Originally printed July 23rd, 2011 at
In a 2001 radio interview, then Illinois State Senator Barack that our Constitution described a bunch of negative rights, things government cannot do, as opposed to things government can do. That the Constitution says what the federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what the federal government or state government must do on your behalf.
We have come to find out that he governs consistent with that lament, with government , and providing the conditions to make us go along.
We cannot drive our SUVs.
We cannot build coal plants.
We cannot eat what we want.
We cannot be comfortable in our homes.
There has never been an American President who denounced the American way of life like Barack Obama does. During his campaign, he pointed to all of the above in our domestic policy as atrocities committed by Americans against the world. It can be shown that since day one Obama has set into motion an authoritarian and punishing economic policy that amounts to economic assault and battery on the American People, all the while,
The American People are for the most part, hardworking, resourceful, industrious and innovative. It is hard to beat us down, and keep us down. Obama’s domestic economic policy had to be far reaching, all encompassing, putting obstacles in the way of those who wish to produce.
Inflation is said to be stable, but since energy and food prices are not included in the equation, even though it’s not being measured for a concrete example, as if it is officially not happening. The administration argues that inflation was worse under Bush, and whips out . Of course, combined with and groceries create a misery index, which is felt not only in our households but at the places we do business. In the private sector, the pain is being felt, but it is not just an unexplained bumpy ride, it is being inflicted upon us.
Invisible taxation due to regulation costs American families more money than necessary. Take for example our President’s push toward a green economy. Wind and solar are subsidized while oil and coal . He and his party pushed hard for a global warming bill that promised to decrease consumption of oil and coal and natural gas. But when gas prices reach their highest level ever recorded in America, he released the strategic oil reserves and spoke glowingly of drilling, proving that he believes that an increase in oil . Regardless of whether or not he , he sold off millions of barrels with no plans to replace what has been sold. At the same time, his administration argues that we cannot get immediate relief from drilling, and so just like that he discounts and avoids the practice, forcing Americans to pay more money for something he is causing to be scarce.
Electricity costs are rising, mainly because the Obama administration has been effectively decreasing the supply of coal to coal mining companies, while at the same time, using taxpayer money to prop up solar and windmill use and their advocacies, as well as playing favorites with . He has taken a cheap, abundant resource and made it hard to get. He has used terribly flawed science to convince Americans that using coal, no matter what innovation and ingenuity American minds can invent to decrease its output of emissions, that it can no longer be used. Never forget that the cap and trade bill that died in the Senate said specifically that its main purpose was to decrease the use of coal, oil and natural gas. Should we ignore that he has worked to that end?
And when presented with a disaster that kills 11 people and pours unfathomable amounts of crude into the ocean, his response is not only slow, it focused solely on the environmental aspect and was violent, looking and his cabinet member keeping his “boot on the neck” of the company at fault. We remember that BP paid out billions, but do we remember that the event killed 11 Americans?
By the way, is any of this Christian? Any of it? Is it Christian to scoff and scorn? To prop up some and tear others down? To lead with disdain for freedom?
While flying on Air Force One with reporters from the New York Times, Obama was asked if he was as some would call him, a socialist. The that of pouring money into the banking system, it was started under Bush. His argument, in essence was, that he is not a socialist because he , and Republicans aren’t socialists, so he can’t be one. But when arguing with Congress, Obama said he did not want to hear anything from the Republicans because they are the ones who got us into the economic mess we are in. He said they can come along for the ride, but they have to sit in back. If Republicans are to blame for getting us into this mess, and he continues their policies but doesn’t want their input, how can the conclusion not be that he is intentionally worsening the problem? He claims he didn’t start the fire, but is vigorously fanning the flames.
His administration is looking for . A commission made up of several agencies in the administration is targeting snack foods and cereals that do not comply with regulations they made up. They are forcing companies like Kellogg’s and others to change their recipes or give up their target market. The companies are given the choice of changing the product, or losing their customer base. The companies have to decide, and then finance their choice. All because a few people in an authoritarian administration decided on limits and arbitrary levels of ingredients acceptable to the administration.
, it is minimizing farmland for food, and it is not getting into the tanks of vehicles because there is not enough pumps installed to pump it, and there won’t be any time soon. Not to mention the difficulties of many Americans to purchase new vehicles during this, “greatest recession since the depression.”
In 2008, during a campaign speech to avoid going into hedge funds, instead go into the service industry. Are we supposed to be surprised that Obama is singling out hedge fund managers in this debt deal?
What is striking is once he receives any hint of resistance from the American People, he resorts to violent rhetoric. That’s how it begins.
When Obama decided to punish AIG and others, he said that his administration was He actually had union members carrying signs and shouting and threatening people in their homes.
When talking to union members, he said of the Republicans,
He told the Republicans during the debt talks that, “the debt ceiling should not “be used as a gun against the heads” of Americans to retain breaks for corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies.”
Interestingly, Obama was applauded as a dove when campaigning. It was said by his supporters that his foreign policy would be employing what they thought Bush did not. That he would be the one to use diplomacy, as said, “If George W. Bush was a cowboy, Obama is a group hug.” In the two and a half years since his presidency began, he has not fulfilled that characterization since we are involved very heavily in the Middle East militarily. However, his domestic policy is not dovish either. It can only be concluded that the President’s “group” is not the American people, and that he is interested in punishing them through the economy.
It is the President is presiding over a passed-down horrible economy, nor is it that he is unknowingly making it worse. Economic brutality is being inflicted upon us by our own President.
