Conservative Views

I had looked forward to a change along with many other Americans. I thought the last 8 years to be rather dismal and not one that was reflective of fiscal conservatism. The deficit and debt for this country rose to over 10 trillion dollars while under the watch of the Bush administration and a Democrat Congress. Change could have done this country good.

Unfortunately it looks like the we are getting the same amount of bad government spending policy under full Democrat control. They seem drunk with power and have unleashed a massive amount of government spending that generations from now will be paying for. All these bailouts and stimulus/spending programs...we simply do not have the money to pay for them.

I wanted to be another voice heard. All across the country their are people concerned at the direction our government is taking us. Obama/Pelosi/Reid have deployed almost $800 billion, with another $300 billion in interest payments don't forget, to stimulate the economy. Unfortunately they did a poor job and all we received for their efforts is earmarks and bad spending. It's the same as it ever was.

I do not believe that the Congress has we the people as priorities. Their first priority is to do whatever it takes to get re-elected. Their second is to service their party which means delivering on the agenda they have wanted to pursue for many years. All of which we can't pay for right now.

If we spend anything it should be direct stimulation to get small businesses hiring and the people spending. Nothing else matters. Not funding for NASA. Not funding for a damn mouse. Not funding for an art museum. True some of this spending might stimulate a job or two but nothing that makes spending millions or billions worth a handful of $40K/year jobs.

Republicans fought against this the best they could. Whether they were fighting for fiscal responsibility or simply to oppose anything the Democrats were proposing is debatable. What is not is that it was the right thing to do. Too bad they didn't stand up for the last eight years as well.