In a speech at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills last night, President Obama emphatically affirmed his policies and approach telling the friendly and exuberant audience that we have stepped back from the brink referring to the economy.  Seeming to believe that the news is better, Obama rallied the crowd by saying “you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

So, Obama is starting to claim some measure of success.  He says that things are calmer now.  The only thing that is calmer is the main stream media because they don’t have a heart attack anymore over every poor economic number because they can’t continue blaming Bush for it.  How can Obama claim success?  Consider:

• • • • • • • • - Unemployment Rate is at a 25 year high
                - More Americans are collecting unemployment than ever.
                - One out 7 mortgages in foreclosure.
                - Thousands of Auto Dealerships being shut down.
                - The Dollar is dropping (losing value) due to the skyrocketing increase of the money supply courtesy of the Bush-Obama “Bail Out Nation,”

Now, I ask:

1.    Where are the shovel-ready jobs?
2.    Where and how is the $800 billion stimulus being spent?
3.    Where is the $1 Trillion in supplemental spending being used to benefit America?
4.    What evidence is there that a single job has been created as a result of the stimulus bill?

When President Obama says “you ain’t seen nothing yet” it doesn’t give much hope for conservatives that we will be getting “limited government” as is prescribed in the US Constitution anytime soon.  It is just chilling to think what he does have in store for America.  We already know that he is pushing forward at breakneck speed on Universal Healthcare, Cap and Trade and Saving the Planet.  What else is in store for America?

However, I suggest that Obama hasn’t seen anything yet.  His policies will prove to be a disaster simply on the basis of a few simple indisputable facts:

1.    Increasing Taxes has never actually improved the economy.  When the average American sees virtually everything they buy or do go shooting higher in price, Obama will and must pay a heavy political price.

2.    Massive Spending Increases - regardless of the purpose or the intent, massive government spending, using solely borrowed money, robs the private economy of needed capital and crowds out private industry.
3.    Nationalization of major sections of our economy; the government now controls major chunks of the banking industry and automobile industry … soon the government will seek to finalize a plan that essentially boasts “Medicare for Everyone.”  There is no history that shows government control of anything, with the exception of our national defense, has proven to be an unmitigated failure.
4.    Obama claimed transparency in all areas of government, yet, there is no transparency and there is no “seat at the table” as was advertised.  Someone, probably not the mainstream media, will point this out and will get through to mainstream America.
And where are the Republicans?  Nowhere!  Where are the true conservatives who can propose and effectively communicate supply-side economics, economic and tax policy that is based on incentives and not on entitlement?  Where are the true constitutionalists that limit the power and control of government in subservience to the individual?

These are indeed difficult times.  The inevitable response (and it is inevitable), will come from the grass roots.  We have seen the tea parties.  We need to see more.  They need to be larger and louder.  We need to demand better.  We need to truly recognize what the Constitution stands for and it is ultimately up to the individual to reassert individual rights and responsibilities.  It is up to the individual to reassert himself and reverse the growth in government control of our lives.

So, tell me what you think.  What does the Constitution mean to you?  What do Obama’s policies mean to you?  Let’s air this stuff out.  It’s important!

Arthur Cooper

Tags: conservatism, Economic Policy, Economy, obama, Politics, The Media

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