The Declaration of Dependency

Say it ain’t so, Mr. O !

The jobless rate actually went up since you were elected ! How could that be? You had “THE PLAN”. You were going to put us all to work building bridges, schools, government buildings, and the Pyramids of Giza. What went wrong?

According to you, nothing at all. You arrogantly said that the increase is somehow “proof” that THE PLAN is working. Yet, when you and the Princess of Darkness (Dem - California) rammed the “Stimulus” bill down our throats, you told us time was so critical Congress could not even take the time to read the bill. There was no time for debate. No time for discussion. No time to hear our representatives voice the opinions of the taxpayers-- remember us? We’re the ones that pay for all your delusions of grandeur and Marxist ideals. You warned us that if we didn’t allow right this minute all the monstrous spending, the extra dollars to Liberal causes, the augmentation of the Welfare State, and the billions of dollars to your corrupt ACORN buddies, dire consequences would occur. Without this turkey, you warned, the jobless rate would hit 8% !!

So here we are, right where you said we wouldn’t be , yet you say we aren’t. If we didn’t pass the bill, according to you, we would have been at 8%. Yet, you’re proud to tell us we’re at 8.9%.

Will someone teach this man some math before our country is completely destroyed ! (Too late).

Since you apparently cannot see the problem, and none of your Czars and yes-men don’t really want to tell you, let me enlighten you. The problem is you may have increased the number of people receiving welfare and unemployment benefits, but your plan does not encourage, stimulate, nurture or ignite in any way private enterprise. ( Ooh! I said those scary words. Must be like garlic, a crucifix, and holy water to you. Is that the Treasury Secretary I see reaching for the nitroglycerine? Relax, Tim. You’ll be rid of that pesky Capitalism in no time. )

Your plan(s) do nothing but victimize and demonize the private sector-- taking more and more of our already dwindling incomes to fund corruption, malfeasance, and non-production. Your stimulus bill is the Declaration of Dependency. It makes the State the employer and parent to the hapless throngs that cannot figure out that America is about opportunity, responsibility, and liberty, not corruption, irresponsibility, and oppression.

Those of us that are entrepreneurs and individualists are still the number one employer in the country-- despite your best efforts to stop us. There is no relief or stimulus for us anywhere in those star-filled eyes of yours. You promise it all the time, saying: “I will do whatever it takes to help small business.” What it takes is less taxes, less regulation, more freedom. What it takes is a government that doesn't waste our hard-earned dollars on Congressional pleasure junkets and cute fly-overs of the Statue of Liberty. (Take the Grey Line, next time !) You campaign that we are the enemy, and that we need more oversight and more taxes. We know the campaign won’t be over till you get that annoying term limit thing off the books. We are already sending over half of what we sweat for to the federal, state, and local governments. Yet, that is not enough. We are being handcuffed and suffocated, the oven door is open and the gas is on, and your plan throws in the match.

Every entrepreneur / employer out there knows what you are up to, and while you are in office we will not be expanding our businesses and creating more jobs. We have to pay for every government job you create, and we pay for it by decreasing our own workforce. We will be taking on more hours ourselves, without hiring more. Employees become more and more of a liabiliy as you make us give them benefits we cannot even afford to give ourselves and you make us take on more of the social burdens you create. We are trying to weather the storm and hoping that sooner or later you will stop punishing achievement and awarding corruption. The jobless rates will continue to rise. Then, as one by one we (the nation’s number one employer) figure out that the destruction of small business is not an accident but your actual PLAN-- you will see the numbers jump even higher.

That’s not really your concern, though , is it? Even as you see the rate go into the double digits (as it already has in many areas), you will still go on national TV and beam that the increase is “proof” your dream is working. That is true, of course -- but no one in the media will dare to ask you exactly which dream you mean. You’ll still get reelected, as long as there are enough taxpayer-funded ACORN buses to take your non-taxpaying voters to the polls. Meanwhile, you and Michelle (in her $540 ugly Keds-look-alikes) will be Riverdancing all over the graves of small businesses everywhere.