Last week, "this president" (taking a page out of the Democrat playbook when referring to George Bush) criticized corporate executives who benefited from the TARP plan for giving out bonuses. While I too am angry about this, the majority of my anger is with the politicians. THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN THE MONEY AWAY TO START WITH!

But, what really irritates me is when "this president" talked about it being the "height of irresponsibility". No, the "height of irresponsibility"is"this president" and his parasite friends in Washington who are trying to force a trillion dollar so-called stimulus package down our throats that does nothing but grow the size of government.

Two thirds of this plan does nothing to stimulate the economy. Instead, it plants the seed for more entitlements which creates even more people dependent on the government. Of the many ridiculous items in this bill is a tax credit of $500 for an individual or $1000 for a family in which illegal aliens will be entitled to. Yet, "this president" wants to talk about irresponsibility.

 In 1981, Ronald Reagan was dealing with an economy far worst than we are dealing with today. Thanks to Jimmy Carter, interest rates were above 20% and unemployment was twice what it is today. This is what Reagan had to say:

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price."

The result of this common sense approach was the longest period of economic growth in history.

Thomas Jefferson once said,

"were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without  newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."This is because the press was considered to be an important aspect of a Republic because it held the government in check and informed the people when government tried to overextend itself to the point where it endangered our basic liberties.

Today, we must deal with a press that is more like the public relations wing  of the Democratic party. Instead of reporting objectively about what our government is doing to infringe on our rights and well-being, the media is more caught up in the celebrity of "this president". The media would rather show pictures of "this president" hangin' with celebs or working out than tell us about illegal aliens getting a tax credit. Worse, they saturate us with propaganda, fabrications and half truths in order to promote the agenda of the Democratic party and "this president".

The agenda? Create more dependency on the government where as to establish a permanent source of votes and complete power over the American people. Strong words you say? Well, think about it. If I am completely dependant on you, you essentially have total influence over my life.

Currently, the bottom 50% of income earners pay only 3% of the taxes.

http://www.atr.org/content/pdf/2008/August/081408ot-federalincometaxandwhattheypay.pdf

This is truly frightening when you think about it because when we get to the point (and we are not far away) where the majority of Americans pay no tax at all, we will reach the point of no return.

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.    Alexander Tyler

I realize we are not a democracy, but it is obvious that we are dangerously close to the scenario described by Alexander Tyler. We know the solution to our problems. We have seen it work before. Unlike this past election,we need to refrain from making decisions based on emotion and make decisions based on common sense.

Why? Because I want my kids and grandkids to have the same freedoms and opportunities that I have been blessed with, not the burden of paying the dept created by elite, out of touch politicians who have been enabled by unimformed Americans motivated by wealth-envy and influenced by charisma and star power. That, Mr. President would be "irresponsible" to say the least.