Hi, everyone. To people who regularly check into this blog, and I know there are is a fairly good sized group that does, I apologize for once again being away for so long. I've had serious personal matters to deal with and maintaining my blog has been the absolute farthest thing from my mind for the last 4-5 weeks. But I finally had some time today at my internship to check in. I actually wrote this post about one month ago but then never signed back in to post it. Enjoy:
If Liberalism is so great...how come Social Security and Medicare are going bankrupt? How come SSDI will be broke within 4 years, Medicare by 2023 and the Social Security Trust fund before 2045 or sooner if things keep going the way they are?
If Liberalism is so great...how come 76% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck? How come we have record high numbers of people, over 46 million Americans at last count, on food stamps and over 10 million on disability? How do we as a country still have tens of millions of people out of work four and a half years after our president promised us that, if we just spent nearly $1 trillion, they'd all be back to work by now?
If Liberalism is so great...how come everyone in America gets poorer and poorer as our liberal politicians get richer and richer and assert more and more power? How come the poor people and minorities these politicians act like they want to help are still poor despite these politicians giving them hundreds of millions of our hard-earned dollars?
If Liberalism is so great...how come Chief Executive's 9 of the 10 BEST states (The exception being Nevada) to do business in are controlled by Republicans while 8 of the 10 WORST state to do business in (Michigan and Pennsylvania are the exceptions) are controlled by Democrats? How come George Mason University's Freedom in the 50 States survey puts 9 Republican-controlled and 1 split legislature state (New Hampshire) in the top 10 MOST FREE states while 9 of the 10 LEAST FREE states (Mississippi, at #41) are Democrat-controlled?
If Liberalism is so great...how come people and businesses are fleeing liberal controlled states in huge numbers? Why have nearly 40,000 people, or possibly more by this point, taking people nearly $2 billion with them left Maryland since Gov. Martin O'Malley took office in 2007? How come gun manufacturers and other businesses are leaving liberal, business hostile states like Maryland, New York, Oregon and California for business and job friendly states like Texas and Virginia?
If Liberalism is so great...how come liberal states like Maryland and California have had to raise taxes to back-breaking levels just to barely squeak out a balanced budget while Texas, a booming Republican-led state, just experienced a 2-year budget surplus of nearly $9 billion?
If Liberalism is so great, how come this is all reality? Why are Republicans and Conservatives like Texas Gov. Rick Perry constantly ridiculed and reviled in the media for policies that WORK? Why has America gone from being a superior nation of hard-working makers to a lazy nation of dependent takers? Granted there are still plenty of hard working people left in this country but there are tens of millions content to just sit there and have everything served to them. They think they are entitled. Liberalism makes them think that way. Liberalism? Oh yeah, it's so "great."
Jimmy Williams
