Posted on 11/18/2011 9:23:31 PM PST by John Semmens
In his continuing quest to find the “real killers” of America’s prosperity, President Obama is now testing out the idea that laziness lies at the root of the prolonged recession we’re in.
“Look, we in government have been going all out trying to get the economy moving,” the president told an audience of campaign supporters. “In the last two years the federal government has spent more than it ever has before. We’ve generously handed out money left and right. We’ve added new guidelines and procedures to virtually every segment of industry in an effort to direct businesses toward a more fruitful utilization of the nation’s resources. I mean, it’s been a tireless effort on our part to get things moving.”
“In contrast, what has the private sector done?” Obama asked. “Consumers won’t spend. Businesses won’t invest. This is despite a massive increase in the money supply from the Fed that has made borrowing very inexpensive. The private sector is just not doing its part.”
“Pure laziness is about the best face I can put on the private sector’s failure to cooperate,” the president speculated. “People apparently just don’t care enough about what I’m trying to do for this country to put forth the effort I need to make the recovery work.”
The president indicated that “some of my advisors are urging me to take sterner measures. They say that the problem lies in relying upon voluntary compliance with the government’s incentives and encouragement. They counsel more direct instructions, narrower tolerances for deviations, and stiffer penalties for disobedience. I hope it won’t have to come to that, but I can wait too much longer for results.”
In related news, former President Bill Clinton’s new book—Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy—called for higher taxes and spending to reviveAmerica’s faltering economy. “The idea that we can sit back and wait for the economy to get back to work on its own makes no sense,”Clintonwrote. “It’s time that the president tells Americans to get their lazy butts off the couch and mow the lawn or there’ll be no allowance this week. Unless government takes firmer control over everyone’s purse strings I don’t see how we can hope to get the country on the right track.”
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Yes! The Steven Cobert Report and John Stewartstinklestein use it every night. Back-to-back, if I'm not mistaken. The Right has to do a better job of attacking the Left in humorous ways because for many, the 'funny bone' is connected to the 'cool bone', which is connected to the 'vote bone'. Ann Coulter and Dennis Miller come to mind. Sadly, it may never become mainstream due to a certain media 'bias'.
You could have Barney the purple liberal dinosaur taking candy from kids that have too much and give it to kids who already get free candy while the kids all kick his spongy dumbass for being stupid. And move up from there.
You could do a parody of the Jefferson's "Moving on Up" with a black family "Moving on Down", along with most of the middle class as a result of ObamaCare, deficits, unemployment, education inflation, etc. Dave Chapell comes to mind. Maybe an episode where the main character gets a job at a solar company- like Solyndra.
How about a Sleeping-baggers vs. the Tea Baggers? OWS never had it so bad.
The Democrats wrap their pseudo moral arguments with contrived economic arguments. Those economic arguments go ‘Handing out other’s peoples money stimulates jobs’ and ‘socialized medicine costs less than privatized medicine'.
But the (real) liberal moral argument is simple :”The rich have money that others need more than them”
We see what has played out since the advent of writing used to witness human development. We have the have and the have not. Over achievers, achievers, below achievers, none achievers. Simple description for what human history has never deviated from. Nothing in God’s creation really changes.
Semmens (semi-satirically) channels Obama channeling Chavez.
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Great post - as always.
Thanks for the ping.
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