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Oslo, Norway
December 10, 2009
President Obama was in Oslo today to humbly accept the Nobel Peace Prize. A record number of nominations, in all 205, have been made for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said
The tally includes 172 individuals and 33 organisations, besting the 2005 number of 199 nominations.
Apparently, you don’t have to actually do anything to be eligible for nomination. The Nobel web-site only says:
At least we see people are starting to get it. Unfortunately, the administration looks at polls and dismisses them. They are undounted. Let’s review: Health care that will raise a family’s health insurance cost while at the same time requiring that coverage under penalty of prison is not welcome by the American public. The administration and the leadership in Congress flip America the bird and push harder. Global warming is revealed to be a hoax complete with intentionally destroyed data and explicit written evidence of number tampering. Does the Administration pause and investigate? No they defiantly press harder, seeking an international treaty that would crush what’s left of American industry, impose a global tax on Americans, then pour salt on U.S. industry by announcing CO² a hazardous waste to be regulated. Stand-by for the breathing tax, trust me it’s coming. Meanwhile unemployment remains in the double digits. Does any of this create jobs for Americans? Not really.
I’ll give Obama kudos, he does not craft his agenda by following polls. President Clinton seemed obsessed, chasing polls, however Obama seems obsessed by ideological fervor. I’ve heard him called an empty suit and while I have not come to any solid conclusion on that, I doubt it. I do believe he is a front man for greater powers, but I think he is completely in line with those who sponsor him. He has a clear agenda to socialize America. He was raised and mentored by communists, by his own admission he chose to associate himself with radicals and communist professors while in college, why then should it surprise anyone when his administrative agenda is aggressively socialist?
I’ll answer that. I believe it is due to two things. Continue reading
Business abhors uncertainty. Right now, it doesn’t know what to expect from Obama’s programs. It finds them unsettling and creating more questions than answers.
Businesses are saying they cannot assess the full impact the health care bill will have on their business models. Even the health care insurance companies are struggling to determine its impact.
Then there is the upcoming Cap and Trade fiasco waiting in the wings. This creates even more uncertainty about how it will impact their profit margin. All they know is that it will be negative. Whatever the costs, they will be passed to their customers. That means we will have less disposable income and means another negative impact upon the economy.
With so much uncertainty, business is waiting for these bills to become reality (better yet, fiction) while they are cut costs in anticipation.
On the senate docket is the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill—aka the American Clean Energy and Security Act, ACES, H.R. 2454. That’s going to hit business structures, new homes, existing homes and transportation. It’s just another source of uncertainty about costs and what it means to business and another source of negative impact upon the economy.
Consumers are pulling back, saving their money, paying off bills but not spending it on the economy at normal rates. This creates more problems for businesses trying to weather the storm. It causes them to batten down the hatches even tighter. It’s no wonder employment rates are at historic levels.
It appears the problem affecting the economy is Obama himself. His brand of change creates fear, uncertainty and doubt.
Fixing the economy would then appear to be simple. Since he won’t resign, Obama should sit down and shut up.
If Obama were to do anything at this time, it would be to call for a press conference to announce he will not sign this version of the health care bill, that he will not sign the American Clean Energy and Security Act and that he will not sign the Cap and Trade bill. In addition, he should announce he will cut taxes for both business and individuals and will support legislation to force the banks to begin loaning to business and consumers.
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
-- Thomas Jefferson
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