As a follow up to my blog post yesterday, this was sent to me from one of the regular readers.  I think it’s a pretty good analogy of the socialistic approach that is being proposed by Barack Obama.  For the record I am not voting for Mcain either.  I don’t really like either candidate, maybe I’ll vote Libertarian or for Ron Paul just to make a point.

Who knows though, perhaps I will end up voting for Obama.  Regardless, it will be nice when this election is over so whoever gets elected can start being accountable for their promises and actually try to fix this country.

Catching Wild Pigs

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, “Do you know how to catch wild pigs?”

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.

When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he see’s happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs,  - not to mention the bailout of greedy Wall Street Brokerages etc.

While we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time , one should always remember:  there is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.”

Thomas Jefferson

Until a few years ago I used to follow politics very closely, and I always had a clear vision on who I was going to vote for.  This year however I guess you could pool me into that group of people you always hear about, “undecided voters”.

Over the past few years I have become more and more disgusted with our government.  If ANY publicly traded company ran their business and managed their shareholders money the way the U.S. government manages ours, every executive would be in jail, and that is a fact.

So here is my dilemma.  I do feel John Mcain would do exponentially better protecting our country and managing our foreign affairs.  Yet, at the same time I think the war in Iraq is bullshit and we need to break out of there.  Saddam is gone, they have a $80 Billion dollar surplus, and our soldiers keep dying for nothing.  I am a big fan of Obama when he says that we are not making progress in Iraq, and that we need to get out.  Likewise I agree with the fact that we need change.

Here is what is really holding me back from casting my vote for Barack Obama though.  His idea of “redistribution of wealth” is the most idiotic and socialistic principal in the world.  All the other issues I can get past, but this one is just stupid.

Sure, it makes sense if you make $25K a year.  But for people that have busted their asses for years and worked their way up to EARN a high income deserve to keep their income.  As I understand it, with the Obama plan 40% of U.S. citizens will not even pay income taxes, in fact they will be getting checks back!  Where is all that free money going to come from?  Simple, directly from the top EARNERS.  No offense, but if someone who makes 10 times less than me wants to get on an even playing field with me, I have a suggesstion.

Go to college and take out thousands in student loans like I did.  Then work in low paying jobs while being an entrepreneur and working your way up like I did.  Increase your income on your own merits, not by taking it directly from the higher earning Americans.

I’m sure this makes me sound greedy, but I’m not.  I have no problem donating to underprivileged people or charities like the Make A Wish Foundation.  But I do have a real problem with giving even more of my hard earned money to a corrupt organization like the U.S. Government to distribute at will.  In other words, I am also not a big fan of funding $500K AIG parties and Bank Executives 7 figure bonuses.

At the end of the day I am an entrepreneur and I don’t plan my business decisions around what tax rate the governement decides to stick me for each year. But the whole principal of the U.S. government controlling my income by redistributing my wealth disgusts me.

Ideally I would be voting for Ron Paul, and I still may.  But I also realize this is a wasted vote.  So I end this with the question, who do I vote for?  Feel free to sell me on why I should vote for either of these idiots, or why redistribution of wealth is such a great principal.  Oh, enjoy the pic as well.

Well at least when you listen to this guy you would think it is.  Regardless, the U.S. is quite a mess right now.  If the U.S. government were a publicly traded company, every single congress person or senator would be in jail.

I made a post earlier with a great alternative to the bailout, give it a read.  Regardless this is a pretty good video that will show you why the Federal Reserve is a scam, and why the U.S. debt will keep digging itself further and further in to debt.

Enjoy…..

So all I have been hearing about over the last few days is this idiotic bailout plan for a few companies that made bad business decisions based on greed over the past few years.  To be honest I think all republicans and democrats are idiots and really have no clue what to do.  These people fly in private jets and have multiple homes and servants.  None of them are even in touch with the reality of being a regular person in America.

Anyhow I came across this plan written by T.J. Birkenmeier called “Birk Economics” that would award a We Deserve It Dividend.  It sounds perfect to me, enjoy.

Hi Pals,

I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.  Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.  My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend. Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.  But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

• Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

• Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads.

• Put away money for college - it’ll be there.

• Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

• Buy a new car - create jobs.

• Invest in the market - capital drives growth.

• Pay for your parent’s medical insurance - health care improves.

• Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else.

Remember this is for every adult U.S. Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces. If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( ‘vote buy’ ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President! If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U.S. Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it and sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General, sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t. Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work”. But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party! How do you spell Economic Boom? I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion. The We Deserve It Dividend is deserved more by the U.S. citizens than the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC. And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh…I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Kindest personal regards,
Birk
T . J. Birkenmeier, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic

This guy is a genius, feel free to Digg this, stumble it, copy/paste, or do whatever to get this great economic plan out there for all to read.