The Wheels Turn?

There is a slight buzz in the air about a program that the Obama Administration likes and pushed for may actually be working.

Yes, it is the Cars 4 Clunkers program that seems to have Washington, D.C. and the liberal media all abuzz.

There are a few problems with this however. But first, lets look at a couple of the positives. Yes there are some positives. But don't get me wrong, the positives in no way make this program worth the cash being spent on it. Read "cash" as tax dollars of the American people.

It looks like a lot of older SUV and Mini-vans have been taken off the road. Yes those vehicles that environmentalist nut jobs hated have been scrapped in large numbers. It seems that people have bought smaller cars as replacements for the larger gas guzzlers.

That is good in two ways. It does reduce pollution (but don't read that as me capitulating to the enviro-leftist on global warming) and people will save a lot of money by getting better gas mileage on the American roadway.

However, if you notice the top 10 selling models, most of them are Japanese models where as most of the top 10 traded and scrapped models were American...Ford to be exact.

These smaller cars often mean less safe. Yes it is true, smaller cars are less safe than larger cars and SUV's and trucks.

The other issue is that this $1 billion boondoggle was actually thought to be of help to the government owned GM and Chrysler. It seems that Ford and Toyota and Honda are the big winners in this with about 7 of the top ten models being non US manufacturer vehicles.

Now sure, there is a nice bump in sales for the auto dealers and manufacturers while this program is in existence, and the Obama Administration is touting it on high. But what happens when the cash for this program runs out? Will Americans all of a sudden begin buying new cars in droves? What about those who bought the new cars? Will they be able to keep up with their car payments?

You see, whenever you have a government give away, it has to continue forever in order for the affects to last. Otherwise it is just an expensive blip or up-tick that is sure to drop back to earth once the program dies.

So watch out America, this may be another one of those temporary government programs that last forever.

Obama is still coming after your wallet

We have the biggest tax grab and redistribution of wealth in the history of our nation. Even King George back in the day of our Founding Fathers did not tax the colonies like this and Washington, Adams, Jefferson and the rest of the Founding Fathers picked up arms and fought for their freedom over the taxes they had to endure.

Now we have this TRILLION dollar boondoggle of a spending bill on top of a TRILLION dollar boondoggle under G.W. Bush. Plus Obama says that we will probably need another TRILLION dollars sometime in the next 12 to 18 months. So 3 TRILLION dollars plus interest will have to be paid back by the American people.

How does Washington and state capitols plan on doing this? Raising taxes of all kinds. Now let me state something here. Make no mistake, no matter what it is called, such as FEE, USE FEE, REGISTRATION, et al. It is a TAX. If the proceeds go to the government, then by definition it is a tax.

So now we have Obama telling states they should increase their taxes to help pay for all of this government spending. A number of states are looking to increase or add toll to the roads you drive.

I know of two states so far, that are considering taxing the number of MILES you drive every year. You read that right. Massachusetts is looking to tax its residents by a reported penny or more per mile driven during a given year.

Now you may think that is not so bad. You drive 10 thousand miles in a year then you would pay $100 in extra tax. But what if you drive for work? You are a traveling sales person? Or your business is a delivery business? That will increase your annual tax rate tremendously. Of course all of that cost will be passed on to you the consumer.

Do you think a business can absorb $100 thousand dollars in increased fees per year without passing on the cost?

On top of that, Gov Patrick of MA is looking to raise its current gas tax. If he gets what he is asking for, it would mean that those in MA would pay a wopping 50 cents per gallon in state tax. That would be on top of the Federal gas tax. It would make the Commonwealth the most expensive gas tax in the nation.

State Capitols are not watching their spending. Washington is not watching its spending. Mayors and City and Town Managers are not watching their spending. So who has to pay for all of this? You and me in our taxes. So when you give the government more of your money, then that is less for you and your family. How hard is that to understand?

Your financial freedom is now under full all out assault. You see a part of liberty and freedom is to be secure in your own affects. If you cannot keep what you sweat and labor for, then you are not free, you have no liberty.

Let me repeat that for those of you have trouble with math. If you earn $1.00 and you have to pay out 60 cents of that dollar to the various governments in taxes, fees, tolls, etc. then that leaves you with only 40 cents to spend on your bills, home, savings and anything else you would want.

So let me see. You earn $1000 dollars and all you get to keep for yourself is $400 dollars. Is that what you really think is fair, even if you are a far left Liberal? How does that affect your ability to provide for your family if 60% or more of your income is going to the government to pay for others?

How can you keep your family free and secure is you can't earn and keep enough of your own money? This is a time for Americans to stand up against the government just like Washington and the rest of the Founding Fathers did.

No, I don't mean pick up your gun and start a military civil war. But I do mean pay attention to what your local, state and Federal government is spending. Demand they stop spending. Vote for those who will spend and tax less. Get involved. Write and call your representatives about how you feel.

You can affect change if you speak up. You can affect change if you vote for those who will stop the spending insanity that is currently in office. Yes we can have a Revolution and it can be bloodless.

If we do not take this action then at some point our sons and daughters may actually have to pick up arms to spill blood to affect change. And that would be a damn shame since we have the opportunity right now to affect change with less pain.

Taxes are not governments money. Taxes are your money. You are the government. Or at least that is what the Founding Fathers intended. So if you get taxed to death, then it is your fault. As for me and my house, we will fight ever single tax we can. We will take ever legal measure under the Constitution to not pay taxes. We will put our leaders under a brightly light microscope on how, when and where they spend the taxes I do pay. You need to do the same. Every American has a Patriotic Duty to do the same.

To quote VP Biden, its time to Patriotic. Its time to help get America out of the rut. Its time to be part of the deal. Only this time I mean it to control government spending so that all Americans can keep more of its own money. After all, we all know how to spend our money a lot better than the government does. If you doubt that, then think about this.

Would you spend $160 for a hammer that you can pick up at the local hardware store for $20 bucks. Yea, I didn't think so. Well our government does and it has been documented over and over and over again. So you still want to keep giving them your hard earned money? Yea, I didn't think so.