Rasmussen also reports that a full 83 percent of Americans blame the deficit on the unwillingness of politicians to cut government spending. And get this: In a whopper of a poll result, The New York Times reports that 75 percent of Americans dislike Congress.
This is why there’s a political revolt out there. Washington just doesn’t get it.
Inside the Beltway, Democrats are sending a profoundly pessimistic message that only government knows best. But out there in the heartland there is an optimistic message that We the People know best. And that heartland optimism will not be stopped.
The future of the U.S. economy — including jobs, growth and the stock market — hangs in the balance. Government-controlled health care, with Senate vote-purchasing and union special-interest loopholes, is not the answer. Nor is a $2 trillion tax hike on banks, multinational corporations, capital gains, inheritance and successful upper-income earners. Nor is a doubling of the publicly held federal debt to $19 trillion, or nearly 80 percent of gross domestic product. Nor is a federal spending ratio of 25 percent of the economy. Nor is a budget deficit at a 10 percent share of GDP for as far as the eye can see.
But the political “elite” in Washington – regardless of party – are not hearing what America is saying. They keep spending money we don’t have on programs and initiatives we do not want – or need. What we need is a growing economy that includes real, private sector jobs. Not government make-work or still more overpaid, under-worked bureaucrats telling us what to do and how to live our lives.
The so-called bipartisan jobs bill that Harry Reid just killed in a very partisan manner is a perfect example of the “elite” not getting it. The bill was a pork-stuffed gift to various special interests which would not create any real jobs.
2010 is shaping up to be a throw the bums out election in a very, very big way. The Republicans have an enormous chance here to regain one or both houses of Congress. But only if they demonstrate that they get the message the voters have been sending – loud and clear.
Less government, less spending, lower taxes, cut the deficit.
That is the message. Those that hear and understand it will thrive. Those who don’t – regardless of party – will be in the fight of their lives. You have no idea how bad this is going to be for the increasingly deaf “elites”.
