Until the last generation or two this was a country of producers. We were farmers, mechanics, restaurant owners, engineers, scientists and people working in industry. We produced things until we grew too old, at which time we relied on younger producers to support us until we passed on.
Everyone but the elderly and offspring still in school worked and produced. True, there were doctors, lawyers and government workers, but they supported the nation's workers and kept them and America’s infrastructure safe.
Obama is proposing a society comprised primarily of users -- government workers supported by taxpayer dollars. But guess what? The more people working for government, the fewer people left to produce what society needs.
It’s clear there won’t be enough money available to pay these new workers, so guess where the money will come from? Higher taxes on fewer people remaining in the work force.
This is simplistic, but today we’ve gone from being a nation of producers to what’s called an “information” or, as some would suggest, service society. Information societies produce ideas -- computers and things. Service societies are more people serving fewer people who produce things. And so it goes.
People working the fields have been replaced by machines. Small farms are bought up by mega-corporations. Industries that employed thousands of workers moved overseas when they no longer could afford to pay wages forced on them by unions. Along comes Obama who, instead of addressing the problems, wants to add more millions of people to the taxpayer load.
I’m not saying the McCain/Palin ticket is the answer -- after all, it was corruption among congressional Republicans, and Bush's management of the economy and the Iraq war, that gave us Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress.
I am saying Obama is not the answer. Not only is he not the answer, he would hasten the time when this country becomes a mini-China, a nation of people ruled by an exclusive elite who belong to the ruling party.
Is Obama a communist after the manner of officials in N. Korea, China and Russia? Maybe not officially, but his writings, and those of his wife Michelle, tell all who care to read it that he is a socialist, which all communists claim to be. Moreover, both Obamas see the world — and especially the United States — as a struggle between classes of people.
There are workers (the oppressed) and the capitalists (the oppressors). Everything is a struggle between diametrically opposed forces and there can be no peace until the latter has been subjugated in favor of the former.
Lenin must be smiling.
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A thoughtful post. Without naming it, your piece highlights the one economic indicators that most people aren't even aware of: the percent of Gross Domestic Product consumed by government spending.
There is general agreement that the lower the figure the healthier the economy, and the generally accepted number is 18%.
Due to his fiscal recklessness, under Bush, it rose well over 19%, but McCain, to his credit, said he's determined to get it to 16%.
Obama will raise it, to near 20%, stifling growth.
One point of disagreement is the allegation that Bush mismanaged the economy. That allegation is too sweeping. His error was his failure to veto spending bills. Otherwise, his tax cuts not only increased federal tax receipts by 25% (2005-2006 alone), it took millions of low and middle income earners off the tax rolls entirely.
Sincerely,
Phil Mella
ClearCommentary.com
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