In his State of the Union speech, which many critics called Reaganesque, Obama pretended to be at least a little fiscally responsible. However, at the same time, he laughably contradicted himself with all the “investing” (aka more spending) talk. What America needs right now is jobs jobs jobs. I really don’t know what it will take to make the “anointed one” (props to Hannity) realize that the Federal Government DOES NOT CREATE JOBS! Jobs are created in the private sector by entrepreneurs and businessmen. The best thing the Federal Government can do is simply get out of the way! There is no such thing as a “shovel-ready” job as Obama admitted in an interview after passing the wretched stimulus bill. (Fun fact: 70% of economists agree that the stimulus didn’t help the economy recover).
Obama even went as far as saying he would veto any bill with an earmark that came to his desk. Ugh it’s a shame he didn’t make that promise before passing the health care bill, which had literally thousands of earmarks! Still, I was thinking, “Alright, Barack finally gets the idea, we need to rein in Federal spending” but then comes the 3.7 trillion-budget plan. You know your budget is unpopular when even the San Francisco chronicle disputes its fiscal responsibility. The budget has been widely criticized by the right AND the left, various newspaper articles remark, “Obama punts on deficit” and “Obama pulls a Cee Lo Green with the budget”. Obama continually claims not to be a big spender, a socialist, or even a progressive, and who wouldn’t believe him with his elegant rhetoric that can go on for hours? (unless O’Reilly is there to interrupt him). But the truth is that the “anointed one” continually breaks his promises of bipartisanship (“You need to punish your enemies” –Obama on Latino radio, referring to Republicans of course), fiscal responsibility, and a transparent Washington.
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