Facebook Detox

I am going on a Facebook detox. Through the election I hoped that posting occasional links and thoughts would be my way of getting the truth to people that may not see it any other way. Obviously the election did not turn out the way I had hoped but that is the way America is. The vote is a powerful tool and I believe that it will be again in 2014, 2016 and beyond.

I've been accused of being a racist nazi, a "dick" and other evil accusations and hateful thoughts. Life is too short, yet goes on rather we are happy or not. I am tired. Tired of feeling like I have been misunderstood and disliked by people that are either family or claim to be friends. All I want is an open dialogue but that has to go both ways. Recently I do not comment on posts or links that I would like to discuss because of previous experience that usually turns out bad. I learned a long time ago that two stone walls arguing will never convince the other to move.

Then why go down that road. I ask myself that question everyday and today after reading a particularly one sided and biased column, my boil over point was reached. I will miss the info from companies and websites that informed me but I can get that info in other places.

It is very exhausting and deflating to be constantly bombarded with messages about how people with your beliefs are wrong, stupid or hateful when I know deep in my soul that it is not true. I am a proud American. Proud of American and Christian beliefs and traditions. Proud of the free market and all of the good it has done for the world. Capitalism has done more for the poor and oppressed than any other system. Look around the world.... show me where communism has worked and not resulted in the deaths of millions.

America is and will be the light of the world, IF we let HIM be the light of the world once again.

God Bless America and it's people.

We Can't Afford It

During the White House Press Conference Dec 6, 2012 the White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said this....

"The president of the United States will not sign a bill that extends tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, or for those making more than $250,000 a year. This is an issue that the American people understand, they are very clear about, and -- if public surveys are to be believed -- are supportive of the president on. We can't afford it." 

We can't afford it? Did he really phrase it that way? Interesting because I don't know about your family or your business but in our family, if we "can't afford it" we don't buy it. Well in the governments case, you don't spend it. Or they shouldn't spend it. But that is water under the bridge. But even in that analogy you do what you can do stop the water that will will soon wash out the bridge. When the water flow (out of control spending) is stopped you can look at reinforcing the bridge to make it stronger for the future. But all the progressives want to do is build another bridge on top of the old one, just a little but higher. Now that makes a LOT of sense doesn't it.

Like I said in a previous post, the President wants to take 1.6 trillion dollars out of the private sector and buy things that the government deems necessary. Meanwhile, the water keeps coming and coming without decline and in fact continues to rise. About all of that spending, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT". You might say, well the rich can afford it, they are not paying their fair share... give me a number on what you think qualifies as "fair share". I have been looking for a Democrat to stand up and tell us what meets the fair share level? I believe that the top 5% of taxpayers, cover about 70% of the total revenues as it is now.... you want that higher? What is fair about that. Just because someone has it does NOT give the government the right to TAKE it from them.

I don't see a good solution to this for the Republicans in the short term because all the President needs to do is call their bluff and it we fall after leaving the cliff, the Democrats and their lapdog media will blame it on the Republicans because they took the side of fat cats over the middle class. And if the Republicans cave and give in to tax rate increases, they can forget about EVER getting a tax cut again because this will be used as an example to throw water on the fire for cutting taxes.

The real problem is that both sides are just offering band aid solutions when a serious enema is required to totally cleanse the Washington of the crap the politicians have been serving up to ALL Americans for well over two decades now.

We can't afford it.


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