Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Here we go again....

Well, we did it. Americans elected B Hussein to another term. While I am somewhat sickened by the thought of another four years of trying to navigate a socialist in the White House, maybe we had it coming. We are in a fiscal mess. $16T in debt. Unemployment at ~8% and the lowest percentage of Americans actually in the workforce in decades. Housing has not come back and inflation is on its way and it is really just a matter of time before the awful effects of this nasty condition inflict harm. All this is pretty bleak, but there is a bright spot. Americans only make difficult decisions when they have to, no later and no earlier. We have not hit rock bottom yet. We are still the best looking pig at the show. Better to be American than any place in Europe or South America. India is no threat. Their government is a bigger joke than our own. China is no threat. With GDP at $2500 per capita, they have years to go to be a threat to the US. Africa, they are 200 years or more behind with a growing Islamic tendency that will annihilate itself. What we can do is regress and that is exactly what I believe will happen. We will still be on top, but at a much lower standard of living. Kids will no longer surpass their parents' standard of living. Business investment and innovation will lag and the formation of capital stock will reverse course. Fortunately, B Hussein's policies will take us to rock bottom and much faster than those of Mitt Romney. Only then will Americans wake up and realize that 20% of the population cannot possibly care entirely for the other 80%. Only then will the unproductive realize they have killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. It is scary, but it was inevitable. It has happened in every prosperous society for 2500 years. When the masses realize they can plunder the public treasury, it is just a matter of time before the decay begins. I can only hope that we hit rock bottom soon so my kids have a chance at a future that is bright. Otherwise, they will spend their adulthood dealing with the effects of a government that has failed the people. It is sad to think, but I am not sure Romney would have been much better. A guy that spends 7 years running for president after serving as governor is really a career politician, not a businessman or big government reformer.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Volt...

Very funny video...I do smell something?

Chevy Volt - Building a Better Tomorrow from Ben Howe on Vimeo.