Democrats long ago learned the techniques of suppression as the basis of their entrenched power–make the poor masses dependent and they will become compliant and vote as directed. Examples abound, Curley in Boston, Tammany Hall in New York, the Daily Machine in Chicago, Pendergast in Kansas City. But all of these addicted people, the voters, to welfare, to the “dole,” and to political patronage. This tough ward politics assured them continuity in office. It relied on dependency and military obedience and was as effective as the Stasi at its height in East Germany.
Barack Hussein Obama has taken this addiction-dependency technique to a new level, he has addicted the states! A lesson in drug pushing is in order here: first, the drug pusher always purports to solve problems and make people happy; next, the drug pusher always gives a few free samples, small at first but growing in dosage; finally, the pusher has his mark dependent and the price becomes exorbitant. Now, the drug pusher is merely a capitalists, taking a risk to sell a limited commodity to a market he has created. His motivation is merely money.
The Democrats from Roosevelt on have charged a much higher price than mere money, they have demanded the voters’ freedom. They give welfare in exchange for votes and compliance. The masses do what they are told lest they lose the largess!
Obama has addicted the states with his non-stimulus stimulus, $200 billion was to go to the states to solve the common mess generated by their overspending. Rather than clean up the spendthrift ways they added new programs. There were also federal strings attached that required matching state funds or prohibitions against cutting spending on programs funded with stimulus money.
So with 10% unemployment, falling property values, and concomitant declining sales taxes, income taxes and property taxes, the states face deficits estimated at $260 Billion for 2010-2011, without accounting for the unfunded pension liabilities. California is the poster child, now bankrupt and facing a $21 Billion deficit; its Governor Schwarzenegger will now go hat in hand to Barack Hussein Obama begging for another fix; lucky he’s a RINO and lucky Comrade Pelosi is running the House. But there are ten other states relatively close to California’s fiscal demise. It’s fair to say that 20% of the states are seriously addicted to federal dependency.
Kudos go to two states that refused the drug pusher. “Just Say No Awards” go to Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Rick Perry of Texas who had the foresight to turn down their share of the $7 Billion for unemployment insurance which came with continuity strings attached. The weekend WSJ editorial states the case well.
So what have pusher Obama and his Democratic minions wrought? Has he destroyed our federal system? The US Constitution limits federal powers to those specifically delegated with all others reserved to the states or the people. When he’s finished, will there be any reason to have state governments?
Tom Motherway
#1 by Paul Burkett on January 8, 2010 - 11:47 pm
The Wall Street Journal today had an excellent Editorial written by the Lt. Governor of New York discsussing the Medicaid impact to New York and its budget. It appears that New York is looking at an $8 Billion Dollar deficit and this is after they increased their state taxes. It is time to make the hard decisions about what are necessary services and start as some states are doing to privatize the services to stave off ever increasing costs.