Hey! You Out There in E12!

Son,

I'll bet you thought that I forgot about you, out there in parking lot E12, and your call for me to do away with comments about individuals, and give my suggestions for how to improve the country. Forgive me, Son, but you sound just like old Barack, Nancy and Harry these days. I have never heard so much talk about "bipartisanship," wanting suggestions form the Republicans, and having a "dialogue" as I have in recent weeks since the Dem's lost that 60th seat in the Senate. All of a sudden, since they don't have enough votes to overcome a filibuster, they want to do away with partisanship. How much bullshit do they think the American people can take? Everyone knows how phony they are. They don't want to discuss anything. They are all about appearances---form over substance, arrogance dripping from their pores.

For example, I got a kick out of the Health Care Summit---seeing the "Holier than Thou" Barack Obama scolding Eric Cantor for having the audacity to have the 1200 page health care bill that the Dem's tried to jam down everyone's throat on the table in front of him. "When you use props like these," our great president told Cantor, "you just make it certain that we will never reach agreement." Oh really! Obama may be President, but he's no better than the rest of us. If I were Cantor, I would have told him flat out that it's important that the American people see how casually the people in Washington treat matters that are important to them. It's about time that someone put him in his place.

But, you are my son, and you asked for my ideas, so I'll give them to you. Fortunately, free marketeer did all of the heavy lifting for me. It's easy, if we just follow his outline.

1. Big Government is Bad---Amen. For starters, let's cancel Obama's first stimulus bill. It isn't working; only 20% has been spent; and it's loaded with pork and wealth transfer. Canceling it would send a strong signal to the financial markets that the U.S. is serious about controlling its deficits.

As for Health Care, forget about this "public option" nonsense and any notion that the government should run anything. The government can't get VA hospitals, the Post Office, the H1N1 vaccination program and a host of other programs right. How in the world can we ever expect the government to run the entire health care system in the US? If you want to lower health care costs, which is sorely needed in the U.S., do two things. Implement real tort reform to lower insurance costs, and allow insurance companies to compete across state borders. As a resident of New Jersey, why am I forced to choose between three or four insurance programs, when I could conceivably go on line and compare the costs of 500?

2. Rely on the American People---Amen, Hallelujah! (Am I starting to sound like Barack at a Town Hall meeting?) Extend the Bush tax cuts when they expire in 2011. Do not let the capital gains tax increase to 20%. Tell American businesses categorically that all of the programs that have been discussed that have the effect of raising the cost of doing business in the U.S. ---government run health care, cap and tax etc. etc.--- are now officially off the table. Every time Obama talks about taxing Americans with incomes over $250,000, he's talking about raising taxes on small businesses. This is the part of the economy that creates jobs in any economy. Unemployment has doubled since the Anointed One came to office. The uncertainty he has created in the minds of businessmen is the reason.

3. Dependency Leads to Sloth----Americans don't want a handout. They want to be treated like adults, and they want the government to provide essential services and get out of the way. They don't need the government to tell them what to eat, wear and drive. If you follow this principle throughout, you will never go wrong.

Dad