The Financial Cliff and Government Revenues

I spent a while thinking about Obama's proposal to avoid the financial cliff. Although I agree that government revenue increases are needed, those government revenue increases must be matched by government spending cuts.

In other words, Obama could have offered one trillion dollars in government revenue increases and one trillion dollars in government spending cuts.

Our current financial problems are partially due to the failure of our government to protect businesses and individuals from cheap labor in other countries. When businesses move to other countries, the government loses revenues due to loss of jobs. When US wages are forced down by via competition from cheap labor in other countries, government  revenues decrease.  Furthermore, more people reach the poverty level and become Welfare and Food Stamp recipients. When US firms hire illegal immigrants instead of US citizens, government revenues decrease. In any recession government revenues decrease. I think our lack of protection from cheap labor in other countries will continue to hamper our economy.  I submit that if our businesses and workers were protected from cheap labor in other countries, there would be no need for any government revenue increases.

The problems caused by cheap labor overseas are exasperated by our trade imbalance and by the economies around the world.

The paragraphs above explain why I had no confidence in Romney's plans to revive the economy and no confidence in Obama's plans to revive the economy.

Government Minimum Wage Rates Around The World

A Brighter Future For The Republican Party

Many conservatives may not feel so optimistic about the future of the Republican Party as I am.  But think about 2016.  Think about Governor Christie and Senator Rubio competing in the Republican Primaries for the Presidential nomination. Think about one of them winning the nomination and choosing the other for Vice President. You can call it a Christie/Rubio ticket or a Rubio/Christie ticket. Either way, it's a dream ticket.

Now I know that Governor Christie ruffled a lot of feathers when he gave Obama such a warm welcome after Sandy devastated the New Jersey shoreline. But that is history.

So what does a Christie/Rubio ticket have to do differently in order to win the 2016 elections? They have to speak tactfully.  There are offensive ways of speaking and non-offensive ways of speaking.

Talking about deficit reduction and jobs is the path to victory. Some may not believe this, but there is a way to talk about Entitlement programs without alienating voters. The trick is to state what one advocates without insults. Calling people lazy or telling them it's their own damn fault is political suicide in a nation wherein 51% of the people are either under-employed or unemployed.

We need leaders who are dynamic, persuasive speakers.  And I don't know of a better ticket than one consisting of Governor Christie and Senator Rubio.

I leave you with this image as my concluding comment. It is the image of the Republican National Convention celebrating the nomination of Christie/Rubio ticket. Think about it. Stay focused on that image. It's uplifting, It's optimistic. And it may be the biggest landslide victory for the Republican Party since the election of Ronald  Reagan!

Conservative Christianity VS Liberal Christianity

I published this article on Triond.  The opinion of a liberal Christian.

Conservative Christianity vs Liberal Christianity

Romney Admits Republicans Poised to Wreck Economy Again!

Because of some Republican Congress members who called for a default on the national debt in 2011, this is very believable. While Romney may have been trying to help himself, he virtually indicted the Republican Party planning to wreck the economy.

After such a damaging accusation that can tilt the balance in the Congressional elections, it's hard to believe the Republicans will be willing to compromise with Romney whose economic agenda is not what the Tea Party wants.

I predict that the Tea Party will attempt to wreck the economy by forcing a default on the 2013 national debt payment no matter who is President.

Is Romney too ignorant to realize that a President doesn't gain a cooperative Congress by accusing them of planning to wreck the economy?

Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck The Economy

The Phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance

Some people think eliminating the phrase "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance is showing disrespect for God.

Here is the Pledge of Allegiance recognized by the US Congress in 1942:

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Here is the Preamble to the US Constitution:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Where does anyone see the words "Under God?"  Does this mean that we were not a nations of Christians when our nation was founded?  Were our Founders showing disrespect for God? Absolutely not!

The Economy: Questions For Romney at the Presidential Debates

I published this article on AllVoices.com

The Economy: Questions for Romney at the Presidential Debates

The Election and Our Country's Direction

Here is a political poem I published on Triond.

The Election and our Country's Direction