Bailouts! Ooooh, the nasty B word! It is a nasty business, because it disrupts a natural, capitalistic business cycle. Successful businesses profit and grow while unsuccessful ones lose money and die out - this is not a bad thing. This is necessary for advancement and is in the best interest of consumers. Bailing out an unsuccessful business is a waste of money - why would you buy a dying race horse? Those in favor of the bailout will say that we "need" that product/service or that a company is too big to fail. But, let's say that we did let these insurance companies, car companies, and banks go out of business; what would happen then? Well, we would simply buy insurance, cars, and banking services from other companies, the stronger, smarter companies that survived. Other companies will spring up to fill the void and life will go on. No company is entitled to be bailed out by anyone.
Economic Stimulus Bills (aka fairy dust). Actually, it's really expensive fairy dust and if someone were trying to sell you fairy dust on the street would you buy it? No! Why? Because you wouldn't think it would work, you'd think it was a big scam, and these stimulus packages are exactly that. They haven't actually achieved any kind of real stimulus or growth. What they have done is spend tons of taxpayers’ money - your money and my money. Frankly, I'm pretty pissed about that. What part of economic cycle do Obama and his loonies not get? We were sitting on a big, fat bubble and it burst. Why does he want to blow another one to get us out of this? Can't we just do it the old fashioned way? Slowly and with hard work and without the instant gratification. Oh, wait, I forgot the millions of voters who seem to think that they're entitled to a life of luxury without any obligations. But, how to pay for that, because there is always a price... (Oh, and for those reading who are saying, "Just print more money", that doesn't work. If you just print more money, each dollar is worth less. This means it will take more money to buy things and a lot more money to pay off the billions of foreign debt that our country is racking up.)
Healthcare "Reform" - Really, they're calling it reform; I don't buy it. I can't believe that this piece of junk legislation got passed! Okay, I take that back; I can. I won't detail out all the reasons why I feel this is a piece of junk, but rather discuss what some of my friends, who are in favor of this, have said. I've seen posts on facebook and various other places, saying that everyone is "entitled" to healthcare. Really? Since when and why? I agree that everyone has the right to have access to healthcare and you do, for a price. But, what makes anyone think they have the right to receive it for free (or practically for free)? I don't expect a mechanic to fix my car for free, or the grocery store to give me food for free, or any number of other things to be given to me or done for me for free. This country was founded on the principles of working for what you get. Yes, I realize that not everyone makes a lot of money, but everyone does make a lot of choices and sets their own priorities. And, I also think that it's wise of people in need to ask for help, but not from a government that will tax us $1500 in order to turn around and spend $1000 in order to give you $500 dollars. Shouldn't we just cut out the government from this sad equation? I'm not averse to helping out my fellow citizens, but rather averse to the government wasting my money and spending it however it suits their current political agenda.
This rant is probably long enough, so I'll wrap it up and conclude with this: Please help stop the entitlement mentality. Remind yourself and others that rights and privileges come with obligations and responsibilities. We are all important contributors - if you were meant to be a sponge, you would live in the ocean as such. And, lastly, to my friends with little ones, please raise them up to be responsible for themselves in all areas and to know that they have the right to pursue happiness, but they are not entitled to be handed it on a silver platter. Oh, and lastly, if you voted for this guy, please don't do it again. Thanks!
