We Don't Need Government to the Rescue

Today, President George W Bush said "And I readily conceded that I chucked aside some of my free market principles when I was told by chief economic advisers that the situation we were facing could be worse than the Great Depression".

Mr. President: I've argued for you when it was very unpopular to do so. You can take responsibility for recognizing we were at war when the rest of the so called civilized world just wanted to chant bumper sticker slogans. But today, I'm beyond dissappointed. First, whoever told you things could be worse than the Great Depression either lied or is an idiot. We're nowhere near breadlines and 25% unemployment. And anyone who believes this ridiculous TARP program that's trying to keep failed companies afloat has staved off an economic disaster can call me because I have a bridge to sell them. Try reading some memoirs of the Great Depression before making such ridiculous comparisons.

Next, nice to know you chucked aside your free market principles because things were looking bad. It's easy to have principles when things look good; try standing by them when things get tough. You certainly did that by sticking it out in Iraq and the Surge when the rest of the world said we lost. Obviously, there were no free market principles.

Now onto our incoming President-Elect. Recently, he told us that only government can get us out of the mess. Well, that's a slap in the face to every entrepreneur and hard working independent Americans. Most of us don't want government helping us, and we most certainly don't need the government to get us out of this. When there's adversity, there's opportunity. Has everyone in the government forgotten this? I hope none of you have.

Get ready for the biggest power grab you have ever seen on American soil. If Barack Obama and Congress get what they want, we're looking at a massive transfer of economic power from the private sector to the government. And we all know what a great job the government has done with managing the DMV, Social Security, etc.

This isn't Republican vs. Democrat. There aren't enough voices on either side of the aisle with any common sense. Everyone is afraid, everyone is going to vote for this economic takeover, and whenever things turn around, they just want to take credit for it. But things are going to be made much worse from this intervention, prolonging the misery. You can't avoid recessions, they're part of the free market.

This is still a democracy. When the time comes for the Great American Bailout Plan, where trillions of dollars of money we don't have gets proposed in the name of "saving the economy" - I hope you're ready for battle. Make sure you call your Congressmen and Congresswomen, and let them know this is not what we want. They don't listen to us because they represent us; they listen to us because we can vote them out if we have half a brain. I hope we do.

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