Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar.
So let it be with Mitt Romney, who is a good an honorable man, but the wrong candidate to lead the conservative revolution this country so badly needs. Indeed, both Mitt Romney and John McCain were “default” candidates who only got their party’s nomination because all of the conservative candidates split each other’s vote. Mitt Romney is a big government, Massachusetts liberal who could not articulate to voters enough of a degree of difference between his philosophy of governing and that of Obama’s. Moreover, because he did not have a passionate conservative ideology of government, he let Obama define him as a capitalist villain and became defensive instead of proudly and articulately espousing the benefits of limited government, free trade and property rights. When accused of laying off workers, out sourcing jobs, investing in Chinese companies, etc. his response should have been : “damn right I did these things and here is why.” Stupidity and ignorance will prevail if it is not challenged.
President Rob Smith Y’all Can All Go To Hell
So let’s pretend that I am running for president in 2016, here is my vision of government and how I will articulate it. The Obama-ites believe that all the money in your pocket belongs to them and they have the right to decide how much of your money you should be allowed to keep. The correct vision of government is how much of my money do I consent to give the government and what conditions do I place on government in return for my money? Here is what I would campaign on and what I would strive to do as president:
- Abolish the income tax. There are plenty of ways to raise revenue for the essential functions of government that do not tax productivity and punish success. If the government can confiscate 50% of your income, how is this different from being a slave 6 months/year?
- Roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, January 1, 2008 levels. As of 1/1/2008, the government spent $2.7 trillion dollars/year. In 2013, the federal government is projected to have approximately $2.9 trillion in revenue. I am living off of far less than I did in 2008, the government can do so as well. Presto- the deficit is eliminated and we have an extra $200 billion/year to apply to the national debt.
- Privatize Social Security. All $ comes from the private sector, the risk of performance should be individualized instead of socialized.
- Repeal the 17th Amendment. Senators should be appointed by state legislators and be answerable to their states, instead of pandering for votes by doling out goodies to the masses.
- Under my new tax system, there is no IRS, the states collect the money from its citizens to tender to the federal government for its operations. This would restore the proper balance of federalism to our nation’s affairs. The states ( which are closer to the people and the taxpayer) created the federal government. The feds should have their hands out to the states and not the other way around.
- Abolish the Department of Education and return ALL of its $77 billion of spending to the taxpayers. This would include complete abolishment of all federal student loan programs, which do nothing but drive up the costs of education, leave young people in hopeless amounts of debt and retard true educational reform ( such as Internet classes which costs practically nothing).
- Eliminate all regulations on health care; anybody can practice medicine. Choice and competition drives down costs. I make the decision whether the mechanic who works on my car knows what he is doing, it should be the same for medicine. Furthermore, as there will no longer be an income tax, the employer deductions for health insurance expenses will not be necessary, which in and of itself has created grotesquely perverse incentives which place 3rd party bureaucracies in between the simple bargain and sale of health services that naturally exist between a Dr. and his patient.
- Establish a foreign policy that protects America’s vital interests and safety. It is commerce and free trade between nations that ensures world stability and peace. It is economics that is the driving force for beneficial change within countries. If a despot does not want to be a 3rd world basket case, then he will liberate his people by giving them economic liberties and protected property rights. No peasant cares a hoot about “democratic reforms,” unless they can feed their families. Once the spirit of enterprise is unleashed, it always leads to greater human dignity and freedom.
