Who benefits?

Tuesday – July 20, 2010

Who benefits?

While the President is making it seem like the Republicans are holding up more benefits for the unemployed, we hear that it was unnecessary for the government to take control of the auto companies and force their dealers to prematurely close.

The President said that it is time for the Republicans to stop holding the unemployed as hostages. The Republicans say they want help, but ask how are we going to pay for it? The Democrats feel that unemployment insurance is a stimulus, because those people will spend money at the stores. This is not true. Those who collect unemployment pay for the mortgage and if they do spend money at the stores it is for food. There are some that do take that money and spend it on things that they don’t need, while their mortgage goes unpaid or the credit card bills mount up. This is also why we have gotten ourselves into this mess. George Bush did not create these types of voters. The Republicans should stand firm on this issue of the debt. They are just asking one question: how is the president going to pay for this? The President is just like the unemployed person who is not using his unemployment benefits in the way he should. With the appointment of another Democrat to fill the deceased Senator Robert Byrd’s seat, the filibuster will end and the passage of the extension will succeed. Again we will not get the answer on how the president will pay for it.

The President fails to tell us that most of the TARP money has been repaid and half of the funds remaining have not been spent. Why can’t we use the TARP money? No one in the administration can answer this question.

Rasmussen is reporting that, in generic Congressional voting polls, Republicans are favored by 45% and Democrats take a back seat at 36%. 31% say that the U.S. is heading in the right direction. Republicans have held the stronger position on the economy in the polls since May of last year. The Democrats still hold a stronger position on ethics and corruption over the Republicans. 38% are still unsure as to what party to trust. What do these numbers indicate?

Polls still show that most of the voting public are not up on the issues. Last week, the President recruited Bill Clinton to motivate the base. This is great for Democrats, because the economy under him was great? Those voters like Clinton, and they don’t care about the scandals and his impeachment. This could be the 31% that think America is heading in the right direction. I maintain that this election will be decided by 38% of the voting public. However, 40% of voters now view the Obama administration as less ethical than past administrations. Republicans last week had a 6 point lead over Democrats in the generic poll.

A friend asked me yesterday why Americans are not aware of the Stratfor report, that I wrote about yesterday. I said most Americans don’t spend the time looking for information and then reading the information. Just a side bar, Bill O’Rielly has referred to Stratfor.com as a source of information for him. I continued to say that these reports go unnoticed, because they don’t appeal to the mainstream or they are too controversial. I looked at that report as somewhat factual, because it could happen. I look at these reports, because there aren’t enough answers that can legitimately answer my questions. I look at these reports, because if they are true then we, as citizens, must take our government back.

We hear about all the polls and we hear about the candidates. We hear about what is on the news and who is doing what to whom. We hear about what scandals are popping up and what scandals involve what politician. We hear about the economic numbers good and bad and we hear about what Party they will affect.

What don’t we hear about? This is the bigger question that I have and that I am training myself to talk about. We don’t hear about who got what job in the government. We care more about what the First Lady is wearing and we don’t pay attention to what underling was appointed to head a new governmental department. We don’t know about any of the underling’s education and we don’t know if that underling will have the politics of party in check when that underling needs to make a decision.

Most bills that are introduced are written by underlings to the members of Congress. For instance some of these underlings authored the healthcare bill and interjected most of what they wanted in that bill. Sometimes, their bosses, the elected members of Congress, are unaware what has been put in the bills they vote on daily.

What we need to concern ourselves about is, not what is seen, but what isn’t seen. We need to know who is being hired and we need to know who the underlings in the Congressional and Senate offices are.

Part of our tax money goes to the salaries of these underlings. These people are just as public as their bosses. They are public property and we have the right to know who they are. We have the right to know who is getting the benefit from the money we pay them. We have the right to benefit from the decisions they make on our behalf.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: On this day in 1868 the first tax stamp on a pack of cigarettes was issued, I wonder what underling had that idea? In 106 days we have an opportunity to get rid of the members in the House and Senate. We also have an opportunity to get rid of their underlings. On this date in 1969 Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon it was the spirit and the motivation of one Leader and his underlings that made it possible. It takes one step and one election to get back on the path to greatness this is how we all benefit!