Posted by
B Dod on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:16:46 PM
In my original post I mentioned that I thought that part of the car companies on going
problems included the fact that they had given up on leasing which was a significant part
of their business. This week there was a article mentioning that Cadillac was going to
begin leasing again in an effort to bolster their sales. So at least in part I was on the right
track. But on to other items.
How much trouble will the Democrats find in next years elections?
My observation is that it will be significant if current events continue as they are.
1. The unemployment number is large, getting larger, and not likely to have improved by next fall. While the numbers being bantered about are 9.7% or some 6 million people we know the actual number is much higher. Some have said the number is as
16 million when you consider those whose benefits have expired and those that have
just given up. The issue is that the administration is doing nothing to foster the
creation of new jobs. The shovel ready jobs they have funded have only created work for those people in the industry who come and go as work is started. What about the
tens or hundreds of thousands of jobs that were lost in the financial services area.
Those jobs are for the most part gone forever and there is nothing filling the void.
So come election time unemployment will loom large over the ballot box.
2. Another factor will obviously be the debt which will only be larger my then. The
vast majority of the populace is outraged at the direction the administration has taken
with spending and incurring debt which goes far beyond our ability to manage or
retire. We are destroying those values which made this country strong. Between the
assault on capitalism, individual freedoms, and the unwanted expansion of government into our lives a majority of voters will display their displeasure at the
polls next November and a large number of incumbents of both parties will find themselves out of a government job.
3. Prior to the presidential election I made the following remark when asked about
Obama “as an individual I have no problems with him, however the Democratic
party agenda will destroy this country”. Now I do have problems with him and
the agenda is doing just what I predicted. Among the things that a vast number of
people are upset over are the arrogance, hypocrisy, and bold lies that we see
demonstrated each day in Washington D.C. President Obama stands in front of
the American people and believers we will believe him and follow like sheep, and
when tens of thousands amass in Washington in protest he shrugs it off as and few
kooks. He needs to be reminded that for each person who showed up that day there
was a thousand more at home watching and supporting those individuals. We hear
from Congress each day speeches which wallow in hypocrisy, and we hear it and
see it for what it is and will remember nest November.
So as we go forward it would be wise for the residents of the Senate and the House to
listen to their constituents who are telling them that they are out of touch with reality.
Let them go forward with Cap and Trade, Medical insurance reform, and the rest of
their agenda with fair warning that come November they are out of work.