We needed a Reagan, but got a Great Pretender instead.
Ronald Reagan would have known exactly what to do in times like these, and he would have convinced us to go along with his solutions, and they would have worked. Because Reagan always new that freedom was always the answer, and that government was most often the problem.
But we must face the fact that there is no Reagan to save us. The only one who we can look to for our economic salvation is the Pretender Obama, the chosen one. He will do exactly the opposite of what Reagan would have done. He will increase government spending, which in turn will increase the rate at which the government grows; the Great Pretender will lead us into another Great Depression, we a doomed.
But are we doomed for certain? Because if the Great Pretender Obama, the chosen one, decides to mimic FDR completely, then he will enter us into the biggest war that we have seen since FDR's Second World War. The only question left to be answered is, will entering a war like that have the same economic results as it did in WWII; only time will tell, we shall see.
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What Would Reagan Do If He (Rather Than Obama) Were Our Next President?
What would Ronald Reagan do if he (rather than Barack Obama) were our next president?
Since Obama will chiefly need the collaboration of a Democratic Congress and the vast federal bureaucracy to push through his stimulus program (and the continuation of the disastrous Bush-Paulson bailout boondoggles), we will wind up relying on those fabulous folks who brought us Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for economic salvation. And theres more — Were also at the mercy of tax-dodging Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), who is the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which oversees U.S. tax policy. This is the gang that cant shoot straight—except to the foot.
When he was president, Reagan tried (but did not always succeed) to shrink rather than grow government in its size, spending and influence. Reagan compared government to a baby having an alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Reagan said, Government does not really solve problems; it subsidizes them. And it does not produce a dime of revenue. It can spend only what it takes from the pockets of the working men and women of this country.
So, what would Reagan do if he (rather than Barack Obama) were our next president? Hed reverse Obamas paradigm, relying on private citizens and private enterprise rather than big government to spend money not from tax rebates or tax credits but from ongoing tax cuts aimed at lowering the taxes that citizens actually pay. This worked for Reagan and for the country just as it worked after John F. Kennedy died and his advocacy of tax cuts was followed (temporarily). It not only stimulated the economy; it raised government revenues.
Reagan said that, growth, prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not from government down. What this means is giving money and power to the people, not the politicians.
Reagan defined as the backbone of our country: Americans helping themselves and each other, reaching out and finding solutions—solutions that government and huge institutions cant find.
Reagan famously said, Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. At a time when Obama is saying the opposite, what do you think?
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