>>2) Recipient of the Noble Peace Prize<<
Explain to me the reasons this prize was given, other than the obvious.
>>3) Overcoming the insurmountable--passing the Health Care Bill.<<
If you see this as a good thing, then you are undoubtedly one of the many that expects a handout and needs big brother to take care of you. I am happy to provide for myself and my family and don't need a group of higher than thou to tell me when I can and where I should go for my healthcare.
>>1) Stabilizing the US and World markets (in the midst of a full blown, international, capitulating crisis when he took over, mind you), at least for the time being (but plenty of time for people to reevaluate their present and future while preserving what they have)<<
Band aid on a broken leg. Putting off a problem doesn't solve it. Printing money and passing an insurmountable debt onto future generations doesn't seem to me as a job well done. Again I will take my own chances and fend for myself. Too little to late for this administration to pretend they are saving companies and handing out money to stabilize the economy. I have servers/waiters that request a 20 hour or less per week schedule so they can maintain their state and federal benefits. This is a widespread problem. People choose to stand in the unemployment line rather than do a job they feel is beneath them. I have no problem being a one man show if necessary. Yes I will take out the garbage. I will also serve and cook if necessary. The government wants you as an american to need them, hence extending unemployment benefits and passing the healthcare bill. If you think a government that takes from the hard working and gives to the lazy is sensible, then you are undoubtedly one of the many that is incapable of providing for yourself. Self preservation is a beautiful thing. It requires people to be creative and think outside the box.
Regarding self policing, there is an enormous distance between small business, whom I represent, and corporate america and wall street. I am simply saying that I don't need big brother watching over me or provide more regulation in order to operate my business successfully. I've been audited three times in my short business life and each time ended up paying peanuts after 18 months of investigation. It's unnecessary to bleed the little guy when simply downsizing government saves more money then nickel-and-diming` the entrepreneurs of america. There are many reasons corporations choose to flee this country. Watch the CNBC interview with Steve Wynn regarding regulation of his industry and the difference in appreciation he receives as a business owner in Macau. China is welcoming american companies with open arms and thus allowing them to become successful. There seems nothing wrong to me with a policy that allows the person that takes all the risk and is willing to put up all the capital to yield the profits. This country punishes the risk taker and the hardworking and creates legislation to protect the close minded and lazy. I work 70 hrs a week and clearly deserve to make more than those that chose to work far less. I will agree with you if your argument is directed at CEO's of publicly traded companies and wall street mongers. Then again to big to fail allows them to play by their own set of rules. Your government seemingly protects them, while the small guy gets raped on a daily basis.
nickel-and-dime \nick"el-and-dime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
nickel-and-dimed or nickeled-and-dimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
nickel-and-diming or nickeling-and-diming.]
1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial
reasons; specifically, to insist on minor concessions in a
negotiation.
[PJC]
2. To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; as, to be
nickel-and-dimed into bankruptcy by the operating
overhead. [informal]
[PJC]
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