…..his continued rhetoric on how bad the economy is and on how long it will take for recovery (years, not months).
…..claiming that our economy is in the worst shape since the great depression.
The former will only serve to prolong the lagging economy, and, in essence, help this self-fulfilling prophecy become reality. The latter is simply a blatant lie, not even close to being true.
The prophecy of gloom and doom is alive and well. Instilling financial fear in people is not only doing them a grave disservice, but it will actually keep people and businesses from fully participating in the economy, thereby contributing to its further slide and making recovery more difficult.
Their solutions of more government spending, more government debt, and more control over business and people will only serve to make people more dependent, less free, and less prosperous. Look at how far down the United States has fallen on the [i]Index of Economic Freedom[/i] over the years. Our national goal should be a return to the top of that list; and we should let that goal drive the policy decisions.
Less government, not more; more personal responsibility, not less; more economic freedom, not less; these are the only long-term solutions out of the financial mess that’s been growing since the failed policies of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal drove the first nail into the coffin of economic freedom. People are most free when they’re most economically free. This growing financial dependence on government only tightens the shackles of economic slavery.
President Obama ran on a policy position of [i]change and hope[/i]. However, the prophets of doom and gloom in the Democratic Party will never change; all of their policy positions are based on instilling fear and uncertainty. There’s no change taking place, only more of the same: more government spending; more government debt; more government control. And where’s the [i]hope[/i] in such things?
I avoid negative people in the workplace like the plague. They’re a cancer on an entire organization.
I avoid negative people in life. They’re a real drag, and they only try to find others to share in their self-inflicted misery.
Let’s take it to the next level.
I abhor negative people in government. They don’t govern, but rather become demagogues and prophets of doom and gloom. They don’t lead, but rather pander. They don’t take or preach responsibility, but rather prefer to place blame, make excuses, and advance class envy. They don’t encourage excellence, but rather convince so many into becoming victims – self-inflicted victims.
Rhetoric has trumped reality. Fear has trumped [i]hope[/i]. And in the quest to gain even more political power, the notion that [i]nothing changes[/i] has trumped [i]change[/i].
