My mother always says...

Two things I like to refer back to when I feel like I'm being challenged...

1) Things happen for a reason.

2) God only gives you as much as you can handle.

I have given these two things a lot of thought recently. How are they relevant to today's political and social climate?

Well, what reason can I come up with for the impending disaster that is the Obama/Pelosi/Reid three headed monster? Perhaps the reason for this is because we need to be reminded as a country what is important to us. We have lost our way, but not in the way Barak Obama is implying (OK, lying) to you about.

We have lost our way because we have become a "me too" society. We not only believe that we should keep up with the Joneses but that if we are unable to keep up on our own, that the Joneses should subsidize our ability to keep up with them. Why? How does this make any sense?

What if you were the Joneses? How would this effect your perspective?

More importantly, would you be more or less motivated to make the sacrifice, take the risk and put in the work to be come one of the Joneses?

This is the problem. The redistribution of wealth thru tax policy demotivates people. There needs to be more motivation to achieve great things and I believe Obama's agenda is counterproductive to this end. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he ill eat for a life time. We need more fishermen. Fishermen create jobs. Fishermen create wealth. Fishermen pay taxes. The more Fishermen we have the more total tax revenue there is.

What made the Clinton presidency "successful?" It had a lot to do with the fact the Reagan/Bush policies created more Fishermen. More companies being built. More wealth being earned. More investment.

Personally, I want to fish. I don't want the government to feed me. But that's just me. I'm selfish.

So maybe, just maybe, the Obamanation will help people see we need to get back to fundamentals. Maybe this is the reason we need him now. And hopefully my mom is right, Obama will not burden us with more than we can handle.

God Bless America,
EG