Nor are millions of people who are looking for jobs. Unemployment (officially) has exceeded eight per cent for 41 months. If Obama and his advisers have a plan to get the economy moving, that plan has failed and failed again.
Obama seems to have a philosophy of government control of every facet of our lives. He doesn't understand that government does not create wealth; it can only take from the producer and re-distribute. If we are going to get the economy going, the private sector will have to do it.
Whether it is a nation, a corporation or an individual, some good must be produced and marketed. The base for our wealth is composed of agriculture, mining and manufacturing. That last one -- manufacturing -- has been declining for years, especially recently. This country must learn how to manufacture competitively again. Mining can make a greater contribution to the economy if the government will allow it; we can and should develop our vast fossil fuel resources to the point that we are energy self-sufficient.
Obama seems to have a philosophy of government control of every facet of our lives. He doesn't understand that government does not create wealth; it can only take from the producer and re-distribute. If we are going to get the economy going, the private sector will have to do it.
Whether it is a nation, a corporation or an individual, some good must be produced and marketed. The base for our wealth is composed of agriculture, mining and manufacturing. That last one -- manufacturing -- has been declining for years, especially recently. This country must learn how to manufacture competitively again. Mining can make a greater contribution to the economy if the government will allow it; we can and should develop our vast fossil fuel resources to the point that we are energy self-sufficient.
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