Economic Lesson

Shep Smith was talking to Chris Wallace on the show today. Shep asked how can the administration fix the economy and create jobs if the right side of the aisle won't vote for it. This shows a basic misunderstanding of economics. First of all the government doesn't create jobs unless your talking about expanding government. Government jobs don't help the economy, because that only moves money from one part of the economy to another. Second, assuming that the right won't vote for the left's solutions presumes that their solutions are the correct ones. All the administrations solutions so far have been government spending and regulations. The answer to fixing the economy and letting the private sector create jobs involves getting the government out of the way. Fixing the economy requires lowering taxes and everything the government has done has raised taxes or would raise taxes. That's why the right won't vote for the left's solutions. The solutions of the left are wrong. Why doesn't Shep ask why the left won't vote for the rights solutions? They just don't get economics or politics for that matter. Those of you who think Fox News isn't balanced, I give you Shep Smith and Chris Wallace as examples.

Obama's Mistake, Haiti's Failure

The left is already using the misery in Haiti to try to show that President Obama is superior to President Bush. Multiple articles have appeared stating how Obama's administration is already handling this disaster better than the previous administration handled Katrina. This is a huge mistake for the Obamamaniacs. The Haiti earthquake and hurricane Katrina highlight the same problem. When local authorities don't prepare for disasters there is little outsiders can do quickly in the event of a disaster. Local governments have to use there funds to prepare for disasters. Local authorities must train and already be set up to handle disasters. This isn't the first time Americans have sent piles of money to Haiti. This isn't the first disaster to hit Haiti. At some point citizens have to be responsible for their own government. If your government is wasting money and politicians are getting rich looting the public coffers citizens have the responsibility to correct the situation. It's better to die trying to improve your country than it is to die from neglect and abuse from your own government. The world can send billions to Haiti but if the people of Haiti don't ensure that the money is spent responsibly then they are doomed to suffer the same tragedy they are suffering now. Haiti was a disaster before the earthquake. A quick comparison of the Dominican Republic to Haiti shows that. Just as the people of New Orleans are to blame for not being prepared for disaster, so are the people of Haiti. Now that disaster has struck, it will take time for the world to come to their aid. Time that many in Haiti will not have. The Obama administration will soon learn what the local governments of New Orleans found out, you have to be prepared for disasters locally. All the aid in the world won't help if it takes too long to get there. Piles of money being thrown at a problem doesn't help if its not spent responsibly. My prayers go to the people of Haiti.