Tackling the Black Vote

The founding fathers would be rolling in their graves if they knew how big our federal government is. It was never meant to be this way. The thirteen colonies merged for the purpose of having a strong centralized government that existed only to serve the states, and to have limited powers that benefited the good of all states. Government at the state level was to be the boss of federal and local government. The tax dollars that Obama plans to spend on socialized programs such as national healthcare will come from the taxpayers one way or the other. The money the government uses to pay for military expenses, welfare, civil servant salaries, government works programs, disaster relief, etc . . . is based on the money the government expects to collect from taxpayers and businesses. The money is not just sitting around waiting to be spent; it is a projected amount that they expect to collect. He has committed to tax cuts, tax credits, reducing the deficit, education benefits, healthcare benefits, and other social reforms [that I am sure I missed.] In fact, Brian Riedl of the conservative Heritage Foundation says Obama has proposed nearly $350 billion per year in new spending. However, at this point in time, the entire corporate tax code only raises about $350 billion annually. So, it’s unrealistic to think the extra tax dollars collected will be enough to pay for all these things, and it’s unrealistic that he will be able to achieve all the promises he has committed to. It could be he knows this, and is aware that honoring all his promises is not a feasible proposition; I cannot speculate on that, only he can answer that. Still, not only has he committed his administration to providing all those benefits to the voters, but he committed to raising the minimum wage again [it was just raised a few months ago], and raising taxes on businesses too. By raising taxes on businesses and raising the minimum wage, it just makes it that much harder for small businesses to remain in business. A business cannot be viable if there is not enough cash flow to keep it solvent. By adding more overhead in the form of another wage increase, and a reduction in cash flow by increasing taxes, the profit margins for the business shrink, which in turn reduces cash flow. Small businesses are the heart and soul of America; more people are employed by small businesses than large businesses. In order to stay in business, they would have to raise their prices, which would in turn be passed on to the public. Raising the minimum wage might increase the amount of money in your paycheck, but the IRS would just take more tax to build their coffers. Likewise, the IRS increasing taxes on businesses might help the government to raise more tax dollars, but when the business owner raises his price in order to stay in business the public will be burdened with the extra cost. If the business fails, and the people are left unemployed, another burden is placed on the tax payers in the form of unemployment or health & welfare assistance. As for whether it is better to have a state run organization or a private run organization; usually it’s better to have a privately run organization. The free market tends to promote fiscal responsibility and a good work ethic; socialism does just the opposite, it promotes waste and slothfulness. The more a government regulates an industry, the more control they possess, and the less control the people have. I think socialism is anti-American. Study some of Karl Marx and Adam Smith’s work if you want to know more, they are pretty much the authorities everyone consults when researching the issues. Additionally, Obama wants to restrict trade. The cons want to keep the trade flowing. Stopping trade is a bad thing, as the value of the stuff we export is more than the products we import. His line of reasoning is from an outdated fiscal philosophy, that may have been great during JFK’s short tenure, but in our current dilemma, we cannot afford to go that route.

I don't think you can accurately predict what people who've been dead for 200-some years would think today. But if you think they'd be astonished at the size of an Obama government, what would they think of the big-spending, big-deficit Bush Administration?

Very clever of you to sneak socialism, apropos of nothing, into the discussion.