You don’t have to be an economist to see through Congress’
“stimulus package.” It’s a Trojan Horse (and not even a very good Trojan Horse
at that) to supposedly hide every Leftist agenda that’s been souring in the air
for decades, like a vulture waiting patiently for Capitalism to look ill, as if
ready to give up the ghost.
Peering beyond such
“necessities” as, providing every American with a converter box for their TV sets, I think Nancy Pelosi sums it all up
quite well when she talks about the sex education stimulus (No pun intended.
Well maybe.)
“If less babies are
born,” Pelosi says with a smile, “ that
will ultimately help our economy.”
Do I really need to even comment on this? Let’s be merciful
and simply ignore the brilliantly crafted statement. Let’s also hope this idea,
along with all sister pork, gets cut before the embryo bill morphs into law.
Does any part of the proposed “fix” actually create new
jobs? Yes, a small portion does, but only government jobs. I don’t think we need a brain half the
size of Einstein's to help us understand that government jobs do not stimulate
the economy. Government jobs
stimulate the government. Our economy may be shrinking, but our government
seems to grow bigger every day and it doesn’t need that extra bowl of Cherrios.
Allow me to make a few suggestions which (if taken
seriously) would have a genuine effect upon the financial crisis around us.
1) Fine all companies hiring illegal aliens.
Once the illegals are out of work, they will not need to be
rounded up. They will leave all on their own. A good deal of California’s
bottomless pit was created by free health care and free education for illegal
aliens paid for by California tax
dollars. Now, California wants the
rest of the country to bail them out with other people’s tax dollars.
2) For one year, do not tax any corporation.
3) For one year, do not tax any small business either.
4) In fact, for one year, do not tax anybody.
Oh sure, the government will go without revenue for a while,
but lately, our government doesn’t seem to require a genuine cash flow to print
more money anyway, so this will make zero difference to the government but a
big difference to the private sector.
Oh, one more thing, (And I do believe this will have a
terrific effect, if not on the economy, at least on public morale):
5) Have Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank run a lemonade stand.
It might just be the first genuine help they have ever
offered our economy.
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.