping out his political future walking the tightrope of politics by keeping himself out of many controversial positions of record. Voting "present" and dodging tough issues with a present vote may be fine in the state legislature of Illinois. However, when that "present" state senator is now Commander in Chief, voting "present" won't cut it.
The time has come in Afghanistan to fish or cut bait. We need a decision. Obama's commander in Afghanistan and his secretary of defense are pushing for more troops. Obama is a flower child of the 1960s and his gut tells him that all things can be worked out through peaceful negotiations. His far left advisers and supporters also believe that we should bring home the troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible. The problem is that candidate Obama called Afghanistan the "right" war that we needed to fight to secure our future against the terrorist threat. So now Obama is either trying to make the right call to get the best result in Afghanistan or he is trying to find a way to vote "present" and weasel out of taking a stand what will without question be unpopular with many Americans.
Welcome to the big leagues Obama, make a decision..."present" won't cut it. Either pull the troops out ad bring them home or double down and try to win. I can see the merit of both positions. I would double down. What I would not do is dither around looking for a politically palatable solution while brave American soldiers risk their lives. Obama, you are the president, make a decision, it's your job!
The time has come in Afghanistan to fish or cut bait. We need a decision. Obama's commander in Afghanistan and his secretary of defense are pushing for more troops. Obama is a flower child of the 1960s and his gut tells him that all things can be worked out through peaceful negotiations. His far left advisers and supporters also believe that we should bring home the troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as possible. The problem is that candidate Obama called Afghanistan the "right" war that we needed to fight to secure our future against the terrorist threat. So now Obama is either trying to make the right call to get the best result in Afghanistan or he is trying to find a way to vote "present" and weasel out of taking a stand what will without question be unpopular with many Americans.
Welcome to the big leagues Obama, make a decision..."present" won't cut it. Either pull the troops out ad bring them home or double down and try to win. I can see the merit of both positions. I would double down. What I would not do is dither around looking for a politically palatable solution while brave American soldiers risk their lives. Obama, you are the president, make a decision, it's your job!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The Real World versus Obamaland
In Obamaland, the impossible is possible, I suppose due to the overwhelming persuasive powers of Obama. Unfortunately in the Real World, where all of us with the exception of Barack Obama and his minions live, things like laws of physics, economics, and human nature do not bow to the Obama charm.
In Obamaland, we can add 40 million new subscribers to healtcare roles without stressing the the capacity of the existing system or raising costs. Sadly, according to all who just stop and think about it and also according to those in the CBO who actually crunch the numbers, Obamaland holds no connection to reality.
In Obamaland, bad people with hate in their hearts and nefarious plans in their brains will put aside their hate and join the community of peace through persuasive negotiations with the all feeling, all sensing, all healing Obama. In Obamaland, it is possible for weapons technology to be "banished from the face of the Earth". In the real world, bad people take advantage of the overconfident silliness of Obamaland dwellars. In the real world, people who actually take action when needed and drive results feel their heads explode when Obamaland platitudes suffice where firm action and resolve are needed.
Most dangerously for all of us, people in the real world, with real hate, real plans, and real weapons eat the lunch of those who live in Obamaland. Were Obama not the president of the United States, this would be just another heady idealist being shoved to irrelevance by things they ironically do not understand. However, Obamaland has moved into the White House and many people will suffer the economic consequences of his failures at a minimum. In the worst case scenario, a lot of people who live in the real world could die from the hubris of Obamaland and its disconnect from the reality of evil in the real world.
Obamaland is a great place for university professors, community organizers, and for young idealists short on real world experience. Obamaland is a bad place when decisions of consequence are at hand, when one must delineate between good and evil. The infinite shades of grey and idea that no one is wrong or bad they are just different doesn't play very well when one of those "different" from us in planning to blow Israel off the map. Obamaland doesn't translate very well into the real world in which we live. I guess we are finding that out a little too late.
In Obamaland, we can add 40 million new subscribers to healtcare roles without stressing the the capacity of the existing system or raising costs. Sadly, according to all who just stop and think about it and also according to those in the CBO who actually crunch the numbers, Obamaland holds no connection to reality.
In Obamaland, bad people with hate in their hearts and nefarious plans in their brains will put aside their hate and join the community of peace through persuasive negotiations with the all feeling, all sensing, all healing Obama. In Obamaland, it is possible for weapons technology to be "banished from the face of the Earth". In the real world, bad people take advantage of the overconfident silliness of Obamaland dwellars. In the real world, people who actually take action when needed and drive results feel their heads explode when Obamaland platitudes suffice where firm action and resolve are needed.
Most dangerously for all of us, people in the real world, with real hate, real plans, and real weapons eat the lunch of those who live in Obamaland. Were Obama not the president of the United States, this would be just another heady idealist being shoved to irrelevance by things they ironically do not understand. However, Obamaland has moved into the White House and many people will suffer the economic consequences of his failures at a minimum. In the worst case scenario, a lot of people who live in the real world could die from the hubris of Obamaland and its disconnect from the reality of evil in the real world.
Obamaland is a great place for university professors, community organizers, and for young idealists short on real world experience. Obamaland is a bad place when decisions of consequence are at hand, when one must delineate between good and evil. The infinite shades of grey and idea that no one is wrong or bad they are just different doesn't play very well when one of those "different" from us in planning to blow Israel off the map. Obamaland doesn't translate very well into the real world in which we live. I guess we are finding that out a little too late.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Does Obama Have a Strategy?
I am going to give Obama the benefit of the doubt and say that he does not have a strategy for his administration, because if one assumed he had a strategy based on his actions in 9 months in office, they conclusion would not be a pretty one.
I assume that he is in the business of paying back and buying the future support of his "base". Afterall, that is the Chicago-way and Obama has shown his roots as a born and bred Chicigo politician. His base is 1) Union workers 2) Radical Left Peaceniks and socialists 3) Disaffected America Apologists 4) Naive Peaceniks who really believe we can live together with radical Islam 5) People who do not have health insurance. By the way, it is possible to belong to more than one classification of the Obama base.
Let's see if his actions support my theory, giving him the benefit of the doubt that no one is stupid enough enough to try to turn this great republic into a quagmire of government programs where the vast majority depend on the government to take care of them.
Tariff on low end tires from China..who does that help...oh yes, the union boys. Consumers get the benefit of more expensive produts and we get to see if China decides to retaliate. BTW, has Obama ever heard of Smoot Hawley? A period of recession has historically been a poor time to begin a policy of protectionism.
Healthcare, Insurance, Coverage...whatever it is called to day...reform. Well, this helps those in the 5th category, but it also, as written by the House, help the Union boys as they get special treatment and benefits that the rest of the proletariat have to endure with "reformed" healthcare.
Wavering on Afghanistan policy...this certainly is a payback for Peacenicks of any ilk. I thought Afghanistan was Obama's fulcrum on the war on terror. How can we, after 9 months in office, have to delay a decision on troop levels so we can determine our strategy. We don't have a strategy? Are you kidding me? What has been going on since January? Seems to me this delay is a way to not do anything that looks too hawkish or aggressive and make his peacenik supporters mad.
Investigating the CIA for interrogations we conducted in the post 9/11 war on terror. I've got to tell you, whether we waterboarded the bastards who architected the 9/11 massacre or whether we got potty water on the koran doesn't keep me up at night. Why are we going back to re-investigate something that has already been investigated?
Cash for clunkers...let's see who does this help....certainly the unions, although in a funny and happy twist of fate, Toyota sold the most cars during this ridiculous program. This also helped people who like having someone else'money (taxpayers who did not buy a car) given to them (taxpayers and non-taxpayers did buy a car and got $ 4500 from Uncle Sam).
GM & Chrysler Bailout...hmmm, too big to fail...or not. If GM and Chrysler had been allowed to "fail" like 99.9999% of most American business are "allowed" to do...their assets would have been bought by businesses and investors who thought they could make better use of those assets. There would be jobs in Michigan, just not union jobs....ooops! There's the rub. The fallacy is that if GM and Chrysler had failed, while it would have been a big economic shock, there is still demand for cars and trucks in the markets they serve. New investments, new capital would have remade the assets of GM and Chrysler into something viable in the market, rather than a ward of the state, but that would not have been a happy outcome for the union supporters of Obama.
See the pattern here? There is more and I could add more examples, but after a while it just becomes piling on. I guess the Obama strategy or rather his tactics are paying back those in his base, so he can do whatever it is he intends to do...once he comes up with a strategy...like that Afghanistan thing.
I assume that he is in the business of paying back and buying the future support of his "base". Afterall, that is the Chicago-way and Obama has shown his roots as a born and bred Chicigo politician. His base is 1) Union workers 2) Radical Left Peaceniks and socialists 3) Disaffected America Apologists 4) Naive Peaceniks who really believe we can live together with radical Islam 5) People who do not have health insurance. By the way, it is possible to belong to more than one classification of the Obama base.
Let's see if his actions support my theory, giving him the benefit of the doubt that no one is stupid enough enough to try to turn this great republic into a quagmire of government programs where the vast majority depend on the government to take care of them.
Tariff on low end tires from China..who does that help...oh yes, the union boys. Consumers get the benefit of more expensive produts and we get to see if China decides to retaliate. BTW, has Obama ever heard of Smoot Hawley? A period of recession has historically been a poor time to begin a policy of protectionism.
Healthcare, Insurance, Coverage...whatever it is called to day...reform. Well, this helps those in the 5th category, but it also, as written by the House, help the Union boys as they get special treatment and benefits that the rest of the proletariat have to endure with "reformed" healthcare.
Wavering on Afghanistan policy...this certainly is a payback for Peacenicks of any ilk. I thought Afghanistan was Obama's fulcrum on the war on terror. How can we, after 9 months in office, have to delay a decision on troop levels so we can determine our strategy. We don't have a strategy? Are you kidding me? What has been going on since January? Seems to me this delay is a way to not do anything that looks too hawkish or aggressive and make his peacenik supporters mad.
Investigating the CIA for interrogations we conducted in the post 9/11 war on terror. I've got to tell you, whether we waterboarded the bastards who architected the 9/11 massacre or whether we got potty water on the koran doesn't keep me up at night. Why are we going back to re-investigate something that has already been investigated?
Cash for clunkers...let's see who does this help....certainly the unions, although in a funny and happy twist of fate, Toyota sold the most cars during this ridiculous program. This also helped people who like having someone else'money (taxpayers who did not buy a car) given to them (taxpayers and non-taxpayers did buy a car and got $ 4500 from Uncle Sam).
GM & Chrysler Bailout...hmmm, too big to fail...or not. If GM and Chrysler had been allowed to "fail" like 99.9999% of most American business are "allowed" to do...their assets would have been bought by businesses and investors who thought they could make better use of those assets. There would be jobs in Michigan, just not union jobs....ooops! There's the rub. The fallacy is that if GM and Chrysler had failed, while it would have been a big economic shock, there is still demand for cars and trucks in the markets they serve. New investments, new capital would have remade the assets of GM and Chrysler into something viable in the market, rather than a ward of the state, but that would not have been a happy outcome for the union supporters of Obama.
See the pattern here? There is more and I could add more examples, but after a while it just becomes piling on. I guess the Obama strategy or rather his tactics are paying back those in his base, so he can do whatever it is he intends to do...once he comes up with a strategy...like that Afghanistan thing.
Getting Things Done - Advice for Obama
I recognize that President Obama has never had a private sector job, so he needs some help understanding how the real world, real businesses, and real people work. Here is some free advice, that if he follows it, can help him get is presidency out of the ditch.
Businesses hate uncertainty in their markets. Business risk is a part of our ridiculously successful capitalist system. Business people understand that, work to mitigate risk, and evaluate risk/reward trade-offs everyday. What business people cannot tolerate and what makes them recoil into complete inaction is market uncertainty...things that could change the rules of the game over which they have no control, into which they have no input, and against which they have no defense. This reality also applies to consumers...as small enterprises managing their households and lives. If there are too many balls in the air that have potential to radically change the rules of their existence, businesses and the consumers in those businesses will stand on the sidelines, hunker down and wait to see what is going to happen. These are good and rational business reactions.
Obama has too many balls in the air. He is upsetting too many apple carts and heading down too many rat holes. What will the impact of healthcare reform be on small business? I have no idea. Neither do business people. What will the impact of healthcare reform be on the taxes small business owners and individuals pay? No clue. What mandates will be required by an ivory tower president and legislature? I haven't the slightest. Neither does anyone else. Starting to see the problem?
Cap and Trade...where is this headed? What will be the increased tax burden on consumers and business if Cap and Trade becomes law? I know one thing, whether direct or indirect, the cost of everything will rise for the United States market...and for the US market alone. India and China will be the great beneficiaries of Cap and Trade, while its impact on US business in unknown in in depth, only in its direction. This is a huge potential game changer for American businesses and American consumers. Its economic impact is potentially massive...but know one knows how big of a burden Cap and Trade would create and when it starts to dig.
Cardcheck...where is this headed? I hope to the garbage heap where it belongs. However, the president favors card check to help out his union base of supporters. How will this impact the cost of business? Well, it won't make it cheaper to do business if I have to overpay for labor due to increased unionization through simple cardcheck processes. How much will this cost American businesses, I don't know, and the point is neither do they, but like Cap and Trade it will increase the cost of doing business, we just don't know how much.
See the trend? There are way too many balls in the air. There are far too many potential cost/tax burdens waiting to be thrust upon American business in the name of...well, I am not sure what it is int he name of, since it does not appear to be part of any well thought out plan or strategy. I guess this is all in the name of paying back those who got Obama to the White House.
So advice for Obama, assuming he can see the problems he is creating for the businesses and people he so longs to tax into middle class....pick a one major initiative. Create a value proposition for the majority of Americans (other than giving away someone else' money) and insert that initiative as part of a broad strategy to improve the already fabulous economic system we have in America. If your initiative and plan do not achieve these goals or have the potential to achieve these goals...you are working on the wrong things.
This advice is solid and it is free. You can thank me later by keeping my taxes low, letting keep what I earn, and staying out of my healthcare decisions.
Businesses hate uncertainty in their markets. Business risk is a part of our ridiculously successful capitalist system. Business people understand that, work to mitigate risk, and evaluate risk/reward trade-offs everyday. What business people cannot tolerate and what makes them recoil into complete inaction is market uncertainty...things that could change the rules of the game over which they have no control, into which they have no input, and against which they have no defense. This reality also applies to consumers...as small enterprises managing their households and lives. If there are too many balls in the air that have potential to radically change the rules of their existence, businesses and the consumers in those businesses will stand on the sidelines, hunker down and wait to see what is going to happen. These are good and rational business reactions.
Obama has too many balls in the air. He is upsetting too many apple carts and heading down too many rat holes. What will the impact of healthcare reform be on small business? I have no idea. Neither do business people. What will the impact of healthcare reform be on the taxes small business owners and individuals pay? No clue. What mandates will be required by an ivory tower president and legislature? I haven't the slightest. Neither does anyone else. Starting to see the problem?
Cap and Trade...where is this headed? What will be the increased tax burden on consumers and business if Cap and Trade becomes law? I know one thing, whether direct or indirect, the cost of everything will rise for the United States market...and for the US market alone. India and China will be the great beneficiaries of Cap and Trade, while its impact on US business in unknown in in depth, only in its direction. This is a huge potential game changer for American businesses and American consumers. Its economic impact is potentially massive...but know one knows how big of a burden Cap and Trade would create and when it starts to dig.
Cardcheck...where is this headed? I hope to the garbage heap where it belongs. However, the president favors card check to help out his union base of supporters. How will this impact the cost of business? Well, it won't make it cheaper to do business if I have to overpay for labor due to increased unionization through simple cardcheck processes. How much will this cost American businesses, I don't know, and the point is neither do they, but like Cap and Trade it will increase the cost of doing business, we just don't know how much.
See the trend? There are way too many balls in the air. There are far too many potential cost/tax burdens waiting to be thrust upon American business in the name of...well, I am not sure what it is int he name of, since it does not appear to be part of any well thought out plan or strategy. I guess this is all in the name of paying back those who got Obama to the White House.
So advice for Obama, assuming he can see the problems he is creating for the businesses and people he so longs to tax into middle class....pick a one major initiative. Create a value proposition for the majority of Americans (other than giving away someone else' money) and insert that initiative as part of a broad strategy to improve the already fabulous economic system we have in America. If your initiative and plan do not achieve these goals or have the potential to achieve these goals...you are working on the wrong things.
This advice is solid and it is free. You can thank me later by keeping my taxes low, letting keep what I earn, and staying out of my healthcare decisions.
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