I heard a joke one time that seems to sum up much of America's philosophy today. A person was praying to God, asking for patience the prayer went something like this God I want patience, and I want it right now! I think a lack of patience has been a problem for many Americans for some time now. Here is what I mean. President Obama decided, all Americans, should have health care. Did he patiently, wait until a thoughtful and affordable bill could be put together? No, the President wanted to pass His health care bill as quickly as possible while he had his sixty votes in the Senate and could avoid a filibuster. The President got his wish but the American people may now, pay the price for it. for now many are now waiting for businesses to hire employees but most of them won't because they want to wait to see what the cost of the new health care law will do to their business. President Obama, wanted America to invest in new sources of energy, and he wanted to do it now. The Government, invested 535 million dollars in a solar company named Solyndra. Solyndra, was unable to match solar panel production with China so Solyndra, went bankrupt. I guess America's taxpayer's will now, forever wait, to be paid back by the government. President Obama sought instant economic relief for Americans so in 2009 he rushed through an 887 billion dollar economic stimulus package once again in a bill few if any in government took time to read. Now, almost three years later unemployment is still nine point one percent and 15 to 18 million Americans are out of work hoping to keep their homes as they wait for things to get better. The government decided that everyone deserved and should have a home now so, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, told banks to give home loans, to just about anyone and not even wait to see if the people who were asking for the home loans could safely afford to pay them back. Now, many Americans have lost both their jobs and their homes and again, they are forced to wait for the times to get better.
Now, President Obama says, we can't wait Congress, must pass his jobs bill now. The bill, is in reality, just another economic stimulus package. The bill most likely, hasn't been and won't be read and if passed will most certainly, add to America's now, 15 trillion dollar debt. This seems rather curious to me. President Obama seems to think, that the nation's national debt is the one thing that can wait. This is most certainly, demonstrated by the recent failure of the super committee. I believe however, that the nations debt is the one thing that must be dealt with and the time to do that is now, as always, my friends these thoughts remain just some words to think on.
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