By Tina Grazier
The likely Republican Speaker of the House, should Republicans win big in November, is John Boehner and he is making a lot of sense. The end game is putting people back to work while making government smaller and more efficient to rid ourselves of debt and make America strong once again. Whew, that’s a mighty big task. The question will be whether the Republicans can get enough votes once empowered to implement those plans and then persuade the President to sign on the dotted line. As we have seen in the past two years getting something done in Congress is not easy, the founders wanted it that way, so we know going in that the opposition to Republican proposals will be fierce.
Larry Kudlow, reviewing a recent speech delivered by Boehner, quoted John F. Kennedy:
“An economy constrained by high tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget, just as it will never create enough jobs.”
Democrats don’t believe the words spoken by a man once considered their icon to be the truth. They chose to return to the Keynsian principle of spending to boost economies and now as the economy appears to be tanking again and joblessness remains high they are becoming desperate.
By nthe way, has there been an actual “recovery” or have we just been treated to wordy monotonous explanations followed by insincere media promotions in an attempt to prop up the hope and change we were promised? The average American has not experienced recovery. Instead we have witnessed exactly what was actually promised, government bent on spreading the wealth around and taking advantage of a crisis to pick winners and losers.
Given the likelihood of economic freefall heading into the elections, Democrats will likely propose letting the Bush tax cuts continue for a time. Remember now, these are the same tax cuts for “all Americans” that Democrats have said didn’t exist! Well, no matter, they may still be nutty enough to let tax cuts for “the rich” expire. If they do it will be a gianormous mistake. Money is power and “the rich” hold a lot of wealth building power. Power that when put at risk through investment would spawn new opportunities and jobs for everyone.
The Republican plan to get our economy growing again and put people back to work, as outlined by Boehner in his speech, wiould work because of three underlying ideals:
1. The American people, working, saving and investing, supply the innovation, power and drive that make our economy strong.
2. Government size and spending is out of control and must be significantly checked with government programs transformed and/or eliminated.
3. Our debt must be brought down significantly.
Thanks to the big government ideals that became popular over the last century, and with special thanks given to the “spread the wealth” plan of the Obama administration and his cohorts in the Democrat controlled congress, our already massive debt has exploded. We are currently experiencing an economic trap that will require a herculean effort over many years to escape. But if we can let freedom work, give power back to the people, and if the people are patient and vigilant, we will not only escape that trap but we will live to thrive once again. If Republicans do take power in November and are able to enact pro-citizen, pro-private sector plans we will see how real hope is made manifest. The rich, the middle class and the poor will begin to risk and invest again and that is exactly what is needed for business to flourish. The initial big payoff for the Americans people will be the abundance of jobs that follow.
