The economy and the markets have shown exceptional
resilience in the headwinds of an out of control spending tornado that is
Washington DC and the federal government. Imagine if we had an administration
in Washington that wanted the economy to thrive? We would be in the greatest economic
recovery in history right now.
Why is it that we continue to limp along instead of steam
rolling down the economic highway? Burdensome regulations and an expanding
amount of money being drained from productive uses. The current administration
has a strong belief in the “goodness” of government and sees its primary role
as wealth distribution. The evidence is in the numbers. Welfare programs have
exploded, taxes have been raised on the most productive in our society, and the
new healthcare law is not about health but rather an effort to make healthcare
a right so that everyone gets the same fair but poor care from providers. This
government believes our problems are a result of free markets instead of
understanding free markets are the solution.
Small and big business alike are managing to squeeze out
more productivity from their current operations even with all of this effort to
undermine them. So I come back to the point that if we reduced our government
footprint and let business and individuals decide where to spend their own
money, our economy would be on fire!!
This country is blessed with so many people that are
determined to succeed. Most of us have been brought up to work hard and take
care of ourselves and our families. If we have a little extra we show our
compassion through donations. But we have a generation that has been exposed to
the idea that fairness is more important than self-determination and free
markets. They have been told that community is more important than individual
freedom. They have been told government = community. That equation is dangerous
and false. Communities thrive when individuals are free to decide their own
fate. Government is not a community it is a necessary evil. Everything
government does has unintended and often bad consequences to our individual
liberty and economic viability.
We still have a generation that is determined to protect
individual rights but I am afraid that the next generations are being wooed to
place that determination in government mandates. We must teach individual
determination and reject government as a community if we hope to survive as the
greatest Nation on earth… We owe that to our posterity…
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