President Obama said that he doesn’t understand those who protested his massive increase in government scale and demanded that government cease bankrupting our country. He said he is willing to consider serious ideas to fix our economy.
Let me give him serious ideas.
Idea #1: STOP the federal government. CUT it down to size, somewhere below 10% of our economy. The federal government, and ALL governments, operate in direct opposition to the principles of wealth creation. Every penny that the federal government spends is a penny taken away from the private sector, from the very people who know how to make that penny turn into a dime and then a dollar. Every penny spent is a penny that now controls a part of our economy, putting the government in charge of our private lives.
Idea #2: DRAMATICALLY CUT federal regulation and legislation. Rather than use the force of government to try and dictate the way people should live their lives, the government should use its legislative power to simply ensure that the people have their rights and freedoms intact from each other, foreign aggressors, and the federal government itself. That’s right—the federal government should write laws to keep the federal government out of our lives!
Idea #3: ENFORCE the constitution! The president has sworn an oath to God that he would enforce the constitution. He swore his fealty to that sacred document, and he is duty and honor bound to do so. Read the provisions of the constitution, read them without the congress of the courts dictating what it means to you. YOU are the president, one of the three branches of government. YOU are ENTITLED to your own interpretation of what those words in that sacred document mean and how they should be applied! That means if you believe a law is unconstitutional, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ENFORCE IT, no matter what the courts or the congress says! If you believe the courts have exceeded their legal bounds, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MIND THEM!
Idea #4: Appoing judges who judge by the LETTER OF THE LAW, not the whims and passions of the people. We, the people, need to live under a law that doesn’t constantly shift and change with the tides and passions of democracy. We need a law that can be a rock to build our futures on. Having judges who understand the importance of not altering a word of legislation nor reinterpreting what those words mean is an important step!
Idea #5: Wield the veto pen like a sword in the fight for freedom! You, the president, are one of the last lines of defense against a congress who becomes drunk on corruption and the spending of our money. If you think the congress is irresponsible, USE YOUR POWER to stop them! It is your duty to do so! The Founding Fathers gave you that power for a reason!
Idea #6: Begin building the people’s confidence in themselves. Point out how all the answers to today’s problems lie within the individual, the family, and the churches, and the government only brings problems. Point out how the NYSE has been better at delivering on retirement promises than Social Security. Point out how private health care has delivered more than Medicare or any government health program has. The people ARE the answer to our problems!
Idea #7: Be an advocate of the PEOPLE, not the government. When the government is being used to oppress the people, use your power to oppress the government! Look into the government for corruption, excess, and dishonesty, expose it and crush it! Look out of the government for your power and solutions! We elected you to be our advocate against the government!
Idea #8: In the foreign political scene, identify our friends, those who want us to succeed, and our enemies, those who want us to fail. Spell it out. Make a “good” and “bad” list. To our friends, use whatever power you have to help them so that they can help us. To our enemies, use whatever power you have to convince them our interests are mutual. But if they cannot be convinced, do not be afraid to rattle swords! We have an individual president for this reason—because he will be a man of passion and temper! Challenge Obama to a fist-fight! Tell Ahmedinajed that you want to take him behind the barn and wail on him with a 2-by-4! Explain to Kim Jong-Il that the Americans no longer tolerate oppression of any people anywhere! The president cannot declare war, only congress can. But the president can effectively be our advocate internationally!
These are practical ideas, ideas that are not popular but are effective.
May 1, 2009 at 10:12 am |
The US president has no say to any Chinese official. Remember how the Americans got the French and the UK out of the Suez canal issue? The US told the UK that it will sell a large part of the pounds that they have, which would have pretty much ruined England. China can do that now to do the US.
May 1, 2009 at 10:41 am |
Quite.