Dixie - In Memoriam
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Democrats have gotten the message... SPENDING is BAD! mmmk?
Faced with the inevitable acceptance against their will of this, the Dems have decided to practice the art of liberal word crafting, and redefine the dialogue again. If spending is bad, they have to create a new term for it, in order to continue doing it... so it has now become "investing" and not "spending!"
Everyone likes investing! We all see the wisdom in investing! It's a good and responsible thing, for us to INVEST! Who could possibly be opposed to INVESTMENT?
The problem is, in order to actually INVEST, you must first have something TO invest. We are currently $14 trillion in the hole. Any "investing" we'll be doing, will be with money we borrowed to invest, and anyone with an inkling of a brain can understand, borrowing money to invest it, is a losing proposition. You can never achieve a return on your investment which offsets the cost of interest on the money you borrow, and it's a sure-fire recipe for financial disaster. It's worse than taking money from your savings account to play poker in Vegas... at least with that, you do have a chance of returning your investment, with this, there is no chance of any return. It's just another stupid and mindless attempt by liberals, to excuse their addiction of spending our money.
Oh.... We will hear about how America needs bridges and roads... but the thing is, bridges and roads are mostly handled by local governments, or at best, the state government. There is no obligation for the Federal government to provide roads and bridges to citizens of the several states. Other than the Interstate system, the Feds have very little to do with roads and bridges. So, this in of itself, is a ruse. Then we hear about the new found "Green Technology" and "Green Jobs!" Oooooo.... GREEEEN! Now, who could possibly be opposed to GREEN anything? It's so PC these days!
Again, the Federal government has no business delving into private enterprise, propagating industries based on political ideologies. If there is a viable commercial market for "green technology" that is fine, let capitalism work, let the market forces dictate who rises to the top, who is successful with any new "green" initiatives. No problem with giving a tax break or subsidy to some company being innovative and creative with new technology, but we've crossed that line a long time ago. We're now looking at a government poised to bankroll an entire technology, in the belief that it will do us good in the end. Nothing the government has ever controlled the monopoly on, has ever been the best it could be through competition in the private sector.
Of course, no INVESTMENT talk would be complete without mentioning Education! Oh we have to invest in THAT! What kind of morons would oppose such a thing? But the current education system we have, has enjoyed considerable investment over the years, in fact, we Americans have invested more in education than most any other country on the planet, for decades and decades, and we still trail the rest of the world in actual education. It's clearly not because our teachers are paid like Kings, they aren't. It's the governmental control of the system, bloated and bureaucratic, in all it's glorious inefficiency. Again, no competition and government monopoly fails us as a society, as it most always does.
Investment might be considered wise, but if we are investing in snake oil, with money we are going to have to borrow, it is no longer wise, it is just plain ignorance and stupidity. Yet, this is clearly the idea Democrats are now attempting to pawn off on the American public.
Faced with the inevitable acceptance against their will of this, the Dems have decided to practice the art of liberal word crafting, and redefine the dialogue again. If spending is bad, they have to create a new term for it, in order to continue doing it... so it has now become "investing" and not "spending!"
Everyone likes investing! We all see the wisdom in investing! It's a good and responsible thing, for us to INVEST! Who could possibly be opposed to INVESTMENT?
The problem is, in order to actually INVEST, you must first have something TO invest. We are currently $14 trillion in the hole. Any "investing" we'll be doing, will be with money we borrowed to invest, and anyone with an inkling of a brain can understand, borrowing money to invest it, is a losing proposition. You can never achieve a return on your investment which offsets the cost of interest on the money you borrow, and it's a sure-fire recipe for financial disaster. It's worse than taking money from your savings account to play poker in Vegas... at least with that, you do have a chance of returning your investment, with this, there is no chance of any return. It's just another stupid and mindless attempt by liberals, to excuse their addiction of spending our money.
Oh.... We will hear about how America needs bridges and roads... but the thing is, bridges and roads are mostly handled by local governments, or at best, the state government. There is no obligation for the Federal government to provide roads and bridges to citizens of the several states. Other than the Interstate system, the Feds have very little to do with roads and bridges. So, this in of itself, is a ruse. Then we hear about the new found "Green Technology" and "Green Jobs!" Oooooo.... GREEEEN! Now, who could possibly be opposed to GREEN anything? It's so PC these days!
Again, the Federal government has no business delving into private enterprise, propagating industries based on political ideologies. If there is a viable commercial market for "green technology" that is fine, let capitalism work, let the market forces dictate who rises to the top, who is successful with any new "green" initiatives. No problem with giving a tax break or subsidy to some company being innovative and creative with new technology, but we've crossed that line a long time ago. We're now looking at a government poised to bankroll an entire technology, in the belief that it will do us good in the end. Nothing the government has ever controlled the monopoly on, has ever been the best it could be through competition in the private sector.
Of course, no INVESTMENT talk would be complete without mentioning Education! Oh we have to invest in THAT! What kind of morons would oppose such a thing? But the current education system we have, has enjoyed considerable investment over the years, in fact, we Americans have invested more in education than most any other country on the planet, for decades and decades, and we still trail the rest of the world in actual education. It's clearly not because our teachers are paid like Kings, they aren't. It's the governmental control of the system, bloated and bureaucratic, in all it's glorious inefficiency. Again, no competition and government monopoly fails us as a society, as it most always does.
Investment might be considered wise, but if we are investing in snake oil, with money we are going to have to borrow, it is no longer wise, it is just plain ignorance and stupidity. Yet, this is clearly the idea Democrats are now attempting to pawn off on the American public.
