The Obama Tea Party

What do you say to a president that wants your money? And he's already not a good steward for the money he has spent already. The policies that have prolonged the job crisis, the taking over 17% of the private sector, and then he tells us that we need to give him more money so he can fix what HE has broken.

Let's not forget it's not his fault, it's the previous president's mess and he is just trying to clean it up. And I have this bridge I'd like to sell you.

It is a telling point that his solution to the economy grinding to a halt, is to take money from the 2% that part of the solution. In this tax the rich scheme we must remember that the rich of this country are the ones that are the glue that is needed to fix this recession. It is those with wealth that will revitalize the USA.

It is the heads of corporations, savvy investors, and those who are the 2% that can create jobs, infuse corporations with needed cash, that truly make a difference. And it is grossly hypocritical that this president sits on the board of the only authorized seller of carbon credits. A de facto monopoly. Even to the point that much of what he does is backed by the billionaire George Soros.

The small businesses will not be helped by this either. It is the middle class businesses that get caught in this monetary threshold as well. They may have that 250K magic income, but add in the costs of insurance, equipment, and other small business expenses that eat away at that income level. It makes being successful in this economy a penalty, not a boon.

Robbing from Peter to pay Paul has never worked.

"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." –Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, 1816

The Boston Tea Party tells us many things, it was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.

We need to find our “tea” moment once again. Not in protesting some foreign power, but in protest to our own government. Looking to increase taxes gives us nothing but more oppression and negates the idea of the pursuit of happiness. Government intrusion in the private sector is illegal, either by the constitution or empirical law.

So as Obama's quest for your money comes around with an outstretched hand once again, think hard about what you are really getting. Even panhandlers do the same.