Change

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55522abc-4894-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html

Health Care

While watching the discussion between David Pouffle, Obama's campaign chairman, and Karl Rove, I heard David state numerous times that the objections of the Obama administration are: energy, education, and health care. This has natural appeal to many and there is much support. The more difficult decisions are the specifics of the programs. We are all for energy, education, and health care. With Obama's popularity, Congress will probably push some bill through Congress with little input or discussion. Maybe we will not even have the bill prior to the vote. So much for the transparency of the Obama administration.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/522f386d-e0f9-4d2e-ba51-ccd2c24054df

Everyone in my family has all the health care that they want. Like the country as a whole, some of them don't want health care and have decided not to pay for it. They are young and healthy. Why pay for insurance that odds are you won't need. I don't pay for long term disability care. It is expensive. Maybe I will need it and regret not having it but that is my choice. And it forces me to watch my diet and exercise program.

If the US is going to have mandatory universal health care, please let it be a carefully thought out and discussed program. Let's not just rush something through to get something done.

US decent into Marxism

Well, Pravda understands what is happening.

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/

(For those who don't know, the Pravda was the official newspaper of the Soviet Union.)

North Korea

It has always seemed odd when Obama talks about being left with 2 wars. The US is still at war with the Seminoles and North Korea. Now North Korea has announced that they will no longer abide by the 1953 cease fire agreement.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awBTCPe7S2gw&refer=worldwide

Susan Boyle

Oh no! Say it ain't so, Susan Boyle!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/britain_got_talent/2451169/Susan-Boyles-two-four-letter-rants-in-one-day-Britains-got-Talent.html

Chrysler Bailout

Obama seems to have come down on the side of union employees and against the long established rights of investors for Chrysler. One wonders whether Obama has an understanding of investments. Capital, labor, materials, and ideas are all needed for societal improvements. These must be balance in the rewards afforded each of these legs. Taking away the traditional rights of investors may lead to problems.

http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/05/washingtons_short-sighted_action_may_haunt_unions.php

Going John Galt

I am having a dilemma. I believe in self reliance, self initiative, and self responsibility. I believe that Obama has turned Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for the country" on it's head and believes that we should ask not what you can do for the country but what your country can do for you.
I believe that when the government provides, the incentive to provide for yourself diminishes. So, what to do? John Galt's answer is to withdraw from the economy and not contribute. And that is what people are doing. That is what I am doing. My income is way down and my taxes are way down. I have gone from contributing to society and the less fortunate to having my hand out and getting more from government than I contribute. There is a lot of questioning on my part as to whether this is morally right. I have tried to follow my version of the golden rule: Do unto others that which, if everyone did the same, would be beneficial to society.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2009-05-26-irs-tax-revenue-down_N.htm

We need people to contribute to others.