IN DEFENSE OF COMMON SENSE
By Hetty Gray
#126
“’Nuf Said”
If you have any sensibility about you, I think we have one thing in common: electoral burnout. I am weary of all the hype and the spin coming from Washington to excuse a president who is so busy campaigning on nothing at all that he complains about preparing for a debate.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to contrast one element of background between these two men. One worked either in community organization or government while the other worked in private business.
Government operates on the most addictive drug of all OPM, not opium. OPM stands for Other People’s Money. Government jobs produce services, not products. The services span all genres and the only visible product is paper — primarily in the form of rules and regulations that infringe on the lives of people over whom they hold sway.
Private business, on the other hand, accounts for the wealth of this nation. Business must generate a profit to remain viable. Government remains viable at the expense of the taxpayer, who foots the bills for bad decisions and poor investments such as the ongoing love affair with green energy.
The cogs and wheels of business forge ahead in spite of the government, event though it is hampered at every turn by immense burdens of not only taxes, but inane rules that make no common sense at all.
Business profits generate jobs and equipment. The demand for tools and or equipment generates jobs in other areas, and the spiral continues and benefits opportunity that spreads throughout the nation and accounts for the financial well being of people of every economic stratum.
If a business cannot make money, it must — if possible — declare bankruptcy and has the option of reorganizing and structuring debt so it has a second chance. There is no second chance for a country that is bankrupt. We face this situation now.
I am tired of empty promises and poor decisions. I want a proven problem solver, not a glib salesman. The American public was sold a bill of goods four years ago. I must trust that voters who recognize that mistake will see fit not to repeat it.
A person with a keen financial eye and good judgment can turn this country around, and it won’t take decades. I heard an economist last week. He explained that for every one percent increase in GDP, there is a corresponding trillion-dollar decrease in the national debt.
Do the math. If we could achieve a three or five percent rise in GDP — and that is not impossible if the government will get out the way – balanced with needed decreases in ridiculous spending, the debt would drop to a level that we could handle — and eventually erase. Now, that’s progress, folks!
This is not just a game of one side against another. This is a race for our lives and the future of this nation. I find it amusing that the faux pas of “You didn’t build that” has gained a life of its own. One thing is for sure, the government didn’t build this country, its people did.
In our expansion years, the federal government stood aside and let risk takers do their thing. So, in 200 plus years, we earned status as a nation that was the envy of the world. Our strength is in a strong defense. A mouse doesn’t attack a lion. The lion roars and often doesn’t need to defend its territory because weaker animals know enough to let it alone.
Throughout our history, the American lion held freedom so dear that it sacrificed untold numbers of its young to spread that freedom to others, all the while remaining a good neighbor in the world. It’s time for the lion to roar again, but the lion needs the teeth to back up that roar! Systematically dismantling and demoralizing the military, while ignoring looming foreign threats, is not the way to do it. Peace through strength is the path.
As my Grandpa was accustomed to saying, “’Nuf said!” Let’s chart the right path in November. Every vote counts. Don’t let anyone discourage you from standing up for the greatest nation on earth. I would end with “Think about it,” but if you must think about it, you aren’t thinking at all!