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.

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!