Spending Spree

Hot on the heels of the bloated so-called Stimulus package, and remember that that was $827 Billion after amendments, Congress has passed a special $410 Billion spending package. This they did quietly so that people wouldn't have the chance to call and voice their objections to it. This is simply more money that the US Government will have to borrow, assuming there are any persons or nations still willing to lend, and leave for future generations to pay back.

President Obama keeps talking about how he inherited a deficit from President Bush, and even said the other day that he is going to try to cut the deficit in half during his first term, but this is an out and out lie. Now, I don't like any deficit spending at all, I think the Federal Government should run on the same principles that most of our Grandparents did, if you can't afford it, you just do without it, but let's look at the numbers. The deficit that the new Administration inherited was about $450 Billion. Accounting for interest (sometimes people say "debt service") the deficit has exploded to over $2 Trillion, and Obama has been in office just over a month. Now, I understand that Congress passed the spending bills, but Obama chose to sign them, and in this case, the Congress did not have the votes to over ride a Veto, had the President chosen to not go along, but of course he did go along, because he's complicit in the selling out of our children, and our Nations future.

This is sure not to be the only massive spending increases this year. They now have their sights set firmly on Health Care, and they have already started laying the groundwork for Nationalizing Health Care, which, if they are successful, will be an unmitigated disaster. The fiscal burden of Government run Health Care is well beyond what most people can even imagine, although imagination is hardly required, as we have plenty of examples around the world of just how colossal a failure this system is, just look at Canada and Britain. Besides the cost in dollars though, there is an even higher cost in human lives, and human suffering, as Government managed care amounts to rationed care, and while everyone is technically covered, many are denied access due to cost concerns. This is something that most Americans today don't even comprehend.

For the moment, all we can do is to talk to people, educate people, explain to them why these policies are the wrong ones. We can stay in touch with members of Congress and try to influence the decisions they make, and certainly if your Representative or Senator is in the Minority of those that are doing the right thing, please send them some encouragement so that they might keep on keeping on. Beyond that though, the next big impact we can have is to get involved in the upcoming election in 2010, find those candidates that will fight for what is right and support them. The only way to stem the tide of Socialism in America is to take back Congress in 2010. By 2012 it will be far more difficult to alter course, and if we fail by then, it will almost certainly be too late. People have to wake up, get up, and start fighting this battle now. The future of our Children, and our Nation, depend on it.