Party of No

Think about your daily life for a second. Can you think of one thing in that the government does not tax or regulate? The air we breathe is taxed and regulated as is the water we drink. Do not think so? I would invite you to just drive by the huge Environmental Protection Agency offices that we have in the Research Triangle Park. We have the highest gas taxes anywhere in the southeast. The FCC regulates all we see and hear over the TV and radio to make sure we are not subjected to things they think we need not be exposed to. Whenever we leave the house to run to the store, we pay sales tax, we go to a movie, we have an entertainment tax, if we just decide to go to a park and not spend money, sorry, but our parks are controlled and overseen by department of parks and recreation. The point is, our government has its fingers into every possible part of our daily lives.

Republicans have been termed by President Obama and the left as the party of no. He is right, and we should be proud of that moniker and embrace it. We need to stand our ground and say NO to Obama care. We should be saying NO to cap and trade. We have to say NO to amnesty for illegal aliens that are already putting a huge drain on our states. And most of all, it is imperative we say NO to any other program that adds to our national debt or increases taxes on those of us that still pay them (more households ended up paying no taxes that those that did pay last year).

The question then becomes, what do we say yes to? We say yes to tax cuts. This will free up money to Americans to invest with or for business’s to be able to expand and hire new people. A great start would be to make permanent the Bush tax cuts that are set to expire the end of this year. We can greatly reduce the corporate tax and make companies want to keep business here in our country.

We need to say yes to a strong military and secure borders. This will give us the security that we as a nation and allow Americans more opportunities for work and a chance to gain their own economic security without having to rely on government to support them. Instead of granting amnesty to all, we need to get them out of the country. President Eisenhower got rid of millions of illegal’s while president in order to give American soldiers returning from war a better chance of finding work. Why can’t we do that now? According to the numbers we have lost 8 million jobs in America during this last recession. Unemployment is in double digits in most states even today in the middle of our “summer of recovery”. Now I know some will argue that Americans will not do the jobs that the illegal’s will do. Simply not true. If companies are forced to hire Americas and pay them real wages, Americans will go back to work. Do not misunderstand, other changes will need to happen, the so called nanny state mentality will need to be addressed in conjunction with this but it can be done. If people have any pride or ambition for more, they will go back to work, I honestly believe that.

Finally, we need to say yes to reducing the debt. This can be done without raising taxes contrary to popular thinking. By reducing the taxes and giving incentives for companies to bring in more business and hire more people, we create more tax payers. The more tax payers we the more money we collect. We also go into every program and make whatever cuts that we can, even if that means we do a blanket 5% or more cut to every department and every program. Then we stop aide and subsidies to those countries that wish us harm. We take that money and use it to pay down our national debt. Once that is done we use that money to pay back all the IOU’s that our elected officials have issued to social security. I know it seems drastic but we have to understand we live in drastic times.

We do not have to feel like America is lost. Have we taken a few hits? Yes, without a doubt we have. But the spirit that made us great is still alive. I am of the belief that this is still the greatest place on earth and that the American way of life we have always enjoyed is still worth fighting for. All it takes is for like minded people to stand up and say enough is enough. I am a member of the party of no and I am proud of it, how about you?