Posted on 06/02/2016 8:02:24 AM PDT by Enlightened1
President Obama visited Elkhart, Indiana on Wednesday and during a town hall meeting blamed "right-wing radio" for distorting his economic record and for making "people think big government is the problem."
"I hope you don't mind me being blunt about this," the president said, "but I've been listening to this stuff for a while now and I'm concerned when I watch the direction of our politics."
When Obama visited Elkhart seven years ago, the unemployment rate was near 20%. Now, he boasts that the rate has dropped to around 4% in the city and 5% across the state.
The president seems to be on a legacy tour, promoting his tenure in the last remaining months he has at the White House. So, every opportunity must be used to blame the vast right-wing conspiracy, especially Fox News and talk radio:
"I mean, we have been hearing this story for decades: tales about welfare queens, talking about takers, talking about the '47 percent'. It's the story that is broadcast every day on some cable news stations, on right-wing radio. It's pumped into cars and bars and VFW halls all across America, and right here in Elkhart. And if you're hearing that story all the time, you start believing it.
"It's no wonder people think big government is the problem."
We don't need talk radio to tell us big government is the problem, Mr. President. Our Founding Fathers warned of it long ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at truthrevolt.org ...
Tipping his hand here. I would look for the FCC to issue some new regulation in an attempt to cripple Limbaugh before the snow flies.
Now we can see plainly why they want to ban hate speech, angry speech, which means ban conservative speech.
“It’s no wonder people think big government is the problem.”
Another Trump ad in the oven.
Trump’s ex-butler was correct.
How many people does he think listen to “right wing radio” anyway?
His chief talent is redirecting blame toward others, AKA pointing the finger.
I see the Son of a Bitch-in-Chief managed to get a dig in to the Veterans.
Hell to the Chief!
HEY O’BOZO! We only need to look at what Detroit was to KNOW the answer.
Oh cry me a river..whaaaaaaa!!!!!
What a pile of excrement.
Just look in the mirror you power bottom!
Just nothing but hot air. Will not happen.
Rather Mr. Obama is accepting the reality that he is a LAME DUCK for certain.
He’s getting his cause-and-effect backwards. People thinking ‘Big Government is the Problem’ is what made ‘Right-Wing Radio’.
This man makes me long for the day when “all wickedness shuts its mouth”—mine, his, yours, ours. God will be glorified on that Day!
He won’t find time to listen to his daily security briefing, but 0bama finds time to listen to “Right Wing Radio?”
“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.”
- Milton Friedman
Our Moral Betters (tm) are intellectual morons. Their idea of the Progressive Utopia is in reality a gulag hell-hole.
The Era of Expert Failure
by Arnold Kling
Diversified knowledge required in the modern economy requires relying on experts, but imbuing these experts with political authority has disastrous consequences.
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I have faith in experts. Every time I go to the store, I am showing faith in the experts who design, manufacture, and ship products.
Every time I use the services of an accountant, an attorney, or a dentist, I am showing faith in their expertise. Every time I donate to a charity, I am showing faith in the expertise of the organization to use my contributions effectively.
In fact, I would say that our dependence on experts has never been greater. It might seem romantic to live without experts and instead to rely solely on your own instinct and know-how, but such a life would be primitive.
Expertise becomes problematic when it is linked to power. First, it creates a problem for democratic governance. The elected officials who are accountable to voters lack the competence to make well-informed decisions. And, the experts to whom legislators cede authority are unelected. The citizens who are affected by the decisions of these experts have no input into their selection, evaluation, or removal.
A second problem with linking expertise to power is that it diminishes the diversity and competitive pressure faced by the experts.
A key difference between experts in the private sector and experts in the government sector is that the latter have monopoly power, ultimately backed by force. The power of government experts is concentrated and unchecked (or at best checked very poorly), whereas the power of experts in the private sector is constrained by competition and checked by choice. Private organizations have to satisfy the needs of their constituents in order to survive. Ultimately, private experts have to respect the dignity of the individual, because the individual has the freedom to ignore the expert.
These problems with linking expertise with power can be illustrated by specific issues. In each case, elected officials want results. They turn to experts who promise results. The experts cannot deliver. So the experts must ask for more power.....
Original article in PDF:
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/2012/2/cpr32n5-1.pdf
He is on his own planet.
The unionized United States Federal Government is the single most dangerous, incompetent, bloated, expensive organization in the world.
FACT!
Yeah...me too. Politicians long ago quit working for us, but now work for reelection. The 60 Minutes report detailing how both party's leadership require our employees to fund raise an average of $18,500/day. Since they cannot do this in their offices, both parties have buildings nearby where these clowns spend most of their time. No wonder you get idiots like Pelosi saying we have to pass a bill before we read it. This simply confirms it's time to clean house...on both sides of the isle.
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