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for therapy, the Fed should begin moving excess cash from the economy….And they need to stop printing so much debt from Congress. All this massive spending and borrowing is killing us.

Last edited on Sat Oct 10th, 2009 03:01 pm by dover-diva

Restore the dollar

My family and I have always believed in "If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it." Now I see my country going into a $1.5 billion deficit this year, which will be added to the $11 trillion national debt already owed. For those of you who don’t realize how much money this is, a trillion dollars is 1,000 times a billion (that’s a one followed by 12 zeros and we owe over 11 of them). A billion dollars (a one followed by 9 zeros) is 1000 times a million (a one followed by 6 zeros). Could the $750 billion "stimulus" (excuse me, I meant "safety net") plan have contributed? Let’s see, that looks like $750,000,000,000 in wasteful pork spending, doesn’t it? Maybe it was the additional, massive, multi-billion-dollar bailouts and buy-ups (excuse me again, I meant "rescue plans")? Wait until the upcoming Cap and Trade (there I go again, I mean "pollution reduction and reinvestment programs"), or the "healthcare reform" (no, it’s "health insurance reform") bills get passed. This latest one on "health insurance reform" (got it) won’t increase our deficit (right now); it just cuts current Medicare benefits for our elderly Americans, but what about when it really kicks in — and still fails to cover 24 million Americans? And if there is so much "fraud and waste" which can be retrieved from Medicare, why wait? Let’s go after it now. And how could we forget the increased costs to YOUR state for the increase in Medicaid, which the states are on the hook for? Watch your taxes (both federal and state) rise to new levels. And why isn’t tort reform included as part of this bill? Could it be that the Obama Administration does not want to take on the Trial Lawyers Association or because this addition was suggested by (gasp) a Republican? And why no proof of American citizenship required to get benefits (another suggestion by those darned obstructionist Republicans)? The Dems in Congress rejected both amendments. Hmm? Wonder why?

Face it. All of these programs are to benefit specific groups who are owed political favors, to further push an amnesty for illegals (it’s coming), and yes, to increase the size of government and solidify the future of one-sided Democrat rule in Congress. Wisdom says, you never bite the hand that feeds you. And these programs will sink America even deeper in debt — my America, whose dollar is being devalued daily, whose creditor countries are meeting in secret and talking about abandoning the dollar as a worldwide currency, and whose prices will soar to unprecedented levels because of inflation. The taxes on the few of us who pay them will have to rise drastically. Taxes are always paid by the consumer, so if you increase the business cost or tax of manufacturing a medical supply or piece of equipment, that increases its cost, and this increase in cost is always passed down to the consumer, yes, even the consumer making less than $250 thousand. That’s just business. (Doggone American Capitalism). What we need to do IMMEDIATELY is STOP SPENDING, including what is left unspent of the stimulus. STOP giving away tax dollars (like $2 million in aid to Libya). Cut all pork from the budget. Cut all government employment back to pre-Obama levels. Then, bring together smart business leaders (not just Obama’s union buddies — I said "smart" leaders) and both parties of Congress, and devise a plan to start paying down this enormous, out-of-control deficit, and RESTORE faith in the American dollar. And Mr. President and Congress, STOP TRYING TO BANKRUPT MY AMERICA. We have seen how the left works, and we true, tried and tested, red-blooded Americans don’t like it. We are taking America back, so either get on board or get out of the way! Patriots unite! God Bless the United State of America.

Richard "Dick" Hilliard

Lake Wales, Fla.