From Dan Ferris, in The S&A Digest:

If you had financial trouble at home, you'd cut spending right away. You wouldn't borrow another penny, and you'd make it a high priority to pay down all existing debts as fast as possible. And yet, Obama thinks saddling us with another $800 billion of pure pork will somehow mysteriously "stimulate" the economy. It's not true. It doesn't work that way.

The economy doesn't depend on spending and credit. Spending and credit depend on the economy, the productivity of you and me, which in turn depends on politicians like Obama getting the hell out of our way. I think Obama knows this, too. He knows his $800 billion package is no damn good. He's dishonest enough to go through the motions, no matter how destructive, to give the appearance of taking action. He really just wants power. He wants to tell you what to do and for you to worship him in return.

No one seems to understand government is the problem. Most people say, "The government ought to do this" or "the government ought to do that." Nobody ever says, "The government ought to leave us alone and stay home, while we the people work this out amongst ourselves."

I think it was Elbert Hubbard who wrote, "Grown men don't need leaders." I don't know about other types of leaders, but we sure don't need political leaders like Obama, not during tough times like this. At times like this, we need to be left alone to work out our problems, without the busybodies inside the Beltway making it even worse than they have already.

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