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At one time the federal government was seen as limited. Now under the liberal junta currently running this nation the states are being reduced to branch offices of Washington. This was never envisioned by the founders who saw our nation as sovereign people in several sovereign states joined together and pooling part of their sovereignty in the federal government. King Obama and his Hip-Pocket Congress are working to sieze control of American lives and the American economy far beyond anything King George would have imagined. If you think healthcare has a problem now, wait until it becomes a government program–emergency room meet Post Office and DMV.

Government programs are sold to the American people as one thing but a different view will often wipe away the glamour and show it for the sow’s ear that it is. One such program is “Cash for Clunkers.” It is interesting that the new owners of GM—Joe and June Taxpayer—are now forced to shell out for old cars to bait consumers onto the car lot. This stinker of a program has successfully drawn thousands to trade their old rusty gas guzzler for a bright shiny new payment book. Of course, in a recession that is what the American people need, more buying on debt—after all it worked so well for the Democrat controlled Congress.

Over the last few weeks people traded 600,000 vehicles. Now that it is over what has truly happened? Your government purchased 600,000 cars with the stated goals of destroying them. They spent your hard earned money on cars to crush. That is $2.8 Billion of your hard earned money for scrap metal. But this is not all they accomplished. Good manageable used cars with years of life have been gobbled up by a government monstrosity and are gone from the market. Many, whose only chance of a reliable car to get to work or school, face higher prices and fewer choices because of a shortage artificially created by a government that claims to care about them.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is saying that we must take action to bring down the deficit if we want the economy to grow. In saying this, the call is on for higher taxes to pay for the misdirected stimulus spending. So deficit spending has gone from the answer to the problem in less than eight months. What about the harm that higher taxes would do to our economy. When you raise taxes you reduce the amount of money available for investment and business expansion. It was argued during the debate on stimulus that it would be paid for through an expanded tax base once we recover, but no new taxes would be needed. Of course anyone with half an understanding of economics knew this was half-baked at best and a blatant lie at worst. The opposition pointed out over and over that record spending matched with our current conditions would necessitate higher taxes.

It would be helpful if the Treasury Secretary would do some reading on economics and while he is at it perhaps a perusal of the Constitution.

This last week the Federal Reserve predicted unemployment above 10% and no net growth in jobs over the next five years. Congratulations Barry. You wanted the United Stated to be more like Europe and you have succeeded. In seeking to model the US on Europe, the Liberal Mecca, Barry has thus far succeeded. That land of government high unemployment, gargantuan taxes, Utilitarian regulation, and Keynesian debt has been the dream of the left for so long they could not fathom what a nightmare it would be.

The only European abomination Barry has been unable to impose is nationalized healthcare, but he is hard at work on this. So on top of higher taxes, lower employment and fewer jobs, we could soon look to the same government that has screwed up everything it has ever touched to take care of us when we are sick. If Obama succeeds where will the Europeans go, who come here to escape their national healthcare systems? Where will we be able to go to find the same healthcare choices and quality we enjoyed under a market driven system?

The Obama plan would require all Americans to purchase health insurance, with government help for those who can not afford it. The problem with requiring health insurance is the same problem with state laws requiring liability insurance, the difficulty of enforcement. How do you know each family has purchased the required level of insurance? The only way to enforce this would be at the point of care, forcing Doctors and hospital staffs to act as health police. Once a person goes to get care and is discovered to not have the required coverage how are they to be handled? Are they placed on the government plan that both versions of this bill would create? This is a blatant effort to force people onto the government plan. What about costs? Once you require the purchase of anything you raise the cost. Every aspiring entrepreneur dreams of selling a product that everyone must have, because this offers the best profits through higher possible prices. Since the government plan has no need to turn a profit it could undercut prices, making up short falls through the power of taxation. In an effort to economize, people would be pressured onto the government plan. Obama’s plan would make coverage more expensive and push far more people onto the government plan,

What about illegal immigrants? Are they to be placed on the government healthcare plan? This plan will not stop them from showing up at emergency rooms around the country so something will have to be done. Health needs of illegals is one factor in the high cost of healthcare today and fixing the system will not be possible without securing our borders. If they are not to be covered on the government plan, how do we force them to pay for their own coverage? American taxpayer would be forced to subsidize those here illegally and the administration will have created one more incentive to flout our immigration laws. Illegals have been completely forgotten in this debate.

The next problem of Obamacare is the requirement that employers provide coverage to employees or pay a fee (spell that T-A-X). Like most liberals Obama, having never run a business, has no understanding of business. People create companies and hire people to turn a profit. Self-interest fuels their activities and causes them to invest their time and money. When you add requirements to this you increase the cost of doing business. A business owner will have more to consider when hiring. Many assume the choices are to pay for coverage or pay the special tax, but there are actually other options. One such option is whether to hire anyone or not. Perhaps the company will find another way to do the work without the hiring more people. Will this only apply to full-time workers? If so another option is to hire two part-time to do the old work of one full-time. Another question that must be answered, would employers still have to pay up for those who have elected the government plan. Most likely not, so employees will quickly find that they are more attractive to employers if they “opt” for the government plan.

Obama’s healthcare plan that makes coverage more expensive, forces doctors to play healthcare police, does nothing about illegals and negatively impacts business and employment. No other proof is needed that this was birthed in the delusional liberal mind.

The usual argument in favor of a minimum wage is protection of the lower classes. It is claimed business owners have so much power that unless the government intercedes people will be forced into sweat-shops, making subsistence wages while languishing in horrific working conditions. These claims usually mask the results of intrusive legislation, while hiding the lesser known motives of those clamoring for the increases. For example, some unions set the pay scales in their negotiated contracts as multiples of the federal minimum wage. If Congress raises this number then all those covered by these contracts get an automatic pay raise—no strikes, no picketing needed, let Congress do it for you. Another group with hidden motives is Congress itself. Every worker pays a flat percentage of their income in federal taxes (SSI, etc) whether they make enough to pay income taxes or not. The employer is also forced to pay a percentage of the employee’s salary in matching taxes. As a flat percentage of wages, when you increase the wages you increase these taxes proportionally. The employee is oblivious to this because his net pay goes up. However, the business owner has his portion increased and ultimately paid the extra amount taken from the employee. Seldom is Congress able to raise taxes with public support.

It is often forgotten that labor is a commodity—just like anything bought or sold. When prices go up for a product, demand for the product goes down. We see this when the price of gas goes up. People find ways to use less gas. They don’t do this to save the planet, or reduce dependency on foreign oil. They are motivated by basic economics—deciding on the best way to use their limited resource (income). Just like the average family balancing their needs, when the cost of doing business goes up the owner must reduce his profits or learn to economize.

The Robin Hood wannabes in Congress imagine that very penny increase to wages is a penny decrease in evil profits for the wicked business man. People do not go into business to provide jobs or to increase the GDP. They go into business to make money. When costs go up a business owner wanting to expand may decide to forgo hiring new personnel due to the higher costs. To do this he may shuffle his current staff or change their job requirements. If the owner is in a situation where he has no choice but to hire he may hold out for someone experienced instead of hiring one in need of training. Those suffering from an increase in the minimum wage are minorities, the uneducated and inexperienced—the same people liberals claim to champion.

Another problem with government intervention in wages is the loss of liberty. Seeking employment is an attempt to sell one’s time and skills. The highly skilled and educated are more valuable because their training empowers them to produce more in an hour than a less trained person. As a result they receive higher wages. Another person with no skills or training must take that into account when negotiating pay. Paying a certain wage for a set period of time is an exchange of value. If the value the employer receives matches up to the amount one is willing to take then a bargain is struck. When government sets a minimum wage, opportunities for the unskilled are reduced. If my time is not worth the artificial minimum, then the government has priced me out of the job market and stolen my ability to negotiate and my right to enact a private contract. If I am willing to sell the hours of my day for $2 each and an employer is willing to purchase them for that amount, what business is it of Congress or anyone else? The minimum wage reduces the freedoms of the average American.

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If the Republican members of the House have come back to party principles then four years in the political desert is worth it. While stopping Obama and the Hip-pocket Congress, we must rebuild the party with honest committed conservatives and libertarians. The party faithful are loyal to the principles of the party more than to specific candidates or precious majorities. Start pitching for the other team and you too will get benched. Our principles are what will put you in office and return you to a majority, not good press or entitlement voters.

Mr. Pence, I hope what you say about the Republicans in the House is true. Forgive us if we don’t take your word for it. We will watch and see. As the old saying goes: “Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me.” Principled Republicans must not be fooled again.

It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.

He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.

The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.

The Butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.

The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.

The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town’s prostitute that in these hard times, gave her “services” on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.

The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.

At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.

No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism..

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.

The Constitution limits the US government to certain powers and forbids all other actions. If the American people in framing and ratifying the Constitution did not choose to empower the federal government to choose which businesses fail and which ones are saved then this is an illegal act.

Many will wonder what alternatives were possible. If a company makes bad choices then let it fail. When the employees, through their unions, make business unprofitable for the company they deserve to experience the unemployment line. What the government subsidizes you get more of. So long as the government intervenes to remove the pain from bad decision you will get more such decisions.

Every American who loves the Constitution should pass by the General Motors lot and shop elsewhere.