IOWA Politics &National / World Politics 01 Sep 2010 12:20 pm
What if We Win?
The November elections seem like a long time from now but also seem to be right around the corner and we’re not ready; we haven’t done all we could to ensure victory. With the reports of a 10 point lead for a generic Republican over a generic Democrat – a tsunami seems inevitable, but projecting victory is just that – a projection.
The larger question is if we do win, if we do take one or both houses of the national (or state) legislatures, what do we do? How do we keep ourselves from executing the same over-reaching program that doomed us after the 1994 elections? I disagree with some congressmen that want to investigate the Obama White House. I don’t see a way around anything but a two party system, both sides have their problems with leadership. Is it possible for Republicans to “get anything done” if we do win in November?
In any case these are my priorities for the next Congress in no specific order.
Find a way to repeal and re-write the Health Care Bill. No bill should be so large that a congressman can’t read and understand it. This law seems to have been written by lawyers for bureaucrats. Over 100 new agencies? wow. What should stay? Portable health care that YOU own not provided by your employer. Portable across state lines too.
As Dr. Miller-Meeks (my candidate for the CD2 Congressional seat in Iowa) says, “We don’t say the Auto Industry is broken when everyone can’t afford the high end car we want to own”. There should be a menu driven plan that starts by protecting us from catastrophic illness, then deductibles as we can afford them. The only support the government should provide is a pool of money for high risk Americans. No one should be denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. However, insurance companies should not be “made” to cover 100% of Americans. At some level the government should step in and help with that steeper cost.
Speaking of agencies, we should take a look at the Department of Education and the TSA. Since they were enacted, has there been improvement? I like the idea that I think Paul Ryan promotes – every bill that adds cost to the budget must have a sunset clause and reviewed to see if it did what it said it was going to do. Education has not improved in my opinion, since the Department of Education was established.
No job should exist in the goverment that can’t be jobbed out to the private sector. Jobs in the private sector create revenue. Jobs in the government just cost us more money in the long run.
Our Veterans returning from combat should be given all the medical treatment they need.
Amnesty? We can’t deport 12 million illegal aliens. Again, I agree with Dr. Miller-Meeks when she said we should not hire the 15,000 new IRS workers to parse through our personal files, but increase the number of people working on immigration to improve the fast track to citizenship. We need workers and they would pay taxes. And build the damn wall between the US and Mexico. It won’t stop but it will reduce.
Keep the unions from enacting Card Check, Fair Share, what ever it’s called. Stupid-ass laws, get a grip, how stupid is this? “Employee Free Choice Act” is actually a bill that REQUIRES that Union votes are NOT private. This is simply to provide intimidation and is clearly in support of unions. What a stupid and misleading name. Unions would also be able to collect more dues to donate to more democratic candidates. Fair Share is only “fair” to union bosses, not even the unions themselves.
We need to elect people to represent us that have comment sense, not vendettas. We need to work together to make this country strong again. We are lazy, don’t take care of ourselves or plan for the future. The people who believe “Health Care is Free” need to be taught a lesson in business. The people who believe the US Treasury is a bank account that will never run out of money need to understand it already has run out of money. The people who believe economic stimulus plans that pay for government jobs need to explain to me how that does more than push that debt down the road for someone else to pay.
Dr. Miller-Meeks not only “gets it” but has a common sense approach that can calm the waters not stir things up more. Take a look at her website and if you agree with me, send in what you can to support her campaign.
VOTE MILLER-MEEKS on NOVEMBER 2
