Serious Thought

Folks...I have to be honest with you about something. I have given some serious thought as to how I should address this issue.

Since the election, I have tried to keep the majority of my posts free of politics. However, as I hear the news unfolding about this "stimulus" package my mind is troubled.

I don't know how much you know about this bill but from what I am hearing it sounds like anything BUT a stimulus package. Before we get into any particulars let me remind you that Japan tried this over and over again. The eventually went through a 12 year recession and it would have been longer had they not have let it work out on its own. The point is that government cannot fix this problem. It was government that got us into this economic mess in the 1st place. Regardless of what our president may have said the other night it will not take more government; it will take less.

The BEST stimulus package to our economy (as always) is serious tax cuts along with spending cuts. If congress would lay off of payroll taxes for about 6 months while cutting out corporate taxes and suspend funding to some of these pork barrel projects they have going...our economy will rebound quicker without leaving a huge debt for our children and grandchildren to pay. History has proven that this is the most effective measure. Which brings to mind this question: Is this bill really about stimulating the economy?

Millions of dollars for STD prevention (I have a sure-fire way to prevent those)
An entire section of the bill devoted to health-care mandates (why is this in a economic bill?)
GREEN legislation (once again...why is this here?)
Infrastructure construction (it only creates short-term jobs)
And this is just a few of the pet "pork" projects.

According to something I hear on Glenn Beck last night - Tom Daschle wrote a book last year where he said that he would encourage the next president to slip health-care reform into a budget bill so that it could not be debated. And here we go...what do we find in this monstrosity? Health-care mandates. Give me a break!

Unfortunately, the only way to try and resolve these problems is by calling out "senators" and "representatives". I use those terms very loosely. I can't recall the last time Va's congressmen actually represented the constituents of the state. They simply represent party lines.

It's sad to say but it looks like we are going to hear that this bill will come out of committee and be passed into law. Who knows what the final figure will be but it doesn't matter. When you figure in interest it gets much (much) bigger. Then they will say we MUST raise taxes so that we can pay for it. They will print more money thus rendering our dollar extremely weak (or should I say weaker?).

As a believer I'm praying that God will raise up men and women who will stand for what is right for America. The "Change" we can believe in is NOT in Washington...no, it's with the people of this country who are willing make change happen. We need a shake-up of our political process. We need people to quit being Democrats/Republicans and start being Americans again. Socialism hasn't worked in any country and there is no reason to believe that it will work in America.

We must pray.