The Kings of Nothing

It has been a while since I have posted to this blog. I would like to say I have been busy but the truth is that I have been busy doing nothing. I like to think I am the best at doing nothing, perhaps even the King of Nothing but here lately that title has been stolen from me.

Just who is the new King of Nothing, you ask? (Thanks for asking by the way) The new all time King of Nothing is the Congress of the United States of America. For the last year and a half, they have had much ballyhoo about all the mess they (and the President) inherited and they many wonderful things they are going to do for (read: to) us that we are too stupid to do for ourselves.

First we had the bailout of the banks and the car companies; both of whom needed to be allowed to go bankrupt because of their greed and stupidity. Banks loaned money to anyone with a pulse (and I am not to sure that there weren't a few of the non-palpitating in those numbers) and car companies allowed the unions to drive them to the brink of bankruptcy rather than investing their money in clean energy cars.

If we as Americans have to balance our own budgets, then why the hell does our government not have to? We have a $2 Trillion budget deficit that we were promised would not cause taxes to go up on any but the top 2% of the population--those making over $250K a year. I got news for the Congress....I am not part of the elite 2% and nearly every tax I pay has gone up this year.

Next, the All Omnicient Federal Government decides we need a 1200 plus page health care bill that no one ever bothered to read---at least no one in Congress----and we have Nancy Peolsi telling us that we just have to let them pass it to see what is in the bill. Now that makes sense.

The Health care bill has passed and it is set to become law---part AFTER the 2010 elections and the rest AFTER the 2012 elections. The thinking is that by the time it becomes law and the people realize they have been screwed once again by Uncle Sam, it will be too late and the Democrats will be back in charge for yet one more term.

The Republicans are no better. They have stood in press conferences and loudly proclaimed how they are for the real American people. The hard working, tax paying people that they represent have been fooled by them too. Neither party is worth it's salt and it is time for real reform. For over a year now, on my other forums I have touted that we throw ALL the bums out and vote in a few plumbers, hockey moms, taxi drivers, fast food workers, preachers, health care workers, truck drivers, etc to take their place.

It should be against the law for a person to spend over $100,000 for any state election and over $500,000 for any national election. All candidates should have to present themselves to the public over the public television stations that we the people fund. We should toss out every lobbyist and every lawyer in the congress and let the common man fix the problems they have made. It is time we made a stand America and our new theme song ought to be: "We're not gonna take it ANYMORE!"

Which leads me to a joke I heard years ago. What do you call 535 congress members at the bottom of the ocean? A good start.

The Beginning of the End

America, much like Rome, started it's fall yesterday as the Congress took it upon itself to circumvent the Constitution by voting on the amendments and by that, passing the Senate version of the bill. With this $2.4 Trillion bill we have no way of paying for without raising taxes on every single American that alreadys pays them.

Our congress is acting like the Politburo of the old USSR, in that it thinks it knows what we need and despite our protests, have forced us to accept this bill. Comrades Obama and Pelosi and 218 other Democrats have eptiomized the Big Brother of Orwell's 1984 by giving us what they want despite our desires.

No one could disagree with needed reforms such as were suggested for pre-existing conditions, or against the insurance companies arbitrarily cutting people for using their coverage. The argument is not the substance so much as the means of reform. To be certain, anyone who is pro-life would have voted against the bill on principle alone.

We could have achieved a comprehensive reform that addressed the supposed reason for the bill--affordable health care and the above mentioned reforms--all without hijacking the constitution and without getting government in the business of insurance. The problem is, the Democrats were so damned determined to get a victory, they strong-armed and cajoled and browbeat until they got their way. No one read the entire bill, and anyone that did, should have realized that there is no way to pay for it as is.

Forced health care will cost many jobs and what fringe benefits that most companies have left to enable them to pay for it. What good is insurance if everyone is out of a job? Who is going to pay for it then?

The bell has rung and there is no way to un-ring it. Once you give an entitlement, it becomes permanent. Social Security is an example. It was designed to a temporary measure that has lasted 50 years. Social Security is broken and with Government running it, there is no fixable solution. God Help us with them in charge of Helath Care.

To make matters worse, the IRS is in charge of enforcing Health Care. Can we say Big Brother? Conservative America should prepare to remove every single person from Congress and replace them with people that will do our will or else be practicing your Communist worker songs. Health Care should be changed to Health Scare.