2centsworth
02-05-2009, 01:46 PM
No copying and pasting here, just my own ideas.
There’s no doubt that Obama’s style has worn on my last nerve. From his Hollywood-esque inauguration parties, to the sickening adulation of the guy in the MSM, to his proclamation that catastrophic financial consequences are eminent without his version of the plan. I’ve had it with the nonsense. Nevertheless, there are some hidden gems in his plan, but first, and not surprisingly to you I'm sure, I'm gonna talk about the warts.
I’m going to side with the Republicans need to continue fighting to eliminate what they perceive as pork. $650 million in coupons for digital tv conversions is just an example of some of the stupidity. A stimulus is necessary, but we simply can’t afford pork.
Also, I’m not into increasing welfare benefits through Medicaid. In the future, our entitlement programs have the potential to cause the financial tsunami that will finally bankrupt this country. Once you add millions to the welfare roles, it’s hard to take them off.
I can go on and on about the wasteful spending in the bill, but now here's the good side.
I love Obama’s focus on going “Green”. Maybe not for the same reasons liberals love it, but I love it nonetheless. What I see when people talk about going “Green” is green dollar signs. I guess like the IPCC, but I digress.
To me, “Green means Clean”. Cleanliness sells! Going green allows the US to compete global based on cleanliness and “perceived” quality/value. Our quality/value proposition has been losing steam over the past several years. Going "Green" is an opporutnity for us to dictate the market place. Compete on price is a deadend. China and India have price competition locked-up. Instead we focus on producing products other countries can't produce and we create a need, wheather the need is real or perceived.
I do not care if global warming is another Y2k, because a ton of money was made on Y2k. My only worry is that liberals will focus too much on regulation and not enough on investment and marketing. Our country has the chance to make trillions of dollars off of this if we do it right. I’m on board libs!
There’s no doubt that Obama’s style has worn on my last nerve. From his Hollywood-esque inauguration parties, to the sickening adulation of the guy in the MSM, to his proclamation that catastrophic financial consequences are eminent without his version of the plan. I’ve had it with the nonsense. Nevertheless, there are some hidden gems in his plan, but first, and not surprisingly to you I'm sure, I'm gonna talk about the warts.
I’m going to side with the Republicans need to continue fighting to eliminate what they perceive as pork. $650 million in coupons for digital tv conversions is just an example of some of the stupidity. A stimulus is necessary, but we simply can’t afford pork.
Also, I’m not into increasing welfare benefits through Medicaid. In the future, our entitlement programs have the potential to cause the financial tsunami that will finally bankrupt this country. Once you add millions to the welfare roles, it’s hard to take them off.
I can go on and on about the wasteful spending in the bill, but now here's the good side.
I love Obama’s focus on going “Green”. Maybe not for the same reasons liberals love it, but I love it nonetheless. What I see when people talk about going “Green” is green dollar signs. I guess like the IPCC, but I digress.
To me, “Green means Clean”. Cleanliness sells! Going green allows the US to compete global based on cleanliness and “perceived” quality/value. Our quality/value proposition has been losing steam over the past several years. Going "Green" is an opporutnity for us to dictate the market place. Compete on price is a deadend. China and India have price competition locked-up. Instead we focus on producing products other countries can't produce and we create a need, wheather the need is real or perceived.
I do not care if global warming is another Y2k, because a ton of money was made on Y2k. My only worry is that liberals will focus too much on regulation and not enough on investment and marketing. Our country has the chance to make trillions of dollars off of this if we do it right. I’m on board libs!