It's The Economy, Stupid!

Now that we have put Weinergate behind us (hopefully) maybe our politicians can focus on something more important. Not to say that it hasn't been amusing but enough is enough! Let the pervert crawl back into his hole in New York with his camera and do what he does best.

The more important issues have been overshadowed of late and need to come front and center. We are currently experiencing a 9.1% unemployment rate and the housing industry is on life support. Of course the truth of the matter is that is the official rate. The REAL rate of joblessness is closer to 20%, after adding those people that have run out of benefits and those that just gave up looking. So no matter how you spin it the job situation is bad and the government is doing everything it can to keep it that way. How you ask? By the relentless assault on the small businesses of this great land with increasing regulation and a confiscatory tax policy. By a blatant philosophy of wealth redistribution. By having a general attitude that if you are not on the government teet you need to be punished. Is there any wonder that businesses lack the confidence to make hiring and expansion plans with a government that is so openly hostile to them?

As many of you know I recently opened a new business here in Lockhart. I have a couple of ideas for some more businesses but right now I am doing what I know; taxes. Taxpayers need someone to go to bat for them and I'm just the guy to do it. Fortunately for me right now I can stay below the radar because I only have my time to sell and am not likely to become one of those "evil rich" folks that seem to have a target on their backs. At least not this year. But I have some clients that are and it pains me to see the angst that they must endure to keep some of the money they work hard for. Many of them do not take vacations, work far in excess of 40 hours each week, and worry about their employees and customers all the time. So when they consider a decision that might make them a little more money and they realize that the government is going to take at least half of it, that kind of takes the shine off the apple.

So that's the dilemma facing the government brain trust. Unfortunately this bunch of knuckleheads do not realize that they are the problem. Nothing is going to happen with the private sector until the atmosphere changes. The good side to that is that the longer we wander about in this malaise of an economy the more likely that the Anointed One will be a one-term president. It appalls me what we have to go through to get this result but just blame it on the voters in 2008.

So the Republicans should focus on the mess we are in. Two years of "get the hell out of the way" economic policy should have been enough time to get us on the right track. But what we have gotten is ineffective government spending that has taken us to the brink of insolvency! Government does not create jobs, the private sector does, and no amount of propping people up is going to change that. If I need to get my Big Chief tablet and No. 2 pencil out I can! It's time to layoff anyone in Washington that does not understand that!