What is happening to our government? With each American household owing over a hundred thousand dollars and climbing, the federal executive is refusing to cut the budget in any meaningful way. The only cuts that branch of government are willing to make all, come of course from the one place many Americans can justify spending anything, which is of course the Defense department. They are far more willing to fund pet projects like unnecessary bullet trains, and National Public Broadcasting! Personally I’m far more concerned with my government keeping my family and me safe than with whether or not Big Bird finds its necessary to get a part time job waiting tables to pay for his birdseed habit.
It is nothing short of astounding to me how this government continues to push for more and more spending without a clue as to how we’re going make the interest payments against our debt! As a concerned citizen I find myself on the brink of despair when it comes to the financial state and future of my country. I’m watching the administration either through wanton foolishness or deliberately, (or perhaps a combination of both) driving the national economy into bankruptcy, and there seems to be nothing we can do to stop it! At the same time a certain percentage (hopefully a small one), of the electorate seems to support the increased expenditures. Here’s a clue people! If the private sector cannot afford something, neither can the federal government! It’s all the same money! While the congress seems to be standing tough the lack of a budget is driving the country toward another government shutdown. If that happens the President will blame Republicans with the hope that the American people will hold them responsible for the fact they’ve not received their social security checks. Please America, don’t fall for it! If the shut down comes it’s because we simply can’t afford to carry the water for social programs anymore.
Governor Perry Expected to Announce His Candidacy for President
August 8th, 2011Well, allow me to be the first to say that it appears I was wrong in my assessment of whether Governor Perry would run for president. Back in May I said that I doubted that the Texas Governor would seek the Republican nomination, but how things have changed since then! With the national economy on the decline, and the GOP looking for a top tier candidate to lead the Presidential ticket, our executive is more and more in demand. Now I’ve had my issues with the governor from time to time, and to be honest he hasn’t been my first choice, but in the absence of any other recognizable candidates, Perry is looking more and more like the most viable choice. He’s a stalwart defender of the second and the tenth amendments, business friendly and for the most part, fiscally conservative. And I must confess to a certain cynical pleasure in the idea of the country choosing another Texas Governor after being told that surely no Texan would ever be elected after Mr. Bush.
At the end of the day our state has the healthiest economy of any other state in the union, and that’s no accident! It is in fact a credit to a capitalist friendly, pro- business, low tax, right to work, state and local government. Like him or not, at some point the governor deserves at least a share in the credit for our state’s fiscal health. It is largely on this basis that republicans all over the nation are clamoring for him to run for the nomination. And according to a number of sources I’ve read, Mr. Perry is expected to declare that he’s jumping into the race this weekend. The announcement would come just a week after the governor’s day of prayer which was held in Houston this past weekend. While it may or may not be what he intended, the event certainly helped to raise his visibility and certify his conservative Christian credentials. While we sometimes disagree with him, Mr. Perry has earned his stripes here. If he’ll take the same economic course nationally, that he’s taken here in Texas, in my opinion, he’s worth supporting.
To read my original article on the governor’s chances visit the following webpage at http://www.tylertxdirectory.com/9033/is-governor-perry-going-to-run-for-president/ .
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