EDITORIAL 12/26-12/31/12
This is a station editorial, I'm Randal J. Miller, station president. Well, the United States is about to fall off a fiscal cliff, and while it isn't the same as the Mayan calendar telling us the world is coming to an end, the country won't disintegrate come January 1.
This is a direct result of the government that was elected on November 6th. The country voted to keep the same president, the same U-S Senate, and the same U-S House of Representatives, or put another way, deadlocked government.
So, as a result of re-electing the same people, we are getting the same result. Those on both ends of the political spectrum argue that any compromise is seen as weakness, so there is NO compromise and nothing gets done.
On the fiscal cliff issue, the President gets what he's wanted all along—more taxes and defense cuts without controlling spending anywhere else--by doing nothing, the Republican House can't get enough votes to vote for any compromise proposal, and to politicians in both parties, all is as it should be because they'll have about $3300 more of our money per family each year to spend, and they can blame the other party.
Plus, the President can continue his campaign to split the country down the middle with his class-warfare “rich against the middle class” rhetoric preparing for the 2014 elections. Ah, isn't it fun to be in campaign mode 24/7, much to the delight of those on the left, not to mention the media.
No, the country won't end on January First, 2013...but our pocketbooks will be a lot lighter.
That's our opinion...we welcome yours. Our e-mail address is editorial@randyradio.com.
This is a station editorial, I'm Randal J. Miller, station president. The November 6th election showed that the electorate didn't want any change in Washington or Springfield. They want more of the same.
Just over 50 years ago, when Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy was sworn in, he said this in his inaugural address:
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
20 years later, in 1981, Republican president Ronald Reagan said this:
Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
I'm not a big Bill O'Reilly fan, but something he said on Fox News on Election Night seemed correct to me. And that is this:
Our country has changed demographically in the last 50 years. Instead of having the idea that the government is governed by the people, and that less government is good government, the electorate now has the idea that since many can't get work, it's what government can do for them. 99 weeks of unemployment, free cell phones for family members, and soon free health care.
If you want government to do something for you, well, that's what you've got. But remember this: Once you give up control of your life to government, government won't give you control back when there's something you don't like.
And, just who is going to pay for all this? Washington and Springfield are both broke. I think you know the answer.
This is a station editorial, I'm Randal J. Miller, station president. Well, the politicians have already begun promising that they won't cut this, they won't cut that, they'll leave all the federal programs that buy votes in place like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
And, so as to not ignore those seeking re-election for Illinois state rep or state senate, don't forget the 400-million dollars in NEW spending that was included in this year's Illinois State Budget, either, while the state is broke and still has a backlog of billions of dollars in bills.
Don't be fooled by wolves in sheep's clothing. Washington doesn't have the money, and neither does Springfield. Anybody that promises they won't cut a federal or state program is lying thru their teeth, because neither Washington nor Springfield have the money to pay for all those domestic programs they've passed over the many decades to buy votes.
If you want to see the country or state go bankrupt, go ahead, vote for any candidate that promises you a chicken in every pot. But, be prepared for an empty pot after the election.
STATION EDITORIAL written 6/21/12 by rjm
This is a station editorial, I'm Randal J. Miller, station president. Well, the politicians have already begun promising that they won't cut this, they won't cut that, they'll leave all the federal programs that buy votes in place like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
And, so as to not ignore those seeking re-election for Illinois state rep or state senate, don't forget the 400-million dollars in NEW spending that was included in this year's Illinois State Budget, either, while the state is broke and still has a backlog of billions of dollars in bills.
Don't be fooled by wolves in sheep's clothing. Washington doesn't have the money, and neither does Springfield. Anybody that promises they won't cut a federal or state program is lying thru their teeth, because neither Washington nor Springfield have the money to pay for all those domestic programs they've passed over the many decades to buy votes.
If you want to see the country or state go bankrupt, go ahead, vote for any candidate that promises you a chicken in every pot. But, be prepared for an empty pot after the election.
That's our opinion...we welcome yours. Our e-mail address is:
editorial@randyradio.com.
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