What Do Obama and Miley Cyrus Have in Common?
“You want policies that will enable you to choose your future. Obama backs policies that would let centralized authorities choose much of your future for you.” - Michael Barone
Much like the rest of my fellow eCon’s, I’ve been enjoying watching Dear Leader’s poll numbers start the descent down to reality. Some say it’s because of the media being so in love with Obama that they set him up for unrealistic expectations. Other say he’s starting to show his lack of experience in doing much of anything…and I’m sure somewhere at Foggy Bottom there are cries of “I can’t believe I lost to this guy.”
And I’m not even talking aboot the far right. I take Rush Limbaugh’s criticism of Democrats with the same grain of salt I take NBC News’s criticism of Republican. There are however more than a few moderate columnists, and the occasional liberal, questioning the power of Hopeandchange.
Then there’s Michael Barone (he falls between far right and moderate) with his recent piece about how young voters (under 30 voted 66 % to 32% for BAM, vs. 30 and over voting 50% – 49% for him) should take a second look. So sayeth Mr. Barone…
The unions’ card check bill that he backs would effectively abolish the secret ballot in union elections and impose mandatory federal setting of wages and work rules after 120 days of union-management negotiations. Centralized mediators would determine your pay and work rules, modeled perhaps after those between the United Auto Workers and what we used to call the Big Three automakers. They have 5,000 pages of work rules. Don’t change that lightbulb; you have to wait for the right union guy to do it. Is this the way to enable you to exercise creativity and initiative in your work?
Then there is the cap-and-trade bill to address what we are told is man-caused global warming. Noble intentions here. But it means paying more for electricity in the meantime for a very distant goal. A similar law in California is threatening blackouts. Renewables sound great, but the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine. How is holding down economic growth going to help you to shape your future?
And there is health care. The intention here — Obama said it back in 2003 and hasn’t denied it since — is to send us down a road that leads to government-provided health insurance. His latest trial balloon is a centralized medical procedures board that would decide which treatments the government would pay for and which it wouldn’t.
He also looks at Obama foreign policy as well. I highly recommend reading the whole thing.
UPDATE: All criticism’s aside, this is getting out of hand…
