The health care debate is beginning to show Obama's inexperience and lack of effectiveness in being President. He is still running a campaign instead of being the President to all Americans. Now you can understand why I do not consider Obama my President. It is because he is NOT acting as my President, he is still acting like a Democratic candidate trying to get his side of the aisle roused for the health care debate.
Obama is not the President of the US, but President of the Democrats while he calls the opposition "mobs." Such talk from a supposed President only shows that he is too inexperienced as we were told by his own party members and even his own Vice President. The Presidency does not lend itself to on the job training, or so were the words that are now coming to ring to true. Obama is an unmitigated disaster, and history will show him to be such a tragedy. He continues to act like the community organizer that was his ONLY job before his 20 months in the Senate. Remember, America, elections have consequences, and you are getting yours in spades.
He is paired with the other parts of the unholy triad: Pelosi and Reid. Between the three of these jokers, the America that you knew growing up, read about, and were told was the "envy of the ages," is going to become a broken-down old lady with only memories of greatness while the image of "Lady Liberty" fades from the pages of history beginning with the election of Obama and his SMDC.
The conservatives are NOT the answer since the Republicans have given up their right to lead with the Bush-43 years debacle and have become party of the problem not the solution. All politicians, right and left, need to be turned-out beginning with the 2010 and 2012 elections. Nothing will reform these people since they are drunk with power and money from the US Treasury.
Politicians in Washington, DC are completely useless and ineffective except in the only way they can improve their own lot in life. Tomorrow I will post a list of behaviors and ethical actions that voters should hold their elected officials to or turn them into civilians WITHOUT pensions!
A moderated blog (due to blogspam) that now believes America has moved too far down the road towards socialism to come back and recover its former glory. Truly, America's best days are behind her. Major topics include politics and investing.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Cash for Clunkers -- what an economic crock!
Can you believe your eyes and ears, America? Liberals and Dems are touting the success of the Cash for Clunkers (CFC) program! They are falling all over themselves to tout what is basically a "FREE MONEY GIVEAWAY" program using YOUR tax dollars, and they even got several stupid Republicans to support giving the program another $2B USD so they could keep it going. What a farce! Can we have slipped into delusion at such a rate as to think that giving away $4500 USD for making a purchase of a car (not even a US car company car) to rich people that could afford to make the purchase anyway?
This has reached a point from which you can probably see that while this clown is in the White House, and his two sidekicks, yes I mean Pelosi/Reid, are running the Congress, your tax dollars are basically going to be poured down more rat holes while they take center stage to tout their innovation and compassion. These people are so drunk with power and status that they can't even see that their actions are counter to EVERY principle known to modern economic theory.
Why wouldn't FREE money giveaways be a success? Unbelievable. Such stupidity and arrogance.
Just think about the LOUC (law of unintended consequences) for this one.
- The CFC gave money to those already capable of passing tightened leaning practices (rich people)
- The CFC "brought forward" purchases that would have been done anyway, but now leaving a gap in the future when the recession is suppose to be ending.
- Cases that the CFC monies are being used to purchase luxury SUVs that in econo-mode get just the barest minimum of gas efficiency.
- That CFC will be the model for more giveaways in mortgages, boats, student loans, residential home energy upgrades, etc. Look how quick this SMDC "printed up" $2B USD more to this program.
- The CFC program will impact the used car market by reducing the number of used cars available for sale further jamming future car purchases.
- The CFC program is being used to purchase non-US car company vehicles thereby supporting foreign car companies over GM (government motors) type companies.
- The CFC program is distorting the car purchasing paradigm for the next 2 years requiring more and more CFC-type programs: one begets the other.
and many more...
Anytime the USG sticks their hand into the "free market" (now there's a joke) in the US, the distortion waves span out for years and into other industries not even contemplated. This is a direct application of the LOUC principle. Be prepared for more and more CFC-type programs so the Liberals/Dems/BHO can crow for a short time before the pigeons come home to roast. Yes, I meant roast, not roost.
Unbelievable stupidity fostered by unmitigated gall and arrogance. America truly is beyond repair with these jokers in office. The 2010 election will tell the tale if America will be destroyed or salvaged, and its just a mere 15 months away.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Solutions to health care and consequences if its screwed up!
On my twitter.com site (@RulesAreForYou), I recently listed 5 changes that need to be implemented in order to solve the current health care crisis without the $1.5 Trillion Obamacare initiative known as HR 3200. These common sense ideas would give everyone in the US a much better health care experience without breaking the back of the US taxpayer which is already in dire straights of being overwhelmed by this administration and legislative agenda on energy (Cap & Trade), Stimulus II, Detroit Bailout 1,2&3 (don't forget the Cash for Clunkers), and the union (Card Check).
What everyone including the Dems & BHO for proposing it, and the Republicans for fights the wrong fight DON'T UNDERSTAND is simple Economics 101!!!!!! Folks, it does not take a rocket scientist or Nobel Prize winner (these days they are all political and not intellectual choices anyway) to understand the real issue with health care reform. I will explain.
First, what are MY health care initiatives that will solve the problem today without spending $1.5 Trillion?
1. Stop exempting health care insurance companies from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and allow interstate insurance competition.
2. Provide health care tort reform getting the huge tort awards out of the medical field; this stops "defensive medical practices."
3. Allow batch government pharmaceutical volume purchasing along with Medicare fraud prosecution.
4. Double/triple the number of PA and NPs by recruiting and paying tuition fees for these medical professionals.
5. Separate hospitals' Emergency Department areas into non-emergency and emergency areas to cut down on acute care costs.
These 5 initiatives and their supporting corollaries would support the needs of Americans WITHOUT the need for a government take-over or even significant intrusion. It would solve the current major problems and provide the profit-motive that makes the US health care system the best in the world. Come now, liberals, before you jump and down, please ask me where every dictator or wealthy foreigners come to get the best medical care in the world? Ok, now sit down and shut up until you know more than me.
Second, the primary economic principle that all politicians are simply ignorant of: the Dems by proposing it, and the Repubs for not using it to make the US voters understand is simple the economic principle of "the law of supply & demand." Stated for even the public school graduates to understand is this: as you increase demand without increasing supply, either price will go up or rationing of the product or service must occur.
Applied to health care the principle is: if you give what the Dems say is the number of uninsured (40-50 million) access to health care without increasing the number of health care professionals (MD, RN, NP, or PA) and health care facilities (hospitals, clinics or out-patient sites) the law of supply & demand will take over the health care environment.
What does this mean: since the BHO/SMDC HR 3200 has stated that they will "SET PRICES" then the only other economic alternative available is the rationing of health care services. For those that don't believe that rationing will occur then you are simply naïve or ignorant or both. Do you homework about the 1973 gas rationing experience. It was simple supply and demand. Nixon froze "price and wages," and thus forced the rationing of gasoline to occur during the spring and summer of 1973. It is as much a law of nature as the law of gravity.
So if HR 3200 becomes law then health care rationing will be the consequence. Pure and simple.
Waxman maneuvers to exempt Congress from health care bill
The latest outrage of this Congress is the unmitigated gall of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee stopped a vote on an amendment that would have forced all of Congress to accept whatever public option they voted on for the rest of the US citizens.
How's that for arrogance and hypocrisy? Why do people especially the idiots in California continue to send "elitists" like Waxman back to Congress year-after-year? Are liberals so blind that if they want government-run healthcare is should cover the actual people forcing US citizens to accept their work?
Liberals like Waxman are so hypocritical is stinks. Most liberals I know are fine with the public option, and that is their right and to their credit that they will put up with whatever their omniscient, omnipotent Government dictates. I completely disagree with their assessment or desires, but at least most normal liberals aren't hypocrites like Waxman.
Every member of Congress that votes for this Bill that exempts themselves from its own tenants should be excoriated and turned out of office in disgrace! If I was paying taxes and had to accept their healthcare legislation, I would be extremely angry and resentful.
If American just accepts "Waxman-like" hypocrisy like the sheep they are becoming without the American-spirit that once lighted the way for the world, then truly "America Can't Be Fixed." America will cease to be the light of hope and the home of the brave. Too bad America, you are now a third world country with all the "sheep-like tendencies," and blind acceptance of government actions.
So sad, America, so sad..., but Waxman, "you are such an asshole!" I can still say that at least.