Saturday, February 7, 2009

Stimulus Package: WillI It Fix the Economy?

I am saddened by the fact that the people we choose to lead our country are trying to fix the economy when none of them has any clue about basic economic principles.

If you want to fix the economy, here is how you do it:

1) Let the banks fail. We already have the FDIC and Federal Reserve to bail them out and protect depositors.
2) Let non-competitive companies fail. The automakers have not been competitive for years, because the unions have ruined their cost structures with inflated salaries and unrealistic retirement and health benefits.
3) Give money to the consumers, and let them choose where to spend it. Let the people vote with their wallets for which companies and industries are offering the best combination of value and service.

The United States was established on sound economic principles and good morals. The productivity and ingenuity of the American people has long been our steadfast advantage. Unfortunately, our lame educational system and overzealous (greedy) unions have conspired to encourage stupidity and laziness.

The founding fathers would probably puke if they saw us today. We have gotten fat and lazy, and we have lost our ambition. People did not travel half-way around the world over 300 years ago, to an uncertain future, so that they could have a job at the local 7-11.

The Free Enterprise system is geared toward business ownership, not indentured servitude (jobs). The American Dream is not about home ownership, it is about business ownership.

Our people have been deceived, and it is about time that some REAL change is made. The country is destined to fail, and this fact is belied by the government trying to steer the economy by spending money it doesn't have.

Get ready for high interest rates, a very tough credit market, a continued housing crash, and rampant inflation. The government will have to start printing money in order to cover its debts. This will increase the prices of imports, drive inflation, cost jobs, and reduce purchasing power.

I hope everyone is happy with the CHANGE for which they thought they voted.

BTW, where is the change, when all I see is the same old people being appointed to important jobs? What changed, exactly? Democrats are still spending money, and Obama lied about the tax thing (we all knew he was lying, right?).

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