James Carville is credited with the saying, “The economy,
Stupid.” He coined it in 1992 as part of Bill Clinton’s campaign against GHW
Bush. The phrase evolved to “It’s the economy, Stupid.” Since I did not know
who I would be calling stupid, I chose to address this article to a fictitious Sammy,
although other people might want to read it also.
Since the healthcare issue is resolved, the Democrat
candidates have already decided the most important issues after climate change are:
“Who’s feelings not to hurt next” and “How much can I give you so you continue
to vote Democrat?” Whatever happened to individual strength and independence?
The Democrat Party seems to have lost faith that it still exists.
On the Republican side the debate about the most important issues
facing the United States include: illegal immigration, ISIS, terrorism in general,
the economy, the national debt, climate change, the federal government, race
relations, unemployment, health care and education. There is a seething rage
against what the Democrat Party under Barack Obama’s leadership or in some
cases lack of leadership have done to this country.
My opinion is that the most important issue we have facing
our country is the economy. If we want more border guards to seal the border and
more immigration courts to deport illegals already here or we want the illegal
immigrants to stay and receive benefits, we need more money. If we send the
military to fight ISIS around the world or we pay more law enforcement
officials to protect us from internal ISIS converts, we need more money. If we
want to fight the effects of climate change or prevent climate change from
happening, we need more money. If we want to address the race relations issues
with community outreach or pay to repair damage done by protestors, we need
more money.
The Obama administration takes in more tax money than any time
in the history of the country and we go $500,000,000 further into debt each year.
Obama likes to take credit for the booming economy and Hillary wants to keep
moving at the same pace, but I think any Republican could do better. If we are
going to pay down our debt, we need to spend less and bring in more tax
revenue.
We are allowing up to 500,000 people to cross our border
illegally each year and the congress just doubled the number of visas that will
bring in more people legally. Sure, the businesses want the cheap labor, but
the result is a lot of working age Americans are unemployed and will continue
to be unemployed, if something does not change.
We need a change agent for our next president. We need
someone to get rid of the government red tape that is preventing new businesses
from prospering and starting up. We need to stop the EPA from thinking they
need to inspect rain water draining off our lawns. We need a tax system that
encourages businesses to create new jobs.
No doubt, Sammy. In my mind, the economy is our most
important issue facing the United States.
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