Media Materializes

Welcome to the media in the Obama era.  I will readily admit that the coverage seems to be increasingly fair.  Well… far more fair than the recent election, which even by factual statistics was a farce.  Of course, people aren’t stupid.  It’s pretty hard to ignore the backlash that is rising against the administration.  The print media would be making the final walk to the gas chamber if they weren’t reporting it.  However, today, Yahoo! posted this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090305/pl_mcclatchy/3182084

Let’s get real people.  Defense spending is absolutly an investment.  The envy of other countries makes us a target and we must practice protectionism.  Period. 

My estimation of this story is that while the media admits  they must provide some coverage of both sides, they are biting their lips as the din of discontent rises.  Therefore, in an effort to quell the tide, they assert that both parties are equally bad at breaking this nation.  Thus, why would you begin to consider that President Obama is spending out of control?

Let me be very clear about this article.  They point out only ONE program which Republicans have outlined as pet-project spending.  Note that they provide plenty of examples which Democrats sink fortune.  Be reminded of two things:

1.  Democratic spending begets programs which escalate spending in subsequent years.  There are a host of reasons why this occurs.  To name a few: inflation, dependence begets generations of growth and wasteful bureaucracy.

2.  Republicans spending on defense in the cited “last few decades” includes:

       President George W. Bush:  fighting a war on two fronts. 

       President George H.W. Bush: Libya and Saddam. 

       And Reagan:  who by the very admission of this article was still within the spending limits of today’s Obama-accepted ratios.  See quote:

President Obama hopes:

“While he relies on optimistic assumptions about the economy, Obama forecasts that he’ll raise spending this year and next, then ratchet it back until it again represents 22 percent of the economy at the end of his first term.”

Remember, these are FORECASTS and nothing is in place that can affirm this doctrine.

Let’s not forget to mention that Reagan was dealing with the problem that we would be fighting missiles with hand grenades.  It was time to beef up the program after decades of neglect.

Republicans wish to see prosperity reach all sectors of America.  Republicans know this: decreased taxes MARRIED with proper spending practice creates an environment where business can prosper.  Regulation only results in a cycle of bureaucracy which is like paying someone to put the money in the car wash for you.  Sure, you can let your attendant deal with the constant spitting out of the dollars one by one, the subdegree temps and pay $10 for you $7 car wash or you can  put in a fraction of one minute and realize great  monetary benefit.  Once America is growing and prospering, the threat of outside envy grows.  Thus, we practice protectionism and keep our people safe, without fear or retribution, to grow their families and their fortunes.

The argument in the Yahoo! article is flawed.  Republican Presidents in recent decades have been forced to face outside enemies which must be dealt a message of defeat.  Therefore, Republican Presidents are reacting to real threat.  Democrats are picking out pet projects to create more government, trying, as has been tried unsuccessfully before, to bring people relief.  The hard truth is that relief only comes from individualism – self-reliance and work.  The Government’s attempt to solve the issue of self-worth and determination only results in taxpayers paying $2.25 to a $1.00 for the same exact result.  Except that now you are broke.

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