DOOM AND GLOOM

Well, I didn't gorge myself too much, so the abdominal pressure against my lower brain stem is not as great as it has been in years past.  Plus, the air is clear in the mountains, which probably makes it easier for me to see things as they really are. 

For one thing, I don't think they are going to do a damn thing abut the Bush tax cuts; they are going to let them expire.  The boneheads still remain in charge until next year and they are bound and determined to lay another egg on the American public like they laid with the Health Care Plan.  With both the Democrats and Republicans refusing to budge from their entrenched positions, the Bush tax cuts will go off into the sunset and this will be their collective way of getting even with us for November.  Oh, there's some talk about the Republicans will enact a new law in January retroactively reinstating them, but Obama will veto the legislation and they won't be able to muster enough votes to overcome the veto so there will eventually be a forced compromise where the middle class get the cut and the rich do not and Obama will have his way.... again.  It's almost as if it was scripted this way long before they went on the pre-election break. 

Not that I'm against the rich getting soaked a little, but the argument that they will start investing in other countries and certainly not investing in the U.S. economy and jobs has merit.  The rich are not stupid; they invest where they will have the best return.  That's how they got rich in the first place.  Do I think that there might be a chance they will have their tax cuts for a limited time, as has been discussed?  No way.  Obama wants to stick it them and he doesn't care if unemployment stays at nearly 10%.  If you don't understand, if you are one of those dummies who think that Obama learned his lesson in November, you really have not studied the man and you have no idea about how he thinks or what his objectives are. 


As far as the economy goes, we are not out of the woods in any way, shape or form.  The economy is very fragile and what is going on in Europe is nothing compared to what could be just around the corner for us.  We have propped things up on the backs of the American people to a far greater extent than any other country and, when we fall, it's going to be a disaster.  That's the major reason why I'm not out there shopping today; I'm hanging on to what little money I have.

I know it has been a long two years of tightening the belt while our illustrious government meatheads have been dismantling our national values and patriotism; it's been oppressive and depressing and we all want to do something to get away from this worsening gloom.  But, my friend, this is not the time.  If we cut loose with a dollar or two right now, we are really going to be regretting it in about six months. 

At least, when you live way up here in the mountains, you don't have to live next to the idiots.