Community Activist vs. Successful Businessman. The Choice Is Yours

I know it’s hard to keep track of all the broken promises of President Barack Obama.  But I think this is a big one.  As a candidate, Obama promised to cut the federal deficit in half.  

Right now, the government borrows about 40 percent of the money it spends. Taxes make up the rest. The President produced a budget but it doesn't cut spending and every member of his own party voted against it.  

Last year, the government spent $1.22 billion dollars more than it took in. This year, the deficit actually increased by $47 billion dollars to $1.23 billion and change. That means the total debt of the average American household stands at just under $137,000. That would just about wipe out the equity the average family has left over in its home, after government policies cratered the economy four years ago. 

To put it in personal terms, the federal debt of the average family increased by $10,855. That’s up from the $10,454 it jumped last year.  Should we send the college professor community activist back to Chicago and hire a successful businessman to replace him?  

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Two Paths. Two Candidates. One Choice.

What should voters make of Mitt Romney’s recent comments that 47% of Americans believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. The simple answer is no, the government does not have a responsibility to Care for Americans.

We are a compassionate country that provides ample government and private charity for those who are incapacitated by genetics, or disease or disability. Governor Romney overstated the facts when he said that all Obama voters are dependent on government.

Or that all of those on government assistance will vote for the Democrat, or that none of those taking Government benefits will vote for Romney. But there is some truth in what he says.  Too many Americans are on the Dole; taking food stamps, welfare subsidized housing, medical care and energy.  And too many of those folks will vote for the candidate who promises them more benefits. 

This is the path to national bankruptcy. 

Those on public support during a brief transition between jobs or facing tough circumstances who plan to get off it quickly know who they are. Those who are dependent on it with no real plan to get off it will likely vote for a democrat who promises more...

Candidate Romney has promised to push for the maximum of personal liberty for all…and that means opportunity. 

Candidate Obama has promised that government programs, government jobs and trillion dollar deficits are the path to prosperity.  

This November we will find out how many people believe that’s where America should go.

Want To Pay For The Government's Mistakes? They Want You To...

Lots of Oregonians have wondered in the last four years of the great recession why their property taxes are not going down. 

Right now you’re taxed on your assessed value which is nearly always less than market value.  But when the economy collapsed in 2008, real market values fell, but usually not enough to bring them down to the tax assessed value. So your property taxes stayed the same.  

Now that governments have run up huge amounts of debt and public workers are making nearly as much in benefits as they do in salary, those governments are running short of money.  Remember that so called public servants usually make 30 percent more than the people they serve. 

So the Ashland daily tidings reports today that the League of Oregon cities wants to start taxing your home on the basis of market value, raising property taxes even though your house has lost a quarter of its value or more.  

And every time a house is sold, taxes will go up again if the value rises.  It’s time for citizens to start setting some limits on this tax insanity.  

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