EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES!!! WATCH OUT!!!!!

Well, the economy is going good. And almost everybody is saying, it's the best it has been in 12 years.

The stock market is high, and jobs are plentiful. And just who is it that is getting all the credit for it??? None other than Bill Clinton, and the democratic party.

Well, even though is seems like that is the case, there is something you need to know about our good times.

First and foremost, all credit, naturally goes to God. Without His blessing on this nation, we wouldn't have what we have now.

However, it is ignorance on the part of the American people, that give Clinton, and the democrats, credit for the strength of the economy. Even though he says it is his policies that have gotten us where we are today.

To understand how the economy is where it is, you need to know the role of government in it.

The president, is not the one, on whom the credit should go, simply because, all he does is make suggestions about how to get us to where we should be going. It is the congress, that has the power to make decisions on where we should be going, as well as implementing the necessary legislation to steer us in that direction. That is why it is called, the 'legislative branch' of government. All laws and bills, are made in this branch of the government.

It is these laws and bills, that either open or close the door to a good economy.

One of the major factors in this economy, is jobs. The more jobs that are available, the more people will be able to purchase goods and services, which translates in to even more jobs, and a brighter future for all of us, and our kids.

Now, who provides these jobs for us?? Usually corporations, and the rich. They are the main sources, for large numbers of jobs. The entrepreneur, makes up the largest individual employer for 10 or less employees.

However, all of them, corporations, the rich and entrepreneurs, have one thing in common. What ever the congress does in Washington, as far as legislation and laws, has a great affect on their ability to function.

If, as many of you believe, the right thing to do, is to increase taxes on the rich, then, you are really asking for an increase in your tax.

Why???

Because, you will be faced with higher prices on the goods and services you buy, because the increase in taxes, will be passed on to you.

Of course, it does not appear to be a tax increase, because it is a higher price. But it is still the same thing. It costs you more money.

Well, in an economy based on the principal of supply and demand, where the demand for a product or service, is tied in with the price of a product. If the price is low, then more people will want it. That translates to higher demand, which means more jobs.

However, when the price goes up, demand drops, and that means layoffs.

Most corporations, and businesses, in general, are in business to make money. Therefore they want to have a good chance of doing that.

That means, they want to have someone in the congress, that will keep them from being taxed so much that they can't afford to operate.

For years, the democrats, have made it a campaign issue, that the wealthy and big corporations, need to pay more taxes, and have pursued that end, while they had control of congress. As a result, business was stifled, and jobs began to be lost.

But, during the '80's, things began to turn around. The Reagan administration, began to handcuff the democrats in their efforts to raise taxes on business and the wealthy. As a result the economy began to revive. (SEE TRUTH ABOUT THE 80's]

It did so despite the democrats having control of both the legislative and administrative branches of government. The reason for this, is that Reagan always kept the American people informed of what congress was trying to do. He made it priority number one to make sure we knew how the economy was doing, and to educate us on how we really need to focusing on becoming the once strong nation we used to be.

That meant, to quit looking to government to do everything for us. You know, what's funny??? That's the same message a great democrat told us back in the early 60's. He said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!!!' The man was John F. Kennedy. He was a role model for the democrats. In fact, every time they ran for something, they always referred to themselves as the party of JFK.

However, Reagan let us know, rather than legislating things that allowed people to be free from government, as far as dependency on it, the democrats, took on the notion that they wanted more power over the people, and therefore, engaged on a crusade of taxing people so much, that many lost jobs and their homes, and had no where else to turn, but to the government. Their main weapon for doing this, was taxes. But, because of Reagan, they couldn't do what it is they wanted to do, like they did under Carter.

It wasn't until under George Bush, that they were able to get one piece of legislation passed, that turned things around for them. That legislation was a 500 billion tax increase. When Bush, who was ill advised by them, the democrats, who still had control of both branches of government, that is he compromised with them, they would allow some bills to pass that Bush need to keep the economy on the rebound. Well, they allowed a few to pass, but they waited until it was time for Bush to get re-elected, then they ran on a a platform of 'Bush lied when he said, 'read my lips, NO NEW TAXES!!!!!' In other words, they set him up.

As a result, Bill Clinton, ran on a platform of being a new democrat. One that would cut taxes, and improve life for every one. And since Bush had raised taxes on the nation, he lost to Clinton. But, Bush gave us a warning that we should have heeded. He said, that Clinton wasn't to be trusted. That you better watch your pocketbooks. Because with the democrats having control of all three branches of government, we were going to see an explosion of government programs, that translated in to 'big government,' the same thing that we had just been getting away from.

Now, my whole point is this. With more programs, comes the need for more jobs, which is what the democrats look at, and brag about, as their having kept their promise of creating new jobs. The only problem is, these new jobs are in government, not the private sector. And since these people have to be paid, guess where the money comes from to pay them??? More new taxes. And what did I say earlier about what taxes do to the big corporations and the rich, and the entrepreneur?? They slow the economy down. And that is just what happened. The democrats, tried to blame the problem on the Reagan and Bush era, but that didn't fly. So in '94, for the first time in 40 years, the Republicans took control of the House. And for the first time in 12 years, they took control of the Senate.

They immediately went to work, vetoing legislation that increased taxes on all of us. And with Allies, now in control of both branches of government, businesses began to expand, and provide jobs for more people.

You see, if investors and businesses, feel that they are going to be attacked with new taxes, every time they try to expand, where they can make more money, then they will be hesitant about doing it. As a result, they won't provide new jobs, and the economy will feel the backlash, as more people get laid off, and can't find work.

It is the Republicans, who are responsible for the boom we are seeing, not Bill Clinton and the democrats. Yet, they are trying to take all the credit for it, so you will be dumb enough to vote them back in to power again. And if you do, watch out. It is a sure thing, that just like they did, when Clinton took office, talking about how they didn't realize the deficit, or other things were as bad as they are, because Bush misled them when he left office. So they would have to break their promise of not raising taxes, and saddled us with another tax increase less than 1 year after he was in office. That will be the same scenario they will sing, if they gain control of both branches of government in 2000.

It behooves all of us, to be as educated on the economy and government, as possible. An informed public, is the best way to have a strong economy. This is the information age, and it is out there. You just have to know where to look.

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DECEMBER 1998


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