Posted by
Christopher Van on Friday, December 05, 2008 1:39:50 PM
Perhaps a story that is bigger than the Big 3 lining up at the trough is the State of California, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. The Democrat controlled assembly and Governor Schwarzenegger are pushing for tax increases which are currently being blocked by a small, but vocal Republican minority. California is days away from having their credit rating cut and is resorting to paying bills in warrants instead of cash.
I’m not sure why nobody in Sacramento gets this, but why not just cut out the insidious funding of education, healthcare and welfare for illegals? If California would immediately cut off all of the aforementioned wasteful benefits there would be no budget issue. If they would make their land so inhospitable to criminal aliens they would most certainly see their deficit turn into a surplus as achieving residents and businesses may actually return to the Golden State instead of packing their bags and moving to Nevada.
Why is it so hard for elected officials, across the fruited plain, to see the simple solutions that could fix our economy in time for Christmas? Could it be that the economic illiteracy of liberals and their blind quest for power are standing in the way of saving America? I certainly don’t have a PhD in economics, I am not a Wharton grad and certainly can’t part the waters like the Messiah, but if I can figure it out why can’t they?
If we were to do the following ten things, the economy would recover instantaneously:
1) Repeal the Federal Personal and Corporate Income Tax and all withholding.
2) Replace these taxes with the Fair Tax.
3) Demand that Congress leave their leer jets at home and opt out of their retirement and medical plans and use the same plans they are created for the rest of us.
4) Demand that Iraq repay us a debt of gratitude with $100 billion dollars worth of oil and oil futures. If the Somali pirates can do it, so can our pirates inside the beltway.
5) Eliminate all earmarks forever more. No more buying votes with ridiculous pet projects. Anyone violating this will immediately be impeached from office.
6) Privatize social security and let people invest their own money. Even with today’s terrible performance on Wall Street we would see better results than the pathetic returns provided by our unaccountable federal bureaucrats.
7) Demand that the Big 3 file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganize as non union shops.
8) Implement tort reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits and have loser pay laws requiring the lawyer to pay judgments on behalf of client’s who bring such actions.
9) Bar anyone from casting ballots federal, state or local elections if they don’t have an IQ of at least 80, have a photo ID and pay taxes.
10) Stop all funding for the education, healthcare and welfare of illegal aliens.
Like I said, it’s simple. I get it, you get it and so does every American with an ounce of common sense. But for some reasons the American hating left doesn’t get it. Instead they would rather lecture us on what is and is not best for us. If they don’t know what is best for our nation then they certainly don’t know what is best for us.
It’s time to take back our nation from these nanny state elitist liberals who want to control what we say and what we do. If they can’t implement the ten rules of common sense that I just outlined then they have established themselves as complete and utter failures and should do all of us a favor and resign so that someone who actually cares about our nation can take a shot at fixing it.
Christopher Van