Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and record numbers of families are losing their homes to foreclosure,
but have no fear, Barack Obama just told us how to make it through these trying times.
At a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, Obama gave the American people a lecture on weathering the financial storm: "When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college." Excuse us? Does Obama really believe families suffering hardship and misfortune are buying boats and taking extravagant vacations? How dare the president lecture the American people, who are struggling just to make ends meet, when Obama himself fails to practice what he preaches? And as he chastises with one hand, he proposes even more economic hardship and misery with the other. Obama’s reckless campaign of tax, borrow and spend is driving this nation over a financial cliff. According to his own administration’s latest estimates, the federal deficit for this current fiscal year alone is going to be a whopping 1.6 trillion dollars. Broken down by population, that's approximately 5,300 additional dollars of debt for every man, woman and child in the United States... and that's just for this year. And to make matters worse, Obama’s proposed 2011 budget, released this week, would triple the national debt over the next 10 years. As Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee put it: " Not only is this budget worse than the last one, but it triples our debt within ten years, features gushers of tax increases, and relies on some partisan commission to do the heavy lifting on fiscal policy after the next election. Make no mistake: This is a budget aimed to advance the administration’s philosophy and ideology. By increasing taxes and letting the country spiral into debt, this budget is a firm step toward transforming America into a collectivist society overseen by a social-welfare state." This is serious. Barack Obama and his leftist cronies in Congress must be stopped. Rush Limbaugh, in talking about the president’s budget, gave Republicans in Congress some sage advice, but it's advice we should all follow as well: "Judd Gregg has been going at these guys on the budget solidly for a year, and this, folks, is exactly what we need to be doing. Every Republican needs to be saying this latest Obama budget, for example, is DOA. They need to set the tone for this... you gotta go hard at these liberals. You don't play by their rules.... No, no, no. You go after these guys hard.... Do not hold back on these people." And that's exactly what we're going to do. We're going to set the tone. We're going to go after them hard. And we're not going to hold back. Use the hyperlink below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Or alternately, you can send over 530 urgent, personalized faxes to all the members of the House and the Senate. Tell them, Republicans and Democrats alike, that the American people reject the proposed Obama budget and the president’s overall reckless spending spree. Let them know that it's not only enough to simply oppose the Obama budget and the out-of-control spending that is coming out of Congress, but also that the American people are expecting them to come out swinging... to fight hard... to set the tone and not hold back. Tell them that the Obama budget must be marked Dead on Arrival. It's that simple. 
If button above does not work, please use this hyperlink. The Insatiable Appetite Of "Obama The Hungry." Margaret Thatcher once said that the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. To Thatcher's words of wisdom, we offer the following corollary; the other problem with socialism is that the socialist doesn't realize that you eventually run out of other people's money... even after all the money is gone. That's because the socialist has an insatiable desire to redistribute wealth and spend other people's money and we can clearly see that desire in Barack Obama and his far-left cronies in Congress. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee recently wrote: "In his first 100 days as president, Obama gobbled up two major automakers, wolfed down nearly 600 banks, gorged on blue-chip companies, and scarfed down the U.S. credit industry. Now he wants dessert. President 'Obama the Hungry' makes King Henry VIII look like a compulsive dieter." Let's go back to that statement Obama made in New Hampshire: "When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college." Remember when Obama chastised the fat-cat automakers and the banks and the corporate executives who made big, fat bonuses. What happened next? As Huckabee put it he "gobbled up two major automakers, wolfed down nearly 600 banks, gorged on blue-chip companies, and scarfed down the U.S. credit industry." And the nation is suffering. And now, the man whose policies have compounded our hardship and suffering callously says that we should not buy boats or take Las Vegas vacations. Is that just a little disturbing? What's that? You don't own a boat? You don't vacation in Las Vegas? Don't think you shouldn't be concerned? Perhaps this Obama-ism from the presidential campaign might provide a window to see what is down the road for each and every one of us (whether we own boats and take Las Vegas vacations or not). Remember this one? "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." Understand this much... to those on the hard-left, like Barack Obama, it makes no difference whether you're a mega-corporation that wants to make a huge profit, or an executive who wants a huge bonus, or a person who wants to buy a boat, or wants a vacation in Las Vegas, or wants an SUV, or simply wants to be well-fed, and moderately warm in the winter and cool in the summer. To those on the hard-left, as long as there's suffering in the world, each of those pursuits is trivial, selfish and greedy, and the government has a duty to take your hard-earned money and give it to the less fortunate (if politicians can exchange that money for a vote, so much the better). Obama calls it "social justice." And as Huckabee says, "Obama the Hungry" is not done feeding yet. He's heading back to the feed-trough for dessert... and have no illusions... you are the dessert. If we don't stop him, Obama and his far-left cronies in Congress won't stop feeding at our wallets until they've gobbled-up everything in sight. And when they're done, they'll pick their teeth, belch loudly and rub their bellies with satisfaction... and then, they'll go for the crumbs that are left at the table. Use the hyperlink below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Or alternately, you can send over 530 urgent, personalized faxes to all the members of the House and the Senate. Tell them, Republicans and Democrats alike, that the American people reject the proposed Obama budget and the president’s overall reckless spending spree. Let them know that it's not only enough to simply oppose the Obama budget and the out-of-control spending that is coming out of Congress, but also that the American people are expecting them to come out swinging... to fight hard... to set the tone and not hold back. Tell them that the Obama budget must be marked Dead on Arrival. It's that simple.
If button above does not work, please use this hyperlink. What Happens When All The Money Is Gone? The answer to that question is obvious. We can find examples throughout modern history and even into the present day. In Germany, after World War I, people went to the grocery store with wheelbarrows of what little money they had. In the Soviet Union, people waited in long lines for the most basic of necessities. The real problem is that it's difficult to grasp that even something remotely similar could happen in the United States. But the signs are all around us and the dark realization is starting to dawn on people.
A "full-fledged disaster" ... fiscal policy "run completely off the rails" ...
"massive pain for every citizen of this country"...?
Use the hyperlink below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Or alternately, you can send over 530 urgent, personalized faxes to all the members of the House and the Senate. Tell them, Republicans and Democrats alike, that the American people reject the proposed Obama budget and the president’s overall reckless spending spree. Let them know that it's not only enough to simply oppose the Obama budget and the out-of-control spending that is coming out of Congress, but also that the American people are expecting them to come out swinging... to fight hard... to set the tone and not hold back. Tell them that the Obama budget must be marked Dead on Arrival. It's that simple.
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Jeff Mazzella President Center for Individual Freedom
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