Those Pesky Facts

Millions were taken in by Obama. We all suffered. What’s the flip side? Can we gain anything at all from this experience?

Well, we know that on a national level the Dem party organization will move from extreme left, towards, but still far from, center. Fine. That was an easy one to predict.

But what about the average chatterer? One would venture something like this: “Well, sure, these guys won’t pull that trigger again; they’ve seen how Obama even got into their pockets.” Sadly, that’s not likely to happen. Lefties are impervious to lessons, facts, history, never being quite able to associate the burnt thumb with the match.

Take “stimulus.” Some of us knew it was a sham the day it was announced. By definition, it cannot work. For example, unemployment never hit double digits in any of the 12 months following the stock crash of ‘29. Unemployment peaked at 9% two months after the Oct/29 crash, and then headed downward. From Thomas Sowell, “Unemployment was down to 6.3 percent by June 1930, when the first big federal intervention occurred. Within six months, the downward trend in unemployment reversed and hit double digits for the first time in December 1930.” But of course. Where in the heck do the left think the money comes from?

Or how about the deficit “inherited” by BO? Again, facts (and in this case, the Constitution) are pesky critters. It was the Dem’s who controlled both houses before BO became president. President's don't make legislation. The deficit BO inherited was created by the Democrats, including Obama himself who did absolutely nothing to oppose spending. He was one of the biggest of the big spenders. Oh, that. The problem with Bush is that he did not veto enough of this nonsense.

Or how about regulation? Naturally, if Bush had simply regulated the financial markets we would have been saved, say our nursery pals. He tried to do just that. In 2004 the WH made a hard push to regulate the hazardous practices of Fannie & Freddie. The Dems, led by Frank, Pelosi, Obama and Rangel defeated this effort (guess why?). The result - ground zero.

Even now, the chatterers remain contentedly naive, willfully blind. Their messiah claims that his health plan is a winner. The facts are as follows: 1) Health costs, as reported by BO’s own Ctr for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will go up $1000/yr for a family of 4 in 2019, as a result of this heist. 2) Last week, health insurers asked for premium increases of up to 9% solely because of the health deal. What? 3) Hey! Didn’t BO say that we could all keep our coverage? The administration now admits that 51% of all employees and 66% of workers in small businesses will have their current plan changed in three years as a result of this scam. (Most of the left are still oblivious to the fact that health was only a means, not an end at all, but then that is another topic.)

Robert Craven