State of the Union 2013

State of the Union

I sat down to watch my quarterly fill of comedy as I tuned into the State of the Union Address. One thing I noticed right off the bat was the President’s change of gears. Obama moved from pushing policy, to more of a family oriented talk. It is as if he has finished putting all the necessary policy in place and is now focused on the social side of how the society will accept it. Obama started out his state of the Union citing Kennedy, “The Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” He used this as a means of drawing all the parties’ together with a unifying theme of uniting to “make America great again” and cloaking his power conquest. He motions to put aside the things that divide us as he dives into his dividing agendas.

Obama did an excellent job of hitting it off emotionally with his mention of bringing our troops home by the end of the year. This received a standing ovation from both sides as he prepared the audience for what he has in mind. Recapping the economy, the President continued with the reports that our economy is growing with the stock market looking up as the dollar bubble is nearing a pop. I took a trip down memory lane as Obama recounted our past history of innovation and entrepreneurial pursuits that made America great. With emotions buzzing, he incorporated government at the head of these innovations of the past and providing these opportunities the middle class. “We don’t need a bigger government we need a smarter government that invests in growth,” he stated, as a means to relabel his big government push.

 Obama couldn’t seem to make up his mind on the military. Leading to a false conclusion, he presented us with cutting education or the military. Yet he said “.... As long as I'm commander-in-chief, we will do whatever we must to protect those who serve their country abroad, and we will maintain the best military the world has ever known....” Defending his healthcare he proposed to cut the armed forces as our (his) health is more important.

The new taxes imposed by obamacare were played up as a part of the original problem that needed to be solved. As a part of “balancing” the budget, he proposed more taxes on the rich as a means to punish them for creating wealth in America and to drive them to foreign countries. This will help keep America great. Apple, Caterpillar, and Apple are set to bring jobs back from overseas due to raising tariffs and lowering taxes here. The president wants continue such reform and bring jobs back. Such legislation was proposed to create government driven “hubs” of manufacturing; where “Businesses will partner with the DoD and Energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs, as Obama put it. This will ensue to make Americans more dependent on the government and ingrain interventionism in our communist state. This view is defended by it being compared to the space race. In short, growth and bringing back the middle class equals more government involvement.

This speech didn’t finish without energy being addressed.  After cutting the pipeline and many permits for American drilling, Obama stated that we produce more oil here and should be making use of it. This wasn’t without the responsibility of our “carbon credits” and global warming. “But if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will. I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future…” he spoke truly like a king. This attitude represents much of the hard feelings that congress has exhibited toward Obama’s ultimatums. On the subject of gas, he wants to get us off oil and on to unreliable renewable energy sources like wind. Despite California going bankrupt with this vision, converting the entire state of Kansas into a wind farm wouldn’t be a bad idea to supply the nations’ power when the wind is blowing. Being very familiar with power generation, I can attest to the problem wind poses and the brownouts is causes when the air stops moving. We can all be assured, however, as long as Obama is in Washington, the hot air will blow constantly to feed our nation’s turbines. Leaving oil also doesn’t take into account that our rapidly inflating dollar, that the President is dependent on, is propped up by OPEC and it will be impossible to leave it without a collapse.

Obama is a huge supporter of immigration and strengthen our borders. So much so, that he sued Arizona over arresting illegal immigrants and has mandated that our air missile defense system over Mexico be decommissioned by mid-April. We all know that He is pushing for our good by strengthening our borders and keeping America safe with his Comprehensive immigration reform.

We can’t stop there. By putting our wallet in the government’s hands, we can pass the paycheck fairness act to help with the discrimination against women. This way you can be entitled to a good living no matter if you work at McDonalds or the ER. To strengthen the poor, he proposes tying minimum wage to cost of living and raising the minimum wage to nine an hour. By doing this, you aren’t creating more wealth for the poor. This is backward economics and will drive business to not hire as you can’t create more on the supply side than demand. Businesses won’t go bankrupt because they can’t afford to pay more. This will drive them away and have the opposite effect of putting more people out of work.

Family was the last issue on the Presidents list. He wants your kids sooner by adding another government sponsored program for “high quality” preschool programs. This is in the hope of reducing “violent crime” because no child will learn that at home from its parents. Restructuring the high schools was also mentioned, to bring them up to par with international levels. He presented more hoops for schools to jump through to make our young brighter. Giving high-schoolers degrees to make them more marketable for the huge government driven machine that will be waiting for their contributions.  The government will show you the way!! The emotion of Sandy Hook drove the lasting impressions of this speech. Guns that deprived so many must be taken from Americans to improve safety. Even though knives, hammers and limbs kill more, we need guns severely regulated so we can have a higher crime rate like Europe; this is for the good of us all.

Over all, smaller government is what we need. Obama is redefining American history by tying it to government. He is seeking to downsize the problems and pitch the same old thing that got us into this mess. More programs, give up more freedom, trust the government for your future was the message and it was presented in such emotional way (without hardly any evidence) that who wouldn’t be for restoring America?