The Economy, The GOP and Rush

I keep hearing about the left wing Hollywood that controls the Democratic party. How many of the democratic politicians have achieved power after a successful acting career? I can only think of a few and they never reached the heights in the Democratic party that Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Rush Limbaugh have reached in the GOP. True Hollywood actors tend to believe in social causes like the Democrats do and tend to throw their money towards Democratic Politicians, but they don't run the party the way the Hollywood insiders of the GOP do.

How did a blowhard entertainer take over the Republican Party? Michael Steele the Chairman of the Republican National Committee is forced to back down and apologize to Rush Limbaugh. Bobby Jindal Governor of Louisiana and the up and coming face of the Republican Party also had to back down from Rush Limbaugh. These men are not leaders if they can't even stand up to a simple entertainer like Rush. Rush Limbaugh is making a laughing stock out of the GOP. Go Rush Go.

Rush doesn't like Obama because Rush is part of the three percent of the population that will have his taxes raised. I guess I wouldn't be happy either. But it is for the good of the country Mr. Limbaugh. Rush talks about the tax and spend Democrats. Where was he the past eight years when the cut taxes and keep on spending Republicans took a balanced budget and a deficit that was at its lowest rate since WWII and ballooned it to Three Trillion Dollars. I never understood how The United States was supposed to pay for a war costing 10 Billion dollars a month, when we were cutting taxes. I wouldn't buy a house then quit my job it just wouldn't be fiscally responsible. Yet we bought a war and then cut taxes. The government needs capital in order to operate.

Rush said he wants the President to fail. He expects all of the GOP to be good little "Ditto sheep" and follow his every word. Rush said "What is so strange about being honest and saying 'I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that Capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation.' why would I want that to succeed." Lets be honest I have not heard from Barack Obama or any other Democrat that they do not believe in Capitalism or individual freedom. It is a nice sound bite but it is very deceiving in trying to paint President Obama as some thing that he is not. Where are your facts Mr. Limbaugh. The fact is that the Republican Right and President Bush stomped on individual freedom more since 9/11 than Obama ever would. The Republicans allow this buffoon to be their talking head, their leader, their voice.

As an American I do not want pork stuffed into a recovery bill. Take it out. I will accept lower taxes for the middle class and higher taxes for the upper class. The middle class has carried the load for way to long. If you need bail out money I want to see how you are using it. If you don't want us to look into how you waste money in your corporation then don't borrow the money. I do believe that we need a Banking Oversight Committee that actually watches how the banks operate and protects our money that is deposited in the banks. We do not need political friends to collect a paycheck under the guise of an oversight committee. Had the SEC, IRS and the Banking Oversight Committee done their jobs we probably could have avoided some of this mess.

Should we bail out every large company that needs help? NO. Capitalism works when week companies fail and strong companies take their place. Should the Government spend money on building roads, bridges, schools, hospitals and a new renewable energy infrastructure? YES. Putting money into these types of projects gets money into the economy fast and the people as a whole benefit from their construction for years to come. Plus construction workers tend to be a spend happy group that will get the money recirculating into the economy fast. This is the failure of the Republican thinking. Trickle Down theory does not work. Give the money to the rich and they save it. Give the money to the poor and they spend it. Right now we need spending.

So in conclusion, no one is listening to Rush other than to be entertained. If they were listening and believing what he says we would have McCain, Palin in the White House and a Republican House and Senate. Let Rush be your Moral Compass and you will be disappointed in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. Let us cut the pork and spend where it will do the most good. And if we lend money I want restrictions on it. Don't give it away like Bush did. God Bless America and long may we prosper.