An Obama Presidency; What It Will Look Like

Trip on back to the 1960's to learn an old lesson again. Beware of Utopians. Whether from the right or the left, no political promise of a utopia ever works out. There is always a price in the small print. The nation will learn this lesson once again under Barack Obama. What will America look like under an Obama presidency? One only has to look at what he has said and what his party believes to get a glimpse.

Immigration: The doors will open up. Millions upon millions of Hispanics will flood into the country. Spanish will become a mandatory second language. Our signs will become bilingual as in Canada, the “example” America should be following according to the left. Schools will be required to teach in both English and Spanish. It will change forever the culture and mores of the United States.

Trade: Protectionism will raise its ugly head. Canada, our largest trading partner, is already in negotiations with the European Union to enter into a free trade zone agreement. Are they looking past the November election?

Big Government: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Obama’s roots are in the ghetto of Chicago. There will be massive increases in welfare benefits and entitlements aimed at the poor, but really geared to increasing the amount of Americans dependent on the largesse of the government. Welfare reform will be rolled back. ADC will be expanded. Medical benefit costs will skyrocket. Universal, mandatory preschool paid for by the Feds, will be intruding into your home. While in school, your young ones will begin sex education as defined by the government early. Meals will be provided, 3 each day. The gravy will be spilling off the gravy train.

Energy: There will be no more drilling for oil. More likely than not, the drilling already occurring will be curtailed. Price controls will be imposed on gasoline with rationing, and coupons issued to those that “can’t afford gas.” Thermostats will be regulated either overtly or through excise taxes placed on predetermined amounts of energy use established by the government. The United States will enter into the Kyoto Accords, notwithstanding that the rules only apply to us and not China, Russia, India, or Brazil. While there will be some increase in alternative energy sources, for the most part, environmentalists will stymie any attempt to develop any kind of alternative energy.

Transportation: Massive amounts of money will be spent on public transportation. You will be seeing lots of empty busses riding around, and empty trains going into the station. Café requirements will be increased for cars…but look also for new taxes on cars larger than a Cobalt.

Law Enforcement: Prisons will cease punishing and begin “rehabilitation.” Look for reduction or elimination of mandatory sentences, and the establishment of early release programs to take care of the racial imbalance in the prison system.

Schools: Charter schools will be eliminated. The NEA will be exercise total control over local school systems, which will be federally regulated in order to provide “fairness” in public education. Look for a national income tax to fund the schools.

Health Care: Get your 800 number ready to dial the government for approval for your MRI. You think that the insurance companies are difficult? Just wait until Uncle Sam takes control. Ask the people in Canada and Great Britain how well it is working out for them.

Media: The left doesn’t like criticism. Obama will attempt to eliminate talk radio, control bloggers, and regulate the content of television programs if something is said that his left wing buddies don’t like. The reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine will spell the death knell for AM radio.

Farming: The EPA will be given broad ranging powers to regulate just about everything. Through implementation of ever stricter regulations for fertilizer, farm waste, rain runoff, exhaust from farm equipment, etc., the EPA will tacitly take control of the farms in a back door nationalization of the farming industry. Don’t think it will happen? Folks, they are already regulating your toilet.

Globalization: Look for Obama to cede United States sovereign authority to international organizations like the United Nations and the World Court. There are numerous “world” initiatives which will take away this nation’s right of self determination. We have outsourced jobs. Obama will outsource our freedom. By the way, remember it was Utopian Jimmy Carter who gave away the Panama Canal, which is now controlled by China.

Unions: Goodby to secret voting to determine employee unionization. When the boss says sign the union petition, you better sign it.

Taxes: Look for massive tax increases on the rich to pay for all of this. The Democrats define rich as anyone who makes over $42,000.00/year…really!! It may be an overt tax increase, but more likely than not will come in through the back door when you are not looking through such things as bracket creep and the alternative minimum tax. Look for top tax rates to once again approach 95%.

These aren’t things I have pulled out of thin air. These are positions espoused by the Democratic Party under Al Gore, John Kerry, and now Barack Obama, as well as his left wing buddies. This is what they stand for, and have said so over and over and over again. If you believe in those things, by all means, vote for Obama. As for the rest of us, if he gets elected, the midterm elections in two years can’t come soon enough.