Posted by
HubieH. on Monday, March 16, 2009 12:53:59 PM
I don't know the number of times that I have heard President Obama mention
that his administration inherited this Economic mess from former President Bush,
and along with it a $4 Trillion dollar national debt. Well, I don't remember
anyone twisting his arm to make him run for President, he ran because he wanted
too. So I think it would be nice to get to work and do some constructive things
that will accomplish that objective. All that we have seen up to now is a lot of
uncontrolled spending on the part of our illustrious Congress, and the President
blessing it with his signature to pass it into law. Thus going back on his promise to
the American people to do away with earmarks and usher in a new kind of
government. So much for that lie to the people. And just for the record, In
President Obama's Reign of some 50+ days he and the Congress have managed
to spend a meager $3.7 Trillion dollars. Most of the Stimulus packages were
incorporated in bills that were loaded down with ridiculous unnecessary (Pork)
projects that had no business being there in the first place. And then we here
things like one of the companies that received some of the bail out money sending
there executives to a posh California Resort at the meager cost of something like
$4000 dollars each, and CEO'S receiving millions in Golden Parachutes while
their Companies are ready to declare bankruptcy.
Now, with the latest Stimulus going out to many of those same Companies once
again, AIG tells the Government that they are giving out $165 Million in bonuses
to their people because they previously committed to do so, and their legal people
tells them they cannot get out of it. So what does our Secretary of the Treasury
say, he tells AIG to cut back on what they give out to there people. What's wrong
with this picture? Maybe its me, but what ever happened to refusing to give them
any money in the first place, and if they already gave them the money to demand
that they return the money back to the Government.
You know, it wouldn't be the end of the world if they started letting some of these
poorly run businesses go under. It wouldn't hurt the economy much more than it
already is, and there would be more of the Stimulus money available to help those
businesses that were operating properly to recover a little faster which might in turn
help to speed up the overall Economic Recovery.
Folks, since we are forced to tighten our belts for the sake of survival, wouldn't it
be nice if the politicians in Washington would do the same (Ha! Ha!). It would be
nice if they would do something really off the wall like perhaps pass a bill in the
Congress that had no other expenditures in it except for the actual bill itself. Then
after we all recovered from our heart attacks, we could stand up and applaud
them.
A little real Humor
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers