by Thomas Craig
I know, the title is maybe a bit much. I'm having a hard time lately just like I know you are having a hard time as well. We are standing by and watching our Country change into something and it terrifies us because we don't know what it will become. What is even scarier is that it seems like our Government doesn't know what it will become either. I sit and I pray that the Obama administration will surprise us and we will be lifted out of our current state. Every day that passes, however, seems to convey the message that the President and our Government are in complete disarray. It seems like our Government is being run no better than a fraternity house. I'll tell you what I see. I see a stock market that is failing because of a lack of direction and focus in our leadership. I see a President who promised to stop earmarks and then goes ahead and signs off to 9000 of them. I hear a President, who promised America that he has solutions, and instead merely blames his predecessor and throws his hands up as if to say that since he didn't cause it, he shouldn't be held responsible to fix it. It’s almost as if we should be grateful that he is trying to fix it at all. I see a Treasury Secretary who has zero faith from the People as well as Congress. I see Republicans who advocate reforming the Party and vowing to return to our principles, and then go ahead and add in thousands of earmarks themselves. I see a Speaker of the House who treats her position as if she won the lottery and can say, do, and spend whatever she pleases. I sense, because my actual sight has never witnessed even a picture of it, trillions of dollars of debt that is borrowed from our Children or China (I'm not sure which is worse). New taxes will take effect, and old taxes will rise. Sure, only "rich" people will have their taxes increase. You won't feel it at all unless of course you happen to purchase goods or services of any sort. I see trillions spent on bailouts and stimulus. I hear the call of our Leaders for trillions more to be spent to stop what the free market is naturally trying to accomplish. Around the world, I see foreign nations test our resolve and flex their muscles and in return we invite them to sit down and talk. I see Afghanistan failing and Mexican drug cartels pressing hard on our border.
Our individual freedoms are shrinking and our Government is growing. More than ever before are we so controlled by our Government. What saddens me is that America asked for it. They saw a young man who talks a good game and who sold them Heaven itself. That man is now winging it and trying to learn as he goes. Of course the alternate option was not much better.
Republicans need to accept the misdeeds perpetrated by the Party during the Bush years. I supported Bush and so I am guilty as well. I supported the Patriot Act and I supported the expansion of our Government. Both violate the Republican principles of individual freedom and limited Government. I see all of this and I pray that our best days are ahead of us, but I fear that we might not be able to come back from where we are going.
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