The best thing President Obama can do for freedom and liberty is to stay in the limelight. The more exposed he is the quicker the American people will start blaming him for the economy. In fact, it’s happening already. And why shouldn’t Americans blame him for the lousy economy? He’s doing his best to take it over. Sooner or later the buck’s going to stop with him. Since he has no understanding of economics it’s not going to end well for him or for America. But he’s darn sure going to give it his all.
This afternoon he appeared before the cameras (yet again) to inform us he met with energy executives who are going to create millions of jobs and clean energy. (Gee, where have we heard that before?) It was the usual: “It took years to get into this mess. It’s going to take extraordinary measures to get out of it.” “We have to act now to build a new foundation.” You know, same old, same old. Blame it on Bush.
But there was one telling line. He opened by saying “As our economy adapts to the challenges of the next century” we must find “new ways of producing and saving and distributing energy.”
Does an economy really need to adapt to a new century. Or must it adapt to a new administration hell bent on centrally planning the economy? That line seems to have been an admission – that he knows his policies are creating massive job loss. Capitalism must be destroyed before progressive policies can be implemented. And he naively believes that his progressive policies are somehow superior to capitalism. It doesn’t look so great now, but hey, give it time. Sure, another half a million Americans lost their jobs last month, but he’s meeting with industry leaders, so trust him.
Don’t trust him. The only reason Americans are pining for “change” is that capitalism has spoiled us. Americans want it all: sports, flat screen televisions, iPods, new cars, new homes, new clothes. You name it, we want it. For the most part we’re able to obtain much of what we want. That’s all going to change once the economic system that made it all possible is destroyed. Rather than set your own priorities, the government is going to set them for you. It might sound nice in theory, but history tells us it’s anything but.
