Back in the Saddle Again

This blog strayed, and withered, and strayed again.  I'm going to bring it back to life and keep it focused.  This is the Political Blog, so I will keep it here instead of in Facebook comment wars as we roll into the elections.

I was on a roll after King Obama was crowned, but petered out as I resolved myself to praying We the People could stop his efforts to 'Fundamentally change America' into something we didn't recognize. By hook and by crook, literally, he started well down that path.  From ignoring the laws of bankruptcy to favor the unions and bail out GM, to passing Obamacare, to the Stimulus, it was a pretty crappy couple of years.  Thank God for the mid term elections of 2010, where Americans raised their voices and said 'Wait just a darn minute here!'  While nothing could be accomplished by only controlling one third of the government, at least no further harm was done.  Well, I thought that was the case until King Barack decided he could just do what he wanted by dictat (see the contraceptive non-accomodation that tramples religous freedom, or the recent jobs program for 800k illegals [defacto amnesty]).  What is really scary is postings of liberals calling for him to not be reelected.  Of course, this is because he didn't go FAR ENOUGH, so I don;t count them as allies in the fight to make him a one term president.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that Romney is the greatest conservative since George Bush...no, wait, that's not right either.  No, Romney is not a stalwart conservative, but at least he's not a completely narcisitic, small minded, far left socialist (actually facist: read some Jonah Goldberg).  I think Romney, with a strongly conservative house and possibly control of the Senate, will do the right thing. 

What we really need to do is re-baseline the budget to 2008 pre stimulus, at least.  That would go a long way toward reducing the deficit.  And then let's all be adults, and seriously tackle reforming Medicare and Social Security, because those are what are going to completely bankrupt us, a-la Greece.  Yes, I believe in market forces, that they can provide better services for lower cost, particularly when the consumer is in charge of the dollars.  I think one critical Social Security reform that needs to be made is making it individual accounts, that you actually control, and most importantly that you can pass on.  It's your money going in there, so why not?  why do other people have any claim on it?  I think that would go a long way towards building wealth in this country.

While I believe in a strong military, I also agree the budgets are out of whack and the procurment process is completely broken.  The F-35 is a failure: we should be buying F-18E/F/Gs for the Navy and Marine Corps, and upgraded/remade (or open the line back up?) F-15s for the Air Force.  The F-22s are going to be either grounded or end up int he desert without firing a shot, so were they really worth it?  For ships we need the new carrier, and lots of Arleigh Burkes.  Can the LCS.  Make a new version of the OHP FFG for coastal work, counter drug, anti piracy, everything task that doesn't need anything bigger than a 5 inch or 20mm gun.

And the Fair Tax.  Get rid of the IRS.  The Government should not care how much you make.  It's Progressive (rebate the tax on income up to the poverty level) so everyone should like it.  Everyone that believes the government should collect taxes to pay for its legitimate expenditures, that is.  If you believe that taxes are there to redistribute wealth, to take from the rich and give to the poor, then you are living in the wrong country.  Stop hating the rich, and try to be one of them!