Welfare and Government

Alright we are living in a time of ever expanding welfare.  The welfare state is so screwed up you qualify for more welfare if you are already on another welfare program.  Case in point is if you are food stamps you can get a government supported cell phone with several hundred "free" minutes, "free" texting, and "free" long distance.  Freebies all around them and the government continues to hook people on the handouts with more handouts if you are already on handouts.  Wow must be great to have no motivation to get a job because the more you get the more you qualify for.

Here is the thing that people don't realize that is going on.  Our government does not really care if you are poor or not.  Let's be honest if they did they would give you basics like food to make sure you do not go hungry and give you food directly and not a EBT card.  The EBT card that people use in some cases to get cash for them.  Once you give someone something and do not check up on them anymore things can get out of control.  Crab legs on EBT?  My family doesn't eat that good.  Buying junk food on EBT and not eating healthy on my taxpayer money is insulting.  Not only that when their health declines I have to pay for the Medicaid because they did not take care of themselves.

Driving through town and seeing satellite dishes in the government housing is insulting.  You mean you can't afford housing and need taxpayer subsidized housing, but you can afford satellite t.v.?   Sounds legit right?  My wife and I work hard and when I say hard we have our regular full time jobs and own our own business also.  We work to provide for our family, but it seems that people are o.k. to take handouts while my family gets robbed by I.R.S. gunpoint.

If you have a car or even a car payment for that matter and you are on food stamps that is theft from the taxpayer.  You can afford a car, but you can't feed you or your family?  I have to call that out and say stop the fraud.  Another fraud is people on Medicaid when they do not take responsibility by having more children than they can not afford.  Having children out of wedlock and continuing to get child tax credits for having more of them and not having any intention of giving them a decent life other than government welfare is wrong.  No matter the race of the person it is happening everywhere.  Let's face it we are all humans and people are people and there are people that are out to take from the government and could care less about you or me.

It is time to fix the welfare state in this country.  Get rid of the fraud and make people earn what they get.  Allowing people to get handouts with no intention of getting a job or getting off welfare.  Why would they want out of it to be honest.  The government has continued to make it easier to get more handouts be staying exactly where you are at by being poor and dependent on the kindness of the government.  The government is not your friend and this nation was not founded on handouts.  We have allowed this to happen by electing
people that care about power and not people.  The government handout is not compassion it is economic slavery and if we don't vote out the enablers and turn this around very soon we will see the implosion of our economy under the weight of welfare.

Our charities, non-profits, and churches are going to suffer as the government continues to tax more people to fund this welfare state.  The food banks and soup kitchens are going to be pushed harder as the middle class and even rich are hit harder with more taxes and regulations to deal with.  Soon the government will push them out of business so the government will have less competition.  We have to face it the government does not like competition so just regulate it and tax it out of business.

Twinkies, Jobs, and Government

This week we found out that Hostess made the decision to close it's doors due to the baker's strike.  Common sense would say you can't sell baked goods without bakers right?  So the baker's union and the bakers were warned if they started a strike the company would shut down operations started a strike anyways.  The Hostess company maker of the famous Twinkies was already in financial trouble before the strike started.

The irony of all of this is what troubles me.  The baker's union bosses and their officials still have jobs even after 18,500 people lost their jobs.  These bakers decided to ask for more when the company already warned that they could not give more and actually had to cut back.  I guess the management of Hostess wasn't bluffing when they said they would close their doors.  Now 18,500 people lost their jobs because they listened to the union that did not lose their jobs.

Even if Hostess survived the baker's union strike it would not be long until Michelle Obama and the food police shut their doors anyways with either regulations or new taxes.  The food police are coming for your snacks and you can't have any fun, but the government will provide your birth control and government mandated insurance.  The scary part is we need jobs and the government in it's all might wisdom saves certain industries while others are allowed to die off.  I am in not favor of bailouts, but the irony of President Obama being for the middle class and for union workers is not accurate.  See what just happened?  18,500 mostly middle class jobs gone due to unions that give mainly to Democrats.  I guess President Obama and his administration were not coming to the rescue of Hostess, these middle class jobs, or these union workers.  They were used for a reelection campaign and they got a pink slip because of it.

In an economy where since President Obama's reelection has companies announcing layoffs of 10's of thousands or workers pretty much as soon as the results are in is troubling.  Troubling is that these companies in order to survive have to shed these jobs to either get under the amount of employees on staff to not get hit as hard under Obamacare or simply to keep their doors open with less employee overhead.  The promise of "Forward" and the utopia society is causing many middle class workers to lose their jobs while Washington politicians have exempted themselves and other donors from the same Obamacare fate.

Remember the government is not creating jobs they are destroying jobs with crippling regulations, taxes, and mandates.  Why stay in business when you can just give up and get on the government handout bandwagon.  Here is another thought about the bakers from Hostess.  Where are they going to find jobs in their field that they have been working in and get around the same pay and benefits?  The answer is they probably won't since many companies will not hire people at higher salaries starting as new employees and the benefits forget about it in this economy.  Good luck finding a job much less good benefits especially health insurance.

Obamacare and Non-Profits

Many people know that Obamacare is a disaster and will affect millions of people directly through higher taxes and penalties.  There is one issue that many Americans do not realize and will be a direct result of Obamacare and what you may ask that is?  Obamacare is going to destroy the non-profit sector in the United States of America.

Many Americans give to non-profits, charities, and churches to help their local communities.  I am one of those Americans that gives out the generosity of my heart because I feel local money and local decisions get better results because we understand the needs of our own communities.  The problem of Obamacare is that it is going to hurt many people that give to non-profits.  If you get hit with an additional $3,000-$4,000 tax bill because you have a good health insurance or you don't have health insurance so you now have to pay a penalty you start to look for ways to cut back.

Americans will look for a way to cut back so they can afford rent, mortgage, car payment, insurance, and utilities and that list goes on.  Non-profits are going to suffer, but the government did not tell you that did they?  The government machine does not want you to know that non-profits will suffer and will give government more power to give away your hard earned money to groups and people that you did approve of giving your money to.  The government wants to squeeze out non-profits without saying it or doing it directly so why have Obamacare do it for them.

Churches will suffer also in not only their gifts from their congregations, but also for food banks and other help they provide for communities.  The government does not like competition so the squeeze is on, but if you are in the leadership of the church you can't speak out or face losing your non-profit status.  Ironic isn't it?  It's like trying to be in business against a company that can print money and borrow money on an almost unlimited basis.  Irony in this situation is dangerous to our local communities and non profits.  The government continues to acquire more power over our paychecks and now non-profits are in danger of being put out of business.

Many non-profits get matching funds from private companies or even government funding, but they must meet certain fundraising goals so without the private money coming in they serve less people and the government creeps in again on the non-profit sector.  Now private companies will be hurt on their bottom lines with Obamacare.  Many are starting to announce layoffs and positioning themselves to make a profit so soon you will see many companies cut charitable givings to survive this Obamacare nightmare.  Remember elections have consequences and this is one of them.

Is it Time to Reinvent the GOP?

The question after the loss in the 2012 Presidential election is that is it time to reinvent the GOP?  Many people in the media are saying the the Republican Party needs to change with the times.  I agree in a way with this and have thought of this for a long time. In order to win elections you need a majority of the votes in the election to win right?  So it's time to get more people in the Republican Party and time to change leadership to make that happen.

The leadership of the Republican Party tow the social issue line on abortion and while I do not support it this social issue turns people away even though you may agree on most of the issues in our country.  While abortion is seen as something that is terrible to many Americans and even other Americans may not agree with it, but are not willing to try to overturn Roe v. Wade because women will try to get abortions even if it is against the law.  It should be safe for women that get them even though you do not agree with it.

I have a view on this and many Americans may have the same view, but are not as willing to say it.  While I do not support abortion and it is legal at this time women that have this procedure done have to answer to their God at the end of their lives.  We have free will in our lives and if someone chooses that option then they will have to live with that decision for the rest of their lives.  While the Republican Party is talking about overturning the decision by the Supreme Court it scares people to the Democrats because of this social issue.  Let us practice our religion and our beliefs, but not scare away people that are fiscally conservative and want to be on our side if it was not for this issue.  In addition our tax payer money should not be used for abortion since that is an elective procedure.

The Republican Party needs to do a better job selling conservative economic values and the value or work.  If conservatives want to get the government out of the welfare business we need to get more involved in our communities so the government is not needed to prop up millions of people.  Republicans have for decades allowed the government to expand the welfare state and have not spoken up to get churches, non profits, and charities more involved in taking care of social issues at the local community level.  Many politicians either want their name on a building, a piece of legislation, or be popular rather than doing the tough job of keeping our country out of a nanny welfare state that will eventually collapse our economy.

The Republican Party needs to be more welcoming to gays and lesbians.  I know this may be a shocker to many people, but you probably know a gay or lesbian, but they have not come out yet.  It is time to be welcoming to these people and treat them as Americans instead of a sexual preference.  In regards to gay marriage I do not thing gay marriage should be in this nation and I will explain why.  Marriage was created as a religious institution and should remain that way.  The government started to adopt it and started to make money on it with fees and taxing it.  If you get married that should be in religious and if it crosses over to the government it should be considered with the government as a civil union.  Gays and lesbians have civil union rights in many states and if they choose that then they have made their choice.  Civil unions are the answer since many religious groups do not want "marriage" involved in the issue.

I have been a Republican for many years myself and it is time to be more inclusive in the party if it is to survive.  We are Americans and it is time to band together to save our nation from a financial collapse.  Because if our nation collapses under the weight of social welfare and bad economic policies then we all lose.

Voting is the Best Revenge

Link to the Obama Revenge video

On November 2nd President Obama's reelection campaign went off script again and now the President is asking people to for vote for "revenge."  Let's first look at the definition of revenge that I reviewed it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge and it shows "Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived."  The anger of the Obama campaign is now reaching its peak as revenge.  Revenge from what you may ask?  What has Mitt Romney done to Barack Obama or the American people to invoke revenge?  Seems once again President Obama is desperate to get votes so when a crowd boos Mitt Romney he has to invoke the word revenge.

President Obama has accumulated another $6 trillion in debt, unemployment rate at 7.9% for those actually counted and that number is not a real indication of show bad it really is.  That 7.9% number is a number that does not include under employeed, people that have had their unemployment benefits run out, people that took part time work, or those people that have given up looking for work.  Those are what President Obama will not touch and why would he right?  Running on his record would not get him reelected at all, but he has to use people with "revenge" as a motivation to vote for him.

President Obama has showed anger in this election along with his Vice President Joe Biden.  President Obama cannot run on Obamacare because many of the taxes and fees are about to start and he doesn't want the election to be about that accomplishment.  That is why he continues to use Big Bird, Elmo, and now revenge.  A person running from his record will try to deflect attention from what really matters.  The debt is out of control and the President is not telling us how he will get us out of it with real answers.  Saying I will cut some here and tax the rich over there is not reality.  It is playing politics as usual, but with class warfare this time.  Demonizing success is not American, but this election is about The United States of America and the future of our nation.

The future of our nation is on the line and not an angry President deflecting what the issues are.  Over 47 million people on food stamps and over 15 million of them are added on his watch.  Why does he ignore this and not address it?  He doesn't want to remind people on how he expanded the social welfare state and has no plan to get people off of food stamps and allows the USDA to continue expanding the program with more Chinese debt.  President Obama wants to have people on government assistance and if did not he would not allow it to expand this much and would have not laughed at the not so shovel ready jobs.  Spending all that money for nothing and laughing at it.  Our economy is not a joke, but this election is about revenge.  The President is out for revenge, but on who?  

President Obama and the Campaign Ad

Link to the Obama campaign video

Once again the Obama reelection advertisements set new lows.  This time using children to push their agenda of madness.  Throughout history propaganda has been used to influence children since their so impressionable so why not use children in this way.  Trying to get parents guilt vote this year because the President can't stop campaigning while Americans die in the name of progress for this administration.

President Obama has acquired over $6 trillion in new debt in under four years, but the President is not asked by the media what have the American people bought with all of this debt?  Are there any fixed assets for this money that was spent or will these children in this video be the butt of the joke for some more not so shovel ready jobs as the President laughed at.  The President of the United States of America Barack Obama laughed at wasting a Trillion dollars on jobs there were not there.  He wasted our children's futures on a bet.

I just want to break down this little gem of an ad.  In this ad the kids say "and lots of Chinese stuff" so I propose this question to the Obama administration that is way to scared to answer anything of substance.  How about those trillions in Chinese debt to fund this social welfare experience?  We are drowning in Chinese debt right now so don't try to play off the real Chinese debt problem.  Debt is dangerous to a free society because someone has to pay and economic freedom drives a nation or can bring it down when it is limited.

Also, it wouldn't be an Obama ad without bringing up Big Bird.  The President is desperate to win and cannot run on a record of success.  President Obama continues to pander to people to get votes without explaining all of the failures of his administration.  Failure of 1 in 6 in poverty, an additional 15 million on food stamps and plan to get them off of it, and $6 trillion in new debt and nothing to show for it.  The President has failed and he is using children because he is absolute desperate to win and won't accept he has failed.

President Obama said if he can't get this turned around in three years then it would be a one term proposition and now he asking for more time.  More time for what Mr. President?  More time to go over $20 trillion in debt after you promised to cut the debt by half.  More time after you promised to lower unemployment to around 5%, but we have this falsified 7.8% unemployment rate that does not include people that have run out of their unemployment benefits, dropped out of the labor force because they cannot find work, or they have part time work and are not counted as underemployed.  The President has failed and his vision of "Forward" will destroy our nation.  So we must move "Forward" without Barack Obama as the President.

You're First Time

The infamous Obama supporter losing her voting virginity to a great guy.

Link to the Obama campaign video

I saw a video that was very concerning to me and other Americans.  This video is a typical left wing democrat attempt to say women should vote for another four years of President Obama by saying I will give your more free stuff.  Free stuff is not truly free first of all.  Someone has to pay for your way and that is theft by the government by the I.R.S.  Theft by extortion because if you don't pay your taxes you can be penalized with interest, more penalties, and even jail time in some cases.  

Free birth control is not a right.  If you are going to engage in sexual activity no one should be paying for your birth control except yourself.  You want to do the "deed" it is on you to pay for your own.  I am absolutely tired of this so called "war on women" because if you want to do something go ahead and earn it.  Get a job with good health insurance to pay for your birth control or find a company that offers birth control as an option in their insurance programs.  You don't have a right to my money to get your freebies.  Another leftists that is willing to vote for someone to take from someone else's family.

Free healthcare is another item that is not really free.  Taking money from my family to support someone else that is not willing to get an education or job training to get a better job is wrong.  That is called communism.  Taking from one group to give to another group without earning it is simply wrong.  Take personal responsibility and do better for yourself.  Save money in case if there is an emergency.  Get a job that has good benefits and stop counting on someone else to pay for your way.  One day and that day is coming soon, when there will not be enough other people's money to go around, not enough Chinese debt to fund it, and people will stop trying to do more because the motivation for many will be gone since more and more of their money is being taken away.

President Obama is simply trying to deflect his record of $6 trillion in more debt and nothing to show for it.  At least nothing that President Obama wants to brag about.  The President continues hide what happened in Fast and Furious when Americans and Mexicans died with guns bought and given away by the United States government to drug cartels.  President Obama will not answer to why we did not try defend our embassy in Libya and allowed four Americans to die and won't come out and called it for what it is and that is a terrorist attack.  It is time to vote out President Obama and get people back to work so they can get their own paycheck instead of a welfare check and stop this social welfare experiment that has failed and put our nation's financial security in jeopardy.

Food stamps and Parties

Recently there have been reports that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving us fresh new ways to put people on welfare. This case it is food stamps which are also known as EBT or SNAP.  You know the government needs to create new names in order to make the stigma of food stamps to go away.  The USDA is a part of a corrupt government that is willing to promote the welfare state rather than promote a work or career driven state.

Now, the USDA wants people to throw a party!  How about a party to promote the USDA and their ever increasing food stamps program. Over 47 million Americans are on it so what is a few million more right?  It seems like that the government programs continue to grow faster than the jobs market.  So why not join in on the giveaway and not get a job.  If you make too much income you can't enjoy the benefits of the welfare state and you have to start paying for other people's food stamps and government welfare.

Evidence in a FDLE investigation on food stamp fraud.

Sure food stamps ,once upon a time in a land and time far far away, were meant to be a temporary program to help those in need.  Now it is a generational program handed down through the generations no matter what race, age, or sex you are.  Educating others on the benefit of freebies has been perpetuated by the government.  Radio, television, and online advertising saying if you are on one government benefit you could qualify for another.  More taxpayer dollars and borrowed money (borrowed time with Chinese debt) to fund the welfare and nanny state.  Why get an education, job, or have any personal responsibility when the government is willing to prop you up?

Get more welfare by calling.

We have a $16 trillion debt in this country, but we have more government programs expanding so how are they going to pay for it?  More Chinese debt, print more money and create more inflation, or raise taxes are the options.  None of them look pretty as options and having a valid conversation about it can make you look like a jerk when liberals say you don't care about people.  Caring about people is charity and this government is not a real charity.  Wasting trillions on an Utopia welfare state has failed and the "War on Poverty" has failed.  Sometimes you have to admit there is a problem in order to fix it.

This election season start thinking about our future.  A future when people have jobs and if you work you can provide for your family and help those in need in your community.  The USDA continues to perpetuate a welfare state where you can buy junk food on food stamps, use cash benefits to take money out at strip clubs and casinos, and retailers can commit fraud also to abuse the system.  The Founding Fathers envisioned a nation of free people that could take care of themselves.  Now, we have a government that takes care of millions.  

Michelle Obama and the Flag

Link to Michelle Obama video

Recently I saw a video that was just disturbing to me so I had to share it.  The video just shows how much Michelle Obama respects the flag of the United States of America.  Her love or dis-love for the flag for that matter.  The President on several occasions has shown his lack of respect for the flag that he represents as the President of The United States of America, now we have a lip reader that captures Michelle Obama showing how she feels.

The other disturbing thing about this video and is the approval of the President nodding to her.  He approves of what she is saying.  Once again another off script and off teleprompter moment in the Presidency of Barack Obama.  It took someone on Facebook to bring this up to me because the mainstream media won't expose this to the light of day.  The American people deserve to know Michelle and Barack Obama's real feelings about our nation and how they want to fundamentally change it forever.  Just another reason to vote Barack Obama out in November.

Michelle Obama's "All this for a damn flag" comment shows no respect for the flag of United States of America and what it stands for.  It stands for freedom, hard work to keep our republic free, and the people that gave their lives to keep us free.  Apparently Michelle Obama does not care about the freedom loving Americans and just cares to keep her lavish lifestyle in the White House on the taxpayer dime.  This November 6th it is time to send a message to Michelle and Barack Obama and to the American people that we are done with this administration of hating on the flag and our values that made our country great.

Make sure to get out and vote and share with your friends and family why we must change direction before it is too late.  We are a nation that has had it's struggles, but it is time to come together to fix it without the government taking over industries and taking our rights.  We still have the ability to vote and remove our representatives peacefully in our nation.  Use it before we could possibly lose it.  God Bless our flag and God Bless The United States of America.

Elmo and the White Suburban

Link to President Obama Video

President Obama was in San Francisco this week and wanted to make a joke at a campaign rally.  Of course this joke that President Obama wanted to make was not on script or teleprompter.  The President in his almighty wisdom wants to be somewhat funny, but all he did was make many more American's wonder why he continues to try to make jokes while millions of Americans are suffering.

Let's break it down the President's joke about Elmo and the White Suburban.  The joke was meant as a comeback to Mitt Romney's statement in the debate that he will cut funding to PBS if he is elected as President this fall.  President Obama said that Elmo is driving to the border in a White Suburban.  While many people think it was an O.J. Simpson joke I really feel it wasn't at all.  San Francisco is very well known as a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.  The driving for the border by Elmo is just another gaff by the President in a well known sanctuary city.

Second, let's break down the White Suburban comment that the President made.  Another hidden meaning in this case.  The President is talking about white suburban people.  Think about the words in a sanctuary city talking about driving for the border and mentioning a white suburban vehicle.  The suburban a well known soccer mom vehicle in the suburbs of America.  Words have meanings and he used that white suburban comment off script and off teleprompter once again showing his true thought process.  

Third, many people may or may not be aware that Elmo's voice is actual done by a Kevin Clash who is an African American puppeteer and voice actor.  Don't think the President did not have has this on his mind when he used Elmo.  Why not use Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, or any other character for that matter.  The President made a decision to use Elmo in this case.  We must watch our politicians very carefully and the words they speak because you can get a glimpse into what they are thinking when they are off script or teleprompter in this case.

Why would President Obama be so specific in picking a "white suburban", "Elmo", "driving to the border", and of all places in San Francisco a well known sanctuary city known for protecting illegal aliens.  This break down of his statement can be very revealing into the mind of President Obama.  The President is known as a very well educated person so we have take him at his words right?  It is time to listen to the President and figure out the meanings of his words and I figured out his words as soon as he said this statement.  Watch the video and you will see what I am saying.  He was trying to figure out what to say and those were his words.  

The election is fast approaching and it is time to use our education and make a choice for the direction of The United States of America.  I encourage you to learn more about your candidates for President.  This election is important for our lives and future generations.  

President Obama and his tweet

I was reading on twitter this morning and saw a "featured tweet" from President Obama. It's always nice to see how twitter thinks I want to know what President Obama wants to say (being sarcastic). Even though I don't particularly want to know what President Obama says I always want to know what the competition is up to.

I saw the tweet from President Obama of @mattbrower26: “@BarackObama: This election is too important to sit out. Register to vote before it's too late: http://t.co/gBOYqdtn” so I just had to retweet it! I did retweet it, but I included my own little message at the end. It was just one of those moments where you want to thank the President for giving you something you can use. I put "vote republican" on the tweet. It's just my public service to our nation.

After President Obama's less than spectacular debate results this week he should definitely regroup. Just tell us what you believe in. Don't candy coat it, but tell us how you want to change out nation forever with millions out of work and joining the welfare roles. A Marxist is a Marxist no matter how you spell it. His actions as President and his past show it. Sealing your records along with your wife's records is not the transparency we were looking for you. It is time to show us the items you are hiding so the American people can to know you little better!

We must vote on November 6th and show the President we are done with this fantasy Utopia society he is trying to create will destroy our nation! You have run out of money and time. People are suffering and you are running around on talk shows while we have Americans giving their lives on our borders and in other nations. They are giving their lives in vain for a President with a vanity problem!

Coexist

Alright I am sure by now you have seen these "COEXIST" bumper stickers.  I know we all love going to theme parks or watching fantasy movies and this bumper sticker is the ultimate liberal fantasy.  Fantasy is o.k. as long as you are not in danger.  The danger my friends is the danger of letting your guard down and living in a fantasy world.

While most religions of the world tend to be peaceful and welcoming there are always the exception to the rule.  Sure while many people would like to live in peace some religious fundamentalists want to control people rather than letting them live free and make decisions for themselves.  We have many nations in the Middle East that are not willing to "COEXIST", but we have liberals that continue to live in the fantasy world that everyone will get along.

As long as we have theocracies in this world that are willing to hurt people and hurt people just because of the religious beliefs we cannot "COEXIST."  You can never "COEXIST" with someone that wants to kill you because of your beliefs.  A great example of this in the Middle East with Iran vowing to wipe Israel off the map or the terrorists willing to send their children with bombs to kill innocent people on buses, restaurants, and other public places.

We must remember a bumper sticker cannot change the world.  A bumper sticker will not change the minds of those that want to harm you, your family, your neighbor, and other innocent people.  You must always realize there is evil in the world and there will be people that are willing to harm you so go ahead and have your bumper sticker and live in a fantasy world and hopefully you will not be harmed by extremist that will have no problem harming you.

Christian and Democrat

I saw this in the Lakeland Ledger newspaper in it's October 2nd, 2012 edition.  When I saw this opinion piece and it's title I just had to read it, even for it's comedic title.  I am going to give you little break down of this opinion piece because I feel this person is definitely on the wrong team in terms of political party.  Not all political parties or people are perfect, but this has to be addressed.

This person outlined why she is a Democrat even though she is a Christian.  The first bullet says she believes in what the Bible says about homosexuality and abortion.  So you believe those are wrong, but you willfully show your support for a party that actively support these practices.  This person is willing to vote for a President that once did share your belief in marriage between one man and one woman, but he all of sudden evolved his beliefs in an election year?  As for abortion the President and his Democrat Party support abortion on demand rather than practicing personal responsibility by not sleeping around and taking precautions to prevent pregnancy.  If you vote for this then you condone it because it is what they talk about and support.

Next, she believes in the Bible telling people to help those in need.  So the government should just take whatever it deems necessary to help those people it believes that are in need of your money?  This is the backwards thinking that has allowed our nation to be taxed so hard to buy the loyalty of those on welfare.  The Bible did not say for the government to take to become a forced charity and if you don't pay your forced charity gift you could end up paying fines, penalties, or even jail time.  If you truly believe in helping people then give out of the kindness of your heart and stop forcing people by taxing them.  Once again some personal responsibility would be great and also allowing non profits, charities, and churches to get involved with helping people on a local level to get them to a better place.  The government is not interested in you personally, but only filled with people ready to get power and keep it.  Local issues require local people to step up and do the right thing and get government out of it.

She also wants to talk about freedom.  I believe in freedom in our great nation so let's talk about freedom for a moment.  President Obama and the Democrats said you are going to be able to keep your doctor with Obamacare.  Many doctors are already not taking new Medicare and Medicaid insured people because the reimbursements are too low and not cost effective to keep seeing these people.  So keeping your freedom of choice for doctors is not true under that insurance plan.  Let's also talk about freedom in general.  If you have freedom to do everything then why have laws.  Supporting the Democrats freedom grab in healthcare if wrong.

If you feel the Democrats or the President are on the side of Israel you are wrong again. President Obama preferred to be on The View rather than meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The President is more concerned with keeping his power rather than meeting with the only true democracy in the Middle East.  The President is not being tough on Iran and it's leaders that have publicly said they want to wipe Israel off the map.  That is the President and the Democrats in action.

Finally, the Bible does not tell us to follow leaders that are not following principles that we do not believe in.  Many times in the Bible Christians were killed because they would not bow to false idols or false gods.  The Democrat Convention had a part where people actually "boo" God.  Really this is the party that shares your Christian beliefs?  The nanny state of providing for people that do not take responsibility for their own actions.  A party that removed God from it's platform at the start of the convention you feel shares your Christian values?  The question at the end of the day is what is the price of your freedom worth because freedom has different definitions especially with this woman in Florida.

Theft of a Nation

When someone steals from you or your family you call the police right?  But who do you call when the government steals your money to give it someone else?  Well that's when you need to call upon great American's to run for political office to stop the theft of the American people.

It is time to bring back citizen representatives again in our political process.  We need to focus on people that not only will promise to do the right thing, but when they are under pressure from their political party or special interests they do not buckle and break their promises to those that voted for them.  Promises are just that promises and we have allowed too many politicians to break them, but we continue to reelect them.  We not only reelect them we elect them to higher positions to acquire more power and the ability to take more of our money.

When I interview candidates I ask them questions on my radio show.  I want to hear them give their thoughts on the issues and allow people to decide for themselves.  I allow them to share what they would do to turn things around in their local communities, states, and our great nation.  We don't have much time left to turn this around so we must be educated on who will lead us into the future.  The future decisions that will not only affect us, but will affect generations to come is coming so be prepared to make educated decisions when choosing our elected officials.

This November you will be choosing people to represent you, your family, friends, and neighbors.  I hope and pray that everyone that goes out to vote did their homework.  Homework is something that most people dreaded in school, but now we must do our homework or our nation will fail it's greatest test.  The greatest nation on the face of the Earth can go down in history like many other great civilizations.  Will you be one of those that allowed this to happen?  I hope not so do your homework and tell others to be educated on the candidates because the consequences can last beyond your lifetime.

Politics and Religion

Alright the title says it all and that is something that so many people say that you should not talk about. Politics and religion are those touchy subjects that people say not to talk about around the dinner table, around strangers, or at work for that matter.  So I guess our country has been taught that discussing the hot issues of the day might "offend" someone and you might just be carrying about a "brown box" from work.

It is truly sad that we live a in supposed free nation where the exchange of ideas was once one of the great things that separated us from the monarchies or the dictatorships of the world.  The United States of America has been molded into a nation of keep your mouth shut before you offend someone.  Well guess what?  Keeping my mouth shut offends me because our nation is failing because we can't talk politics or religion for that matter.

We cannot point out that extremist countries in the Middle East are "holding onto their guns and religion" while in our country President Obama made fun of Christians that believe in the 2nd Amendment and their religious beliefs that they hold dear.  Maybe President Obama should go to Mecca and go ahead and give his holding onto your guns and religion speech and see show that works out for him.  Now, that I have pointed that out, maybe I will be on the list of people that are on President Obama's attackwatch.com list.

I believe that we need to have the tough political discussions while we still have time to do so.  We are approaching an important Presidential election and need to talk about what issues face our nation and who is going to be "our leader" to get us out of this economic situation.  Don't get me wrong the President does not control the entire economy, but the President is the face of our nation and the world is always watching what the President is going to do or not do for that matter.

If you don't talk about religion I can understand since we do not live in a society that will kill you for not being with the "state sanctioned religion," but it is time that we discuss the issues that are affecting us in politics.  Politics surround us and we need to talk about the issues of the day before the issues we are talking about are $10 a gallon gasoline, $10 milk, and how we remembered the good old days of the 2010's.  It can happen my friends.  We must work on electing people that will turn this around.

A debt that has passed $16 trillion dollars and the President will not acknowledge it on late night T.V.  Ignorance is not bliss especially when our nation borrows over $3 billion a day to pay for our government to run welfare programs that we simply cannot afford, wars that we should have won years ago, and inefficient government that our politicians prop up with Chinese debt and inflation by printing more money.  The House of Cards if almost falling down and it is up to us to start talking about politics now before it is too late!

Opt in or Opt out!

Recently the Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg got his wish to ban sugary drinks above 16 oz. These sugary sodas cannot be served or the restaurant can face substantial fines if they do so.  Now this is a great example of the government opting you in to their new law without you having any choice in the matter.  This is another example of the nanny state jumping in to save us from ourselves and treating New Yorker's once again as fools that cannot judge for themselves.

Now the good mayor of New York City finds it o.k. to give your daughters birth control on demand.  Now if you want to actually have control over the medications your child takes you will have to "opt out" of this program.  The irony is most schools make you sign a consent form to give your child medicine for headaches, but they will hand out birth control to your daughter's without a second thought.  You have to opt out to get control of your child's ability to get "free", which is another government handout, medication that can actually in some cases cause health problems without a parent's consent.

I just find this totally disturbing.  We do not teach our children in public schools to wait on sex at all.  We empower them with free condoms and birth control so they can run off and get some STD's or even pregnant since most children are not responsible enough to take the medication they are given behind their parents' backs anyways.  Why should we be surprised anyways right?  We have a nanny state that continues to give away our hard earned money on programs like this rather than try to teach some self control in our children's lives.

You can't get a soda from a restaurant that is over 16 oz. without possibly getting fined, but your kid can get free condoms and birth control on the taxpayer dime with no consent?  If you tired of our of control nanny state government then start to teaching your kids the right thing and vote out these controlling politicians that think you are too lazy and too stupid to take care of your own family.  I encourage you to go to the polls and send a message of we are tired of being robbed to pay for bad behavior of others and politicians this November!

My Town Hall Experience

I had the honor of speaking at the town hall meeting at Rocking H Ranch in Lakeland, Florida on September 22nd.  First of all, it was my wife's birthday and she is the one that said I should be there for this event on her birthday.  I appreciate my wife's support as I try to educate the public on voter responsibility, candidates, and how we can make our nation great.

The town hall had a wide assortment of speakers including people that use to live in Cuba and Venezuela and they shared their experiences after the take over of their governments by dictators.  It was very revealing and scary that one day you are living your everyday life and all of a sudden your world is turned upside down because you were successful and the government finds that you are a threat.  If you have an education or wealth you are seen as a threat to the "dictator" or "leader" that is trying to pander to the poor or supposed disfranchised of a society then you are a threat.   The speakers were trying to give a warning to the audience that it can happen here and they see it coming.

There were also candidates political races for County Commission, Circuit Judge, and State Senate also.  We even got to hear from Kira Stickney, a 14 year old student, that shared her concerns with the $16 trillion dollar debt and how her family has been affected during these past few years.  A truly great event where many great Americans from the local community came together to have an open discussion on the issues that we face together as Americans.

Nick Wukoson who is a tea party speaker, writer, and former Florida House candidate during his speech shocked the crowd when he said that he read the entire Obamacare bill, as the bill was actually upfront completely printed out, and revealed shocking details about it.  One of the socking points of Nick's speech was how over 2000 pages of this bill was put out there and in 22 hours they had to vote on it.  Simply scary to think we have a government that is out control to this point.

It was a great honor for me to speak at the town hall about the importance of local elections.  These elections help determine how our communities are ran, but also can propel some politicians careers.  I shared with the audience that we must ask bold questions and get answers from our elected officials and even when they are candidates so we can stop the ones that are unfit to lead from acquiring power.  If we can do that on the local level then we can prevent them from moving up the ranks to higher political office that may affect us on a nation level in the future.

It is our responsibility as Americans to vote and be a part of the process and not a part of the problem.  The problem of voter apathy and lack of voter education.  Guessing on candidates on election day without doing your homework.  I will not tell you how to vote, but I will tell you what I know and you can make your own decision on election day.  It is about vote on someone's character, principles, and record.  If you do not understand the motivation of someone that is running for political office then you are voting blindly.  Always understand the motivation for someone's actions and who they are because they can affect you, your family, your friends, and your community for many years to come even after they leave office.

My trip to the pharmacy

Unfortunately I got sick the other day so I had to take a trip to the doctor and get some prescriptions to help with my illness.  The visit to the doctor was great, very quick, and got out in just minutes!  I know that was quick!  So I got my scripts and they were sent over to the pharmacy.  I get to the pharmacy and at the counter there was another woman at the other register complaining on her phone.  She was complaining on her iPhone about her medicaid not covering a medication!

One thing about this country I cannot stand is the sense of entitlement.  People feel so entitled to having government handouts rather than taking some personal responsibility.  I didn't say anything to this woman, but in my mind I was thinking you can afford to have an iPhone, but you can't afford to pay for prescriptions.   It really makes you wonder about how our government can just take from people and give your hard earned money to others so they can live on your dime.

My wife and I work very hard to provide a good life for our daughter and have comfort in our lives.  We have full time jobs, got an education, and buy our own health insurance because we are responsible.  Responsibility is almost like a four letter word in our society.  When you tell someone to take responsibility for their actions you are looked at like you have no compassion.  Compassion is one thing, but letting people get away with wholesale theft from other people by a corrupt government using the IRS as the bully that can put you in jail, garnish wages, and charge penalties and interests if you are not on time with your tax payments that is just wrong, but people can just take your money under the force of government.  

We must get rid of the these politicians that continue this nanny state and welfare state mentality.  I am tired of working hard and taking responsibility for my family while others are just given freebies on the backs of my family and other families that do the right thing!  Vote out the corrupt power hungry politicians that are making people feel like victims to give them excuses to take our money to keep the votes coming in to keep these politicians in power!

Work Ethic...

In a nation full of welfare and entitlement I wonder sometimes where is the work ethic?  Work ethic was one of those great things that built The United States of America into the nation that people wanted to move to for a better life.  Now with have a nation of just getting by and where is the next entitlement going to come from.

Many people in this nation have decided to take the easy way out and give up and allow the government to step in and give them welfare checks, food stamps, free cell phones with free texts, and many other government supported programs.  These programs are not for free my friends.  Someone has to pay for all of the government programs and as the work ethic in our nation disappears it will be harder and harder to find someone to take their earnings to fund this type of welfare state.

Who will have the work ethic still to keep the welfare rolls going?  Will people with work ethic let it slip away because a government full of regulations and taxation keep taking other people's hard earned money? A government that continues to punish people for having a good work ethic with more taxes is going to be counter productive as some people will simply not want to move up in companies or start businesses due to the amount of red tape, regulations, fees, and taxes.

The government that we have now is a government of oppression that is so difficult to deal with that people simply give up and fall into the welfare rolls and stay there and what happens next?  Welfare becomes a generational problem.  Children and grandchildren see how people can just live on the welfare system and don't have to have any work ethic and just get paid to live.  We are allowing future generations to fall into the welfare trap.

We are a nation that was built on great work ethic and if you didn't have work ethic you did not succeed.  If you didn't work then you did not eat and you could not provide for your family.  We need work ethic and sometimes you need to give someone the "kick in the butt" they need.  The kick in the butt our nation needs is to the welfare system that we have here and allow people to keep the money they earn.  Spend the money how they see fit because they earned it and with that money in the economy people can get jobs and start contributing to our nation instead of taking it with entitlements.

God Bless our great nation in our deepest time of need for better work ethic. 



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Common Sense

Common sense is one of those things that is slowing becoming extinct in our society.  Once something that was used very widely in society has almost been exterminated by the government that continues to acquire power over the citizens of our great nation.

Common sense would say if I want to accumulate wealth and become financially independent I would need to make common sense decisions in my life so I can make money.  Unfortunately, common sense is not rewarded, but rather discouraged by an out of control nanny welfare state mentality in our state and nation's capitol.  You ask why is common sense dying off much like work ethic in our nation right?

Well let's look at our nation in terms of people having children they cannot support.  First, you would think "hey I can't afford kids so I better be careful."  Wrong!  Our government has created a system of giveaways for those that chose not to use common sense.  For example, let's look at W.I.C. which is government program to help mother's provide basic food for their children.  Well common sense would say in this situation if you can't even afford the basic foods and the government has to tell you what to buy then common sense is not something that is widely used in this situation.

Second, if you can't afford children you would think you would use some sort of birth control or protection in order to prevent a pregnancy that may occur because pregnancy and children occur from sex.  Unfortunately, once again people point at Planned Parenthood to help with this gap in our society that cannot use common sense, but as we can see more unwed mothers and more children in the government system.  If we continue to allow the government to be the provider and a "role model" for our children the welfare state will continue to spread and grow.

Finally, common sense if dying because we the American people are allowing it to die.  Once upon a time we would call out people that made judgement calls that were not good and either help them in our local community or get them the help they need to get back on their feet.  The American people have ignored what is going on around us and now we have an ever expanding welfare nanny state government the continues to take from the producers in order to comfort those that do not use common sense because our government steps into that role of a provider.  Once you get hooked on government handouts it then can become a generational problem.  People that grow up with it see it as a common occurrence and then get into a cycle.  The cycle of common sense not being used must stop.  It is up to all of us to make that happen.

Town hall meeting 9/22/2012 come out and meet me and other great Americans!

I am glad to be a part of this great event coming up on September 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at Rocking H Ranch in Lakeland, Florida.  I am will be speaking about the importance of voting along with other great speakers.  I encourage all voters to come out and discuss the issues that we face and how important it is to be educated on the candidates in our area.  Everyone in the Lakeland, Florida and Tampa Bay area are invited to come out.

The issues we face are great, but we are a great nation.  Our nation was born under circumstances that history said was impossible so the issues we face are not impossible to face, but we must come together in order to change the direction of our nation.  We face a debt of over $16 trillion that has never been seen in the history mankind.  A debt so large that that if we paid back a dollar every second and did not acquire any new debt it would take 507,356 years!  When you put that in a number like that it is simply outrageous and embarrassing.  How did a great nation like ours get here?

While there are several reason why we got to this state of debt I would point at one glaring factor.  It is the American citizen and voters fault.  We the American people have allowed these politicians to be elected to office and create this ridiculous amount of debt.  Voters have either decided not to vote and or simply did not do their homework on who was on the ballot.  Voter education has been lacking in our nation and it apparent when people vote for fancy campaign slogans rather than the person that is running for elected office.

Americans must pay close attention to our local elections.  You may ask why pay attention to local elections?  These local elections will affect you on the local level which is pretty apparent by the name local elections.  These candidates that become your local officials generally after a while are either term limited or decide to go higher in the elected office food chain.  After time in a position they decide it's time to run for a higher office so they can continue to have power.  I always say if we stop bad candidates from being elected at the local level we can prevent them from being elected to state or the federal level.  We must stop these type of people before they acquire name recognition, fund raising power, and power that will lead these type of corruptible people from getting to a level that can put us in the situation we are now.

I encourage everyone to register to vote.  I encourage everyone to question your candidates before we have someone elected that is unfit to lead us.  When you do not question candidates or elected officials on their actions you are saying with your silence you are okay with their decisions that are not only affecting you, but they are also affecting your family, friends, and neighbors.  The actions of a few elected officials can affect us not just now, but for generations because we allowed it to happen.  We have to be question candidates and elected officials with boldness and make sure they understand we are not going to be silenced.  We will use all of the tools available to us now.  We will use Facebook, twitter, blogs, and other means to show we are here and we are involved and will get our answers or we will vote you out at every opportunity we have to show our strength.  The strength of our nation is not our government or its corrupted power.  It is still our citizens which should all be voters that can turn this nation around to a nation of free people that are able to become great with their work and not the government picking the winners and losers.

If you Don't Vote we all Lose!

           

As a nation many Americans have continued to be frustrated with our government.  A government for that, has more many generations, promised Americans handouts and freebies through the Federal government.  Americans have been fooled for generations by a government that cannot provide for all because it is the problem.  The government is full of people that act like parents rather than adults.  The government is full of pandering politicians that raise taxes, create more regulation, borrow billions of dollars, and print money like the end will never come so they can give “their children” which are the welfare and government assistance recipients.

            Since I have talked about these things we need to look at if you don’t vote we all lose.  We all lose may be a big thing to think about.  Some people may say that I am crazy or out of line to think that the United States of America could be come a 3rd world nation because of our government’s misdeeds to buy the votes of the poor and uneducated of this nation.    The poor and uneducated are used and abused by a leftist agenda that will bus them to the polls and go to their homes to help them fill out ballots and in some cases can’t even read what they are voting for.

            This has been a systematic abuse of our system.  Our founders believed that we needed an educated electorate to keep our nation alive and away from the tyranny of the European monarchs that taxed and used the people of the colonies around the world during the 1700’s.  Our Founding Fathers wanted to make sure that we had people that to keep our country free and that is to understand what this nation is all about.  It is quite simply freedom.  The freedom to move as we please, the ability to get an education, the ability to have a good paying job and not have the government hand it out.

            If you don’t vote we all lose because we the American people do not get to say “NO” more corporate handouts.  “NO” more funding of radical groups with our tax dollars.  “NO” more handouts to the lazy.  Voters can say “YES” to people that will represent us with values and say “YES” to lower taxes so people can actually save money and not get robbed of their hard work because their actually have a job.  Voters can say “YES” to ending the welfare state that enables generations of Americans to be poor and locked into the hoods and the ghettos of our nation.

            We can vote for people that will end the promotion if you have more children the government will pay you for them.  We can vote for representatives that will end the wholesale theft of the American workers income to fund people that continue to have children that cannot afford them because they get tax breaks, food stamps, WIC, and other government assistance that keeps them lazy and voting for communists that call themselves Democrats.

            If you don’t vote we all lose because Nancy Pelosi and her communist friends will continue to make you poorer so you can be the newest recipient of your 99 week pay paid vacation through unemployment checks.  You can also become another statistic by being on welfare and food stamps because Nancy Pelosi thinks it’s good to expand it.  These are the values that liberals, progressives, communists, Marxists, socialists, and etc. believe in.  The want you poor and uneducated, but they need to be in office to accomplish their grand plans of a hammer and sickle state much like the Soviet Union.  If you think it can’t happen, just look at history.  It can happen unless you vote for real people that will stay out of the way and let us the people of this great nation work for a living and not live on the backs of the workers of this great nation.

            Please use the facts even if they are clouded by liberal agendas.  The American voter must turn out to vote at every election because all the previous ones have led our country in trillion dollar debts to the Chinese government and foreign powers that would love to see the United States of America become a failed state.  Americans must stand up and be firm with our voices united we will not be robbed to pay for other countries, companies, or people.  We must turn to our churches and local nonprofits to help people.  No more government programs means local control of local issues and it starts with your vote, so vote wisely so we can get out of this mess that has been created for generations.

Matthew A. Brower

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