Will Barack Obama win the 2012 Presidential Election?

With all the screaming for Washington D.C. to do SOMETHING to get this economy back on a roll, here’s my simple little list to calm entrepreneurial fears and actually get the business sector moving full steam ahead. It’s a simple five step program that fearless leader and our fun-loving congress could implement in a heartbeat.

1.  Kill Obamacare.  Right now. Step up to the plate and drive a stake right through the heart of this life-sucking vampire.  Admit that Senator Brown provided the last nail to the coffin, so declare the undead dead and say “we’re going to start fresh with new ideas that don’t cost so much, aren’t nearly as monstrous and scary, and can be managed safely in the light of day.”

2.  Kill Cap and Trade.  Even though our media can’t accept the reality that man-made global warming is as phony as a Chicago politician, rational hominids recognize that the science on this is NOT settled, not even close. So offering up a multi-decade promise to eviscerate our economic engines through death by a thousand taxes makes zero sense.  Kill it. Kill it now.

3.  Apply every dime of returned TARP funds to reduce the current fiscal year’s deficit.  It’s not a piggy bank for more pork. It’s the people’s money and they want it to pay off the credit card before the interest rate kills us.

4.  Don’t spend another dime of the “stimulus” money allocated last year by Congress.  Force the states to do the right thing and fire folks that aren’t absolutely 100% necessary.   Sorry, times are tough all over.  Use that money instead towards reducing red ink.

5.  Extend the Bush tax cuts.  Yes, chimp-Bush-nazi-hitler had his faults, but there’s no justification right now when businesses are dropping faster than Obama’s poll numbers for raising the specter of higher taxes on income, capital gains, and estates.

Basically, leave the US economy the heck alone.   Get out of the way and I guarantee the folks that want to build better lives for themselves and their families will bust their tails to get things moving again just fine without any nanny-state prodding from the Feds.

Please.  Someone. Listen.

–Jack Turk

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