There is an old saying “Give a man a fish and he will eat
for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” In almost every political campaign, we have
one candidate who promises to give people everything they need want and another
candidate who promises to get government out of the way so people can earn what
they want through their hard labor. This
presidential campaign is no different.
On the left side we have President Obama. Even though President Obama has not provided
many details of his agenda for the next four years, we can predict that agenda
by looking at what he has done during his first term. During the last four years Obama has passed
Obamacare providing supposedly free healthcare for everyone, I say supposedly
because nothing is free. He promises
free contraceptives for women, even women working for faith-based organizations
who are against contraceptives. He has
promised affordable housing. He has
given billions to failed green energy companies who have failed. He bailed out the United Auto Workers Union
(UAW) by bailing out GM and Chrysler so they would not have to go through
traditional bankruptcy and renegotiate labor contracts with the UAW.
As a candidate, Obama is a fish peddler, promising people a
fish. The only problem is that just like
the old saying, once people eat the fish, in other words when the money runs
out, they have to come back to the government for more. Candidates like this have contributed to our
$16 trillion in debt.
Romney, on the other hand, is a successful executive who
understands how business works and wants to provide a business environment
where people have an opportunity to succeed in their jobs, careers, and
business. Instead of promising
giveaways, he has a plan for lower taxes, fewer regulations, and smaller
government. Lower taxes will give people
more money to spend and businesses more money to invest. Both of these activities will contribute to
economic growth because someone has to make the additional products consumers
will buy and business people will not just sit on their additional capital but
will invest it in business expansion resulting in more jobs that will put
people back to work.
With fewer regulations holding them back, businesses will be
free to expand. This is especially true
for carbon based energy companies. With
many of the regulations removed, we will be able to begin drilling for our own
oil and natural gas and begin mining our coal.
This too will put people back to work.
Reducing the size of government will mean government will be
able to balance the budget and stop increasing the size of the massive deficit
we currently have. Reducing the
government debt will release money that can be loaned to business. Businesses will use this money to create even more
business expansion and jobs.
As a successful business executive, Romney, like the
fisherman in the saying, wants to teach and give others the opportunity to
fish. Romney understands that these
people will be able to become self-sufficient and will not need to keep coming
back to the government for additional money.
The election is less than two weeks away. The only sustainable path for our country is
to quit handing fish out to people and begin teaching them how to fish. This is why we must change course and elect
Romney as our next president, win a Republican majority in the Senate, and
increase the Republican majority in the House.
During the remaining days before the election, we must work
to support Romney and republican candidates for the Senate and House. If you can, give to the candidates. If you cannot give, volunteer for the
campaign by knocking on doors or making calls.
You can also make sure everyone that wants a change in direction in our
country gets to the polling place to vote or get them an absentee ballot.
It is time for more fishermen in this country and fewer
people with their hands out for a fish.
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