Republican Irony

We have a major issue in the Republican Party right now and it showed it's true colors this week.  The Speaker of the House John Boehner after saying that he would allow the American people to review the deal before voting on it lied to the American people in Nancy Pelosi style politics.  It was another example of late night politics when most people are either sleeping or doing something else like watching football or evening television.  This is becoming the norm in politics now in The United States of America.

The Fiscal Cliff vote included 151 Republicans voting for it and 85 voting against it, but that is just the beginning.  In order to prevent the Speaker of the House from being Nancy Pelosi, we know the Democrats in the House would vote for her solid, a majority of Republicans stuck with the same ole John Boehner.  We got a raw deal in this deal and of course there was pork spending in it.  Why wouldn't there be right?  Put it to a vote just minutes after it is completed so they needed to pass it last minute to prevent a supposed meltdown of our economy.  Just another scare tactic.

Kicking the can down the road is not the solution to fix our nation, but it is the way for these politicians to keep themselves in power.  Once you realize that one day this house of cards will fall and the soon we fix it the better off we will be.  I am realist and see us spending trillions on social programs and other nation's military welfare and we have nothing to show for it.  Just millions more being added to the role of welfare state and our politicians are allowing it rather than stopping it.

Welfare abuse all around us and no one from either parties leadership coming out to admit it.  They keep feeding the sheep more lies and more money to keep quiet.  They are economic slaves and they are alright with it as long as they are paid off.  The economic house of cards it going to fall sooner or later because running up over $3 billion in new debt a day over a $1 trillion in new debt a year and that is in a year!  How can anyone in their right mind not see that is unsustainable?  Apparently we have millions of Americans from all economic classes, races, sexes, and religions simply do not understand there is a problem.  I hope and pray that there will be an awakening of either a new party that represents the American Dream or common sense for that matter.

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.

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?

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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.  

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!

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.