{"id":8312,"date":"2009-02-28T14:45:44","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2009-02-28T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:45:44","slug":"stroking-the-unicorn-herder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=8312","title":{"rendered":"Stroking the unicorn herder"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Associated Press story about Obama and his budget agenda is probably the most dreadful piece of literature ever written;
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“Breathtaking in its scope and ambition….”
\n“Perhaps the only things as high as Obama’s goals are the hurdles they must clear.”
\n“…a sprawling road map that will require several hard-fought pieces of legislation.”
\n“We’re struck with how bold and courageous a budget it is….”
\n“Washington veterans say that if anyone can overcome the hurdles, it is Obama.”
\n“The country wants it, the economy needs it, businesses large and small know that they can’t afford not to have it…”
\n“The president’s agenda is vast and ambitious….”<\/p>\n

They don’t mention that the president’s agenda is built on a foundation of clay. In order to afford these changes, everyone has to continue making the exact same amount of money they earn now. In order to increase taxes on the top 5% of wage earners, Obama will ahve to raise taxes on families making more than $160,000 – the group in the $250,000 plus range only make up the top 1.5% of wage earners. Now, how many people are goingto continue making the same amount of money, if it means more will go to taxes – even at the $160k level.<\/p>\n

In my own case, I figured out that although my wife’s income was about a 1\/3 of our total income, it was responsible for more than half of our taxes – so she quit. How many others will discover that they’re working for the government?<\/p>\n

It also depends on the stimulus bill which he just signed in making gains on the recovery – that is impossible. The market has fallen since Obama’s election because no one with an interest in investing in America thinks it will work. Obama thinks he can “will” a healthy economy – he’s learning like Bill Clinton did in 1993 that’s not possible. Those of us with our money on the line aren’t going to toss it in the pot without good reason. He hasn’t given us a good reason yet.<\/p>\n

“We’re struck with how bold and courageous a budget it is,” said James Horney of the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which supports the president. “There are a whole lot of things that are going to be extremely difficult because there are very powerful vested interests out there that will fight them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Powerful and vested interests like the American people. Is it any wonder that newspapers are folding across the country when they all draw their content from sources like the Associated Press?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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