{"id":3580,"date":"2008-11-03T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2008-11-03T10:28:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T15:28:40","slug":"the-updside-of-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"The Upside of Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

When voters enter the booth tomorrow, Iraq won’t be much on their mind as a whole. Iraq is going so well (as wars go) that the media has turned a blind eye. Covering it after all would only benefit John McCain whose criticism of George Bush and promotion of the surge proved to be dead on.<\/p>\n

In the days, hours and moments leading up to the moment of truth in the booth, it will be the economy, once again.<\/p>\n

I have heard numerous comparisons of Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter in the sense that like Carter’s administration, an Obama era will create such an economic disaster that Americans’ short memories will be restored and an era of fiscal conservatism will be ushered in once again.<\/p>\n

It’s a sad day when the upside is how bad things will be.<\/p>\n

Then again, is this a lesson America needs to learn once and for all?<\/p>\n

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I tend to assume, for instance, that most Americans understand socialism<\/a> is an evil, immoral system of economics and government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But then occasionally, I get a letter from a young American who has been taught throughout his life that only the government can spread wealth fairly or that market economics is inherently corrupt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So as I predicted in my most recent book, “None of the Above,” it likely will take some strong medicine to cure America of its infectious flirtation with socialism. I believe that medicine, believe it or not, is named Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Chances are,\u00a0our\u00a0economy is\u00a0going to get a lot worse before it gets better no matter who ends up in the White House. Even Ronald Regan, if elected on Tuesday, wouldn’t be able foster an economic turnaround for at least a year if his presidency is any measure.<\/p>\n

There is great cause for concern however that a President that has among his many\u00a0ambitions a desire to further the Socialism experiment that has weaved\u00a0its way through our history as a nation.<\/p>\n

Raising taxes on the wealthy and giving it to the less-so, isn’t Socialism; but it is one of it’s major tenets. Forcing lenders to lend to borrowers not qualified to do so isn’t either but it it also smacks of Socialism and social engineering.<\/p>\n

If Obama’s platform was to raise taxes for everyone <\/em>and pay off the national debt, I would consider it but even then, he’d have to cut them first to stimulate the economy and stimulate job growth, wait for the result, and then <\/em>raise taxes. This assumes that raising taxes is the means by which to pay down our debt – and that’s a stretch at best.<\/p>\n

Then again, if he cut<\/em> taxes, revenue to the government would increase dramatically, as has been proven time and again, and those dollars could<\/em> then be funneled to pay down our debt. In order to stimulate our economy and pay down our national debt, it’s magnitude having become a national security issue, our nation faces the inevitable pain of our government cutting<\/em> spending dramatically while at the same time cutting taxes to stimulate the economy.<\/p>\n

This will happen by choice, if sooner; by force if later, under the weight of simple economics and mathematics. It’s coming friends, whether we like it or not.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama lacks the character, leadership, experience and political inclination to make these tough choices, encourage temporary sacrifice and guide our nation through the most dire and precarious economic conditions in modern times.<\/p>\n

John McCain on the other hand has the all of the above and a record to prove it. I will be voting for him because of the two, I think he has the best chance of steering us clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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