The State: October 10, 2008
Oct 10th, 2008 | By gopnation | Category: The State
Where are our rational leaders?
The great, big, far-reaching government that President Bill Clinton declared dead following GOP congressional gains in the mid-1990’s is back and back with a vengeance. Thanks to government interfering through the likes of Freddie and Fannie Mac, which offered up policies to guarantee any working and non-working America a home of their own, the chickens, as one pathetic Reverend stated on another matter, have unfortunately come home to roost. The Great Expansion of the past fifteen years, in one months’ time looks increasingly like the Great Depression of the 21st Century. Today, the stock market is nearly 45 percent off its all-time high of just one year ago, and a recession is likely if not already here. Unfortunately, policies that had much to do with putting us in our current state are the same policies being advocated by the team ahead in the presidential race. In 3 1/2 weeks rational Americans that typically seek leadership that looks center-right, will likely elect a president that could be our closest to the policies of communism that we have ever experienced, which means further government intervention and likely more economic woes. Quite frankly, we’ve got us one hell of a perfect storm heading into 2009.
The same government that got us into this lot will be the one that tries it hardest through increased regulation and excessive nationalism to make our problems go away. Of course, we GOPers know that more government in the face of national problems has rarely made the situation better for most Americans. Whether it be the New Deal which gave us increased social programs, or the Great Society which nearly backrupted our nation’s cities, government programs have typically had the effect of doing the exact opposite of the stated goal. The spring stimulus package, it appears anyway, did nothing to get the economy out of its funk and the ‘bailout’ package touted just two weeks ago as being the only answer to stop the steedy decline of bank bankrupcies and mortgage defaults, at least in the short-term have caused further erosion as brokers and everyday-American alike have said that they’ve had enough and taken more money out of the stock market. Unfortunately, many of what some would have considered ‘conservative’ leaders from President Bush to John McCain are pushing only-slightly different plans themselves. No matter, more government control is coming.
These are desperate times and unfortunately decisions in Washington and in American living rooms are being made based on nervousness and fear, thanks to the upcoming election, rather than on tried-and-true principals of limited government and individual responsibility.
The question is this: Where have all of the rational leaders gone?
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