Amherst Republican Committee

I was sent a link to this new conservative blog site recently. This is a great list of left wing terminology. Enjoy!

Liberal-Speak Demystified (Scaldedape.com)

The Wizard of Washington
Written By: Chris Richter

The Wizard of Washington has revealed himself from behind the curtain and to the surprise of many; there was just a man who didnt know how to run the show, except by pulling on some levers and making some sounds. For Dorothy, that reality carried a heavy price tag as the Wizard of Oz didnt have the capabilities to send her home. For Barack Obama, that reality also carried a heavy price tag as the Wizard of Washington doesnt have the capabilities to get us out of the economic trouble were presently in.

When Barack Obama was running for President, Americans were mesmerized by the first African American Presidential Candidate in history. They were mesmerized by how well he could speak. Americans disapproved of the War in Iraq and Obama promised that they would be home if they elected him. Americans liked the idea that he represented a difference from what they had seen for the previous eight years. He rose to the heights of rock star status and his fans cheered him on to the White House.

Now that he has arrived in the White House, the long lines of fans waiting to shake his hand are still there, but instead of asking for a handshake, theyre asking for a handout. And with buzz phrases such as the economy is going to collapse if we dont pass this bill now, the amount of money that will be available for handouts will be significant. Oh and despite popular belief, our economy is not about to collapse today, tomorrow, next month, or even next year.

The latest stimulus bill in the Senate puts the initial price tag at $850 billion  thats almost $3,000 for every man, woman, and child in this country. This figure does not include a few other amounts, which have been cleverly hidden from the public. First, it does not include the interest for borrowing the money  after all we dont have the money so we have to borrow it from other people and other countries. Second, it does not include the extra amount that will have to be spent once the projects are completed (and how many government projects run over budget?  the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center was projected to cost $71 million, finally finishing 3 years behind schedule at a cost of $621 million). Keep in mind that the upkeep for these new roads and bridges, among other projects, will be substantial. Third, it doesnt account for what happens to the workers once the projects are completed. Do they simply roll into new government projects (at an additional cost) or do they file for unemployment benefits (yet another cost). Trillions of dollars later, instead of just one bridge to no where in Alaska, throughout the country we will be having many bridges to everywhere.

Politicians spending money is equitable to young boys putting out house fires with water guns  they look cute in the newspaper, but its neither the right tool, nor the right people to be doing the job. In a time when economic ingenuity needs to be at its zenith, we allow politicians, who have no business experience, to lead the way. At the head of the line is our Commander in Chief, our CEO, who has not one day of business experience under his hat.

Lack of business experience is not only counter-productive, but it is also dangerous. Not only do the latest versions of the stimulus bill do little if anything to actually stimulate the economy (allocating in the latest Senate bill $110 million to the General Accounting Office and Agency Inspectors General just to oversee the money being spent), but they place even a larger burden on future generations (the latest Senate version raises the national debt ceiling to $12.14 trillion).

The only way to create a sustainable and prosperous economy is through private business  not through the government. Entrepreneurship is what made this country the strongest financial center in the world. Despite what some will say in the media, even today, the reality is that our economy is the strongest of any country in the world and it will remain that way as long as we have a free market instead of socialism, socialism is the economy that the President and his allies in Congress want. Socialism has never worked at any point in any country in the world. Nor will it work in this country today. It was said once if we dont learn from history, we are bound to repeat its mistakes. If we look at what other countries have done throughout history, by turning to socialism, we would see numerous problems with their economy and their country as a whole. In the desire to equalize a people, the people become more unequal than ever.

During difficult times, we must not look at socialism as the answer to our problems, but must encourage private business to fix the economy, by having them create jobs and by having them give workers more money, who then in turn buy more and grow the economy. The best approach to doing this is to create economic enterprise zones, where among other positive actions, business taxes would be cut if not eliminated. By allowing businesses to keep more of their own money, they are able to reinvest that money in their business, growing that money, far faster than the average person could, let alone the government. Layoffs would slow down and hiring would increase. President Obama wants to create or save almost 4 million new jobs  this is where it needs to happen. Only when this happens will we create sustainable jobs, only then will we turn the economy around, and only then will we not burden future generations with a debt already much too heavy for them to bear.

It is important to realize that while there may be someone claiming to be the Wizard of Washington, eventually the Wizard reveals himself and can sometimes show a very different person. And when you actually look at the levers hes pulling, you might realize that the noises coming out were not the noises you expected to hear.

OP-ED: This Congress has betrayed the American people
Jennifer Horn
16th February 2009

The ill-named American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – about to pass both houses of Congress in it’s revised form – is a complete and total rejection of the democratic ideals of our founding fathers and a betrayal of the President’s promise to bring genuine tax relief to the majority of American taxpayers and work across the aisle on the most important issues of the day.

At 789 billion dollars, plus interest on repayment, it is a spending package that will ultimately cost the people of America well in excess of a trillion dollars. 789 billion dollars is nine zeros and approximately 17.5% of our GDP!

According to one evaluation of the bill, if the temporary programs become permanent programs – an outcome that we all know is possible – the total value of this spending package will exceed three trillion dollars.

At every level of government we have been betrayed by our elected representatives. Representative Paul Hodes rejected the Wall St bailout because, in his words, it did not protect the taxpayers “enough.” Immediately following the election he voted for the auto industry bailout and more recently for the so-called stimulus package.

Paul Hodes is not protecting the New Hampshire taxpayer.

In the first six weeks of 2009 we have seen the largest increase in spending since World War II. There is still three years and ten and half months left of this administration – every taxpayer in the country has reason to be afraid.

Over the past three weeks we have heard dozens of excuses why this Congress isn’t to blame for the economic mess we are in and absolutely no real solutions.

True leadership isn’t pointing fingers and playing the name game – it’s crafting real solutions to the problems we face and presenting them articulately to the American people. The first thing we need to understand is that government is the problem, not the solution and this (anti) economic stimulus package is the perfect example.

The bill is so large and cumbersome that it is virtually impossible to nail precise numbers – even the legislators voting on it don’t appear to have a full understanding of its contents. At best, over two thirds of the bill consists of new and additional spending, pure and simple: special interest projects, gimmes, and pork beyond your wildest imagination.

It is not possible to spend your way out of an economic recession. It defies logic to suggest otherwise. Over the past fifty years the only device that has consistently and successfully brought true economic stimulus to our economy has been broad based tax cuts, beginning with President Kennedy’s cuts in the early 60’s.

But tax cuts only bring long-term relief when they are accompanied by broad-based cuts in spending. This bill does exactly the opposite. It’s spending is designed for only one purpose – to create millions of new government-dependent individuals who in turn become party-in-power voters who are afraid of losing their government aid.

It is one more giant step toward socialism, slipped past the American people dressed up in pretty prose like “recovery and reinvestment.”

This bill is so bad that it does not even address what is widely believed to be the straw that broke the economic camel’s back: the mortgage crisis. First there was a $15,000. credit for new home buyers to stimulate the housing market – then there wasn’t. Then there were going to be Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reforms – then there wasn’t.

At last reading, there was new language inserted in the bill instructing Fannie and Freddie to rewrite bad loans given to individuals who could not afford them in the first place. Exactly what caused the mortgage crisis to begin with.

This bill offers no real solutions to the economic problems we face today and, in fact, increases government spending to such a degree that we are guaranteeing that our grandchildren will carry the burden.

It is impossible to list every dollar spent in this bill, impossible to enumerate every bad program created. But what remains without any doubt at all is that it is the taxpayers of New Hampshire and all of the United States who are going to be left holding the bag when all is said and done.

It is no longer about one party against the other. It is about which party is going to fight for us. Every Democrat and Republican who either voted for this package or failed to stand and fight vehemently against it, has betrayed the people of our great nation. And that includes Rep. Paul Hodes, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s betrayal of the people of the New Hampshire.

February 14, 2009

To the editor:

In only a few months our towns and citizens will feel the results of the grossly unrealistic state budget enacted in July 2006. Had the New Hampshire 2-year budget been reasonable, our state would be the hero state in the union, having only a small or no deficit for the budget year ending June 31, 2009. But, no, the legislature passed a bloated budget, a 17.5% increase over the prior budget. So now we must answer to the piper with tax increases, program cuts and increased burden on the citizen. Here are a few cuts and tax increases the governor has proposed to balance the next 2-year budget and how it will affect you.

The Milford District Court will be closed resulting in extra cost to our towns in police wages and transportation costs. Citizens using a distant district court will suffer greater travel time and court delays.

The towns have always been the last resort for citizens in need. The new budget will substantially reduce state welfare funds provided to the towns, thus shifting an additional cost to the towns The burden of helping those in need will be shifted to the churches, civic organizations and individuals.

The safety complex in Milford may be closed, or at least the motor vehicle registration and licensing function eliminated. As a result citizens will need to travel further and be subjected to longer waits.

Increased taxes and fees are proposed. There will be an additional $10.00 charge to register cars. There will be an increase in the rooms and meals tax and the portion of the tax normally given back to the towns will be eliminated. State revenue sharing with the towns will be reduced. Amherst will loose $573,785, Milford $861,908, Mont Vernon $120,288. There will be a cigarette tax increase and an increase in road tolls. And far more increases are proposed as well as using bonding (credit card) to make road and school capital expenditures, and thus shifting the burden to our children.

These are only a few described in the Governors budget proposal. It is not yet law. Call the Governor, your senator, your representatives and register your opinions.

Robert H. Rowe, Representative,
Amherst and Milford