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Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion
February 21, 2008 at 2:22 am · Filed under Blogroll, Election 2008, Government, Politics and tagged: Barack Obama, big government, JFK, Jimmy Carter, Lawrence Kudlow, tax and spend liberal
I seem to be on a political kick recently. These past few days I have found salient articles I’ve wanted to share. Here’s another one that raises some serious concerns about Obama’s fiscal reliability. Read the article, Obama’s Big-Government Vision, and consider what Lawrence Kudlow has to say. Here are some snippets:
The Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion. And tax hikes on the rich won’t pay for it. It’s the middle class that will ultimately shoulder this fiscal burden in terms of higher taxes and lower growth.
This isn’t free enterprise. It’s old-fashioned-liberal tax, and spend, and regulate. It’s plain ol’ big government. The only people who will benefit are the central planners in Washington.
Obama would like voters to believe that he’s the second coming of JFK. But with his unbelievable spending and new-government-agency proposals he’s looking more and more like Jimmy Carter. His is a “Grow the Government Bureaucracy Plan,” and it’s totally at odds with investment and business.
It will be interesting the next few months after candidates are selected and debates ensue.
The dangers of misplaced hopes
February 20, 2008 at 9:12 am · Filed under Blogroll, Election 2008, Government, Politics, Pop Culture and tagged: 2008 elections, Barack Obama, Cal Thomas, Government, hope for america, Kennedy
Interesting commentary from Cal Thomas:
Placing hope in politicians absolves too many of us our responsibilities … Changed lives produced changed behavior and, thus, changed circumstances, leading to a more hopeful future. Olasky wrote that tragedy occurred when government began to occupy the space once dominated by religious and personal charity, displacing hope and leading to despair.
The “hope” being sold by Obama and his true believers is misplaced. Obama cannot deliver; he cannot save; he cannot improve individual circumstances by redistributing wealth and talking to America’s dictatorial enemies. He is selling snake oil.
Thomas parallels Kennedy’s mesmerizing hold over people in the 60’s and the seemingly similar dazzle Obama is producing today. Of course, his commentary on Obama and his war-time leadership is more than a little scary.
It will be interesting to see how Obama handles the scrutiny due a lead-candidate (which he seems to have avoided for the most part up until now). Again, interesting stuff.
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