Why President Obama is FAILING...part 2

Grading Barack Obama is not as easy at is seems…

We must aggregate the grades and blend an average between the short term and long term policy decisions in order to determine the appropriate score… with the long term, in my opinion, being weighted much more heavily than the short – given that the legacy of decisions made today have a much more lasting impact. Hopefully, we can all agree on that.

SHORT TERM:

Outlook:
· Are American’s happy, excited, optimistic, climbing slowly out of the recession, feeling good, benevolent that we’ve elected a African American…? The answer here is, YES.
Notes:
· It’s hard to ignore the fact that Barack Obama is very inspiring, articulate, charismatic and a champion of his own cause. For being the person at the leader of the pack, and for being the one to inspire America with promises of the years to come, President Obama deserves a decent grade
Grade:
· B+ (85% average)


LONG TERM:

Outlook:
· Americans feel good in the short term based on the promises of President Obama. The only problem is that these aren’t just promises…they’re empty promises and, even worse, they’re destructive.
Notes:
· As a result of electing this man, we have allowed for short-term giddiness to get in the way of long-term prosperity. We, as a nation, are falling further and further into the realm of dependency. When do the bailouts stop? Will corporate giants like Wal-Mart (who support the majority of the lower class) allow themselves to take larger risks, knowing that the Fed is there to protect them? What will become of our society in 10, 20, 50 years if we allow ourselves to be at the mercy of the Federal Government? It scares the hell out of me…that my children will grow up around a society that preaches Government first, Capitalism last or, even worse, gone. The fact of the matter is that Capitalism built America. Of course there needs to be freely-elected oversight that allows for the evil-doers to pay a price for taking advantage of the system, but a Government made up of power-hungry-do-nothings, out for their own self interests, stuck in the bureaucracy of Washington, making decisions about my personal resources scares me to no end. Think about Capitalism’s effect on the agricultural revolution and how it led to a nationwide rail system that produced competition and job creation all over the country... Or, the Industrial Revolution leading the way to competition and gain in production… Or, the Technology Revolution paving the way for companies like Apple and Google… Capitalism is what makes America great. The Ultimate Fighter, Barack Obama, amongst his bushy-tailed constituents, has Capitalism in a choke hold… If we’re smart, and I believe we are, we will realize that Capitalism is not immortal and I fear the day that it slaps its hand on the mat and taps out. We’re slowly climbing out of the recession because Capitalism is STILL AT THE CORE of our economy. Pumping a Trillion dollars into a system that still relies on Capitalism will, of course, act as a set of jumper cables. The problem is that the bureaucracy of Washington has led to a slow and steady decline in the performance of Capitalism…In essence, the battery is dying. While jump starting it will get us further down the road, it still doesn’t fix the problem. Capitalism needs to be restored! We’re killing the very system that built us in the hopes that trying a different system (big government) will provide a better result. The decisions that President Obama is making are forcing Americans to debate a very scary topic: “What happens if Capitalism fails?” The answer from my perspective is simple…if Capitalism fails, then America fails. That, my friends, is SCARY. For being the person who is setting America up for failure, President Obama is failing.
Grade:
· F (50% average)

If we aggregate the grades and give the Long Term a heavier-weighted average (double), then Obama has an 85%, 50% and 50%.

OBAMA’s OVERALL GRADE:
· D- (62%)

A few quotes from Ron Paul:

· When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
· A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.
· The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people
· I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
· Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.