Posted by awoodwor on 04/02/09

Check out this filmstrip on inflation from 1969.  It's a classic.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=10920

Posted by awoodwor on 03/22/09

From Archie Woodworth
Hutchinson
OK. I know I’m not the brightest bulb in the crayon box, so can someone help me out here?

Where’s the change? President Obama campaigned on the promises of “hope and change.” I’m starting to think those slogans went out the door just like Bush 41’s no-new-taxes promise.

I’m trying to keep an open mind, but so far all I’m seeing is an administration made up of the same old Washington insiders, Clinton era retreads and now, as we’re finding out, tax cheats who get special treatment from the IRS with no penalties or interest. So tell me if the “best and brightest” of Washington can’t even figure out how to pay their taxes, how are we mere mortals supposed to get it right?

And what about the “new deal”? To me it’s looking more and more like a “raw deal” (at least for those of us who actually pay taxes) and nothing more than a continuation of the Bush administration’s out of control spending and failed economic policies. Honestly, does any one other than the people in Washington really believe the fairy tale that we can actually spend our way both into oblivion and out of an economic crisis at the same time?

I don’t know what kind of Kool-Aid they’re on, but I’d sure like some. Because unlike our exalted leaders, I honestly don’t believe the economy, the country, or even “We the People,” will be able to withstand another four years of trazillion dollar deficit spending. I say trazillion because I can’t even begin to comprehend how much a trillion dollars actually is, not even after I Googled it. Yet our politicians throw that number around like it was toilet paper.

Yup, I can’t believe I’d ever hear myself say this, but I’m actually starting to look back fondly upon the Clinton era as the good old days. You know, the last great golden age of fiscal responsibility. Does anyone in Washington even know what that means anymore?

While former President Clinton may have had problems with his personal life, at least he managed to reign in government spending and he did a pretty good job of staying out of the way of the economy. Well, OK, maybe his reign wasn’t all that great, but compared to the out-of-control spending we’ve seen since then with the Bush and Obama administrations, maybe it actually was.

Posted by awoodwor on 02/27/09

From Archie Woodworth
Hutchinson
This morning I began to hear details of the Obama administration’s proposed bailout of individuals who can’t pay their mortgages. As I listened, I began to think that will be the end of the American way. You know, work hard, pay your bills, live within your means, and if you’re lucky save a little for the future.

With the announcement of this, the latest of the proposed bailouts coming from Washington, it seems to me there is now no incentive to do any of these things. In fact, I’m starting to wonder why anyone should even bother to continue paying their bills or their mortgage at all. We might as well all just quit and belly up to the trough just like Wall Street, the banking industry, car makers, state governments and people who cry to the president that they need a kitchen.

And if you’re one of those stupid individuals who have done what used to be the right things, and maybe gotten ahead and become one of the evil rich, there’s even an incentive program proposed for you. It’s called extra taxes.

It seems like our government has gotten the positive and negative reinforcement thing a little mixed up. So I ask, if the government is now going to be rewarding those who have made bad decisions and penalizing those who haven’t, what incentive is there for the rest of us stuck in the middle to continue doing what we were taught and have always believed to be the right things?

After all, don’t we all deserve a piece of that pork?

Yes, folks, it’s the end of truth, justice and the American way. Superman will be turning over in his grave.