Generous Emperor

This is a post I wrote for my blog site a few months back that I just discovered I didn't publish.  It's probably still worth reading:

Generous Emperor

There just seems no end to Emperor Obama’s goodness.  Have you heard the latest?  He’s proposing having the Government administer people’s 401-K accounts.  When you think of it, there’s none better than the government to be the administrator of programs, right?  And to make things easier for them they could eventually put the money into the general fund the way they did with Social Security in the 60s.  They could keep a record of everyone’s account and give them payouts till their account is depleted. 

Now I wonder how they would handle things if the person died with money still left in their account – or if they never lived long enough to even start drawing on it.  Because the money would be in the general fund, would the Government consider it as being their money, or would they see to it that it was given to the proper heir?

Another thing that President Obama is doing is ruling through his agencies such as EPA, HHS, IRS and others.  If he can’t get Congress to present him with a bill that he wants to sign into law – in other words, doing things the proper way and the way the Constitution prescribes – he has his agencies legislate by regulation.  The EPA is especially good at that as they shut down oil drilling sites and coal producing companies as it forces the country to turn to very expensive renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar etc.  Our severely stressed economy is in no condition to be doing that at this time.  Anyone who doesn’t like it can sue of course but litigation would take years.  So much for swearing on the Bible that he’ll honor the Constitution.

Check out the link below to see what oil is doing for the economy of Saudi Arabia and providing the revenue to give them the opportunity to do the research and development of renewable sources of energy. Today’s price - 2/5/13 - for a gallon of gas there is sixty one cents. We have all the natural gas and oil we need to make that kind of price possible right here.  They’re hoping to make renewable sources such as wind and solar practical and affordable enough to depend on in less than twenty years.  They are also sensible enough not to be destroying their economy by relying on it prematurely and are making use of their oil for their energy needs till solar etc. is practical and affordable enough to be placing their reliance on.

 

Saudi Arabia