November 16, 2008
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Barack Obama hasn't even taken office yet and already I'm pissed off about a couple of things he said he wants to do. First of all, he wants us all to be stimulated again. Well, I never thought we should have been stimulated to begin with and then when it didn't work, it made it an even worse idea. Doing it again would be piling onto an already growing national debt and again, there is no guarantee that it is going to stimulate the economy. Furthermore he wants to give us a bigger check than last year which again, is only going to add to our debt.
The other thing he wants to do is bail out the big three automakers. I was not for the bailout for the financial industry but reluctantly realized it was probably necessary as they are are vital part of our whole economic system. The automakers however, are not, especially when there are quite a few foreign car companies out there making better vehicles for less money. Sure, a lot of people will lose their jobs and it is awful but that is not reason enough for us to spend another trillion dollars. I've always been a big Obama supporter but I'm never one to shy away from disagreement just because I like somebody. With the automakers having rather large unions who fully backed Obama, I have to wonder if that is the reason why he wants to bail them out. As great as Obama is, at the end of the day he is still a politician and we know how politicians are.
That being said, the Republicans are still ripping the guy. There is a Congressman from Georgia who is comparing Obama to Hitler. For fuck's sake, Hitler? I mean, they have already called him a terrorist, a socialist, a Marxist, and just about every other non flattering political name, so why stop now? Of course, they only do it to ratchet up fear. And its working, as most Republicans are saying they are scared since he got elected. Well, all I can say to you fuckers is where was your fear 8 years ago when you were busy putting one of the worst presidents we have ever had into office?
