Constant Conservative

It is time for a brave new world, indeed. It would seem, based on President Obama’s public statements since he came into that role, that it is time, no, past time, to punish all who have become successful and to reward all who have failed. Such a move, though it will be damaging in the short run is not without consequences. In the words of Isaiah barAmoz:

Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

In his most recent speech:

Obama said his first budget would “end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don’t need them.” He didn’t offer any details, which led to immediate speculation about how far the president would go, and how it would affect farming in the United States.

I’m not in favor of direct payment to any agribusiness entity. But he didn’t say he was going to end all of them (which would have gotten a cheer from this member of the peanut gallery). Not, just the ones to those organizations which have managed to be more successful than others (and grown large as a result).

In that same speech, he verbally castigated CEOs and other successful leaders of businesses for their very successes and announced that he would be raising taxes on those who have more than normal people–just because they have more than they should (I’m paraphrasing only slightly here).

Government (particularly at the federal level) has failed miserably time and time again to do much of anything successfully outside of waging wars. Therefore, government is to be rewarded with more of my money than ever.

No, I do not currently bring home more than $250K per year, so I shouldn’t be affected by the tax increases, right? Wrong. I have investments which are already affected negatively, just by the statement that he’ll be raising the rates on those who pay the most already.

So, in closing, here are a few woes to complement the ones from Isaiah:

Woe unto them who punish those who pay their mortgages and reward those who cannot be bothered to keep the terms their contracts, who claim that all who earn money are evil and those who receive  redistributed wealth are deserving, who would tell us that government is indeed the solution to all of our problems and that individual responsibility is nothing more than selfishness and must be done away with.

Well, you get the idea.