It is a sad day when I am actually more in agreement with the French government and the German government and Europe in general than I am with my own country's President. President is pushing such socialist agendas that the European Union's head, when asked about how he felt about Obama's ecomonic proposals, replied they are the "road to hell". Switzerland, which is a fairly socialist country, has been refusing to get involved with the Swiss automaker Saab, essentially stating that the getting involved in the auto industry is not the government's job.
President Obama, on the other hand, has decided to get the U.S. involved as much as possible. For the first time ever, the U.S. government forced out a private corporation CEO, G.M.'s Rick Waggoner. The decision not to oust the UAW's head, Ron Gettelfinger, makes me question where Obama's motives lie. If it is a new direction that G.M. needs, why should just the executives be held accountable? In my opinion Gettelfinger is just as responsible for G.M.'s position today as Waggoner.
The most pressing quesitons is, why does President Obama think that it is the government's job to ensure nobody ever faces unemployment? It has been reported that the Obama administration will get involved with determining what types and models of cars should be sold by the nation's automakers. How do these things show any sort of respect for even the basic functions of the marketplace?
On another side note, the State of Iowa's legislature is trying to remove the Federal Income Tax deduction from the state's income tax form. This would result in increases in taxes for almost half of Iowa's families, REGARDLESS OF TAX BRACKET. I don't think anybody who looks at this objectively, right or left, would see this as a good idea.
It has been a sad day.
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