Sabotaging the Economy

The new charge from Democrats is that Republicans have intentionally sabotaged the economy in order to reap the political gain that will result in 2012. I frequently think of the hard left as essentailly brain dead, but even for a bunch of morons this is a stupid argument. Think of it this way: in 2007, the Democrats took over control of Congress. They had to deal with president Bush for two years, but they still controlled all legislative action regarding the economy. Starting in January or 2009, the Democrats controlled Congress with lopsided majorities and they held the White House as well. Measures that were anathema to the GOP like Obamacare were rammed thourhg Congress by the Obamacrats. Every economic plan that Obama proposed or the Democrats wanted just sailed through congress; there was nothing the GOP could do to stop or even influence what the government did. That means that for two years, the Democrats were in complete control, and those two years are the ones which determine our current economic condition. Since January of 2011, the GOP has controlled the House of Representatives while the Democrats kept control of the rest of the government. Since then, the only economic proposal that has been put forward by the Democrats has been the Obama budget for 2012, a proposal that lost 97 to 0 in the Senate. Even the Democrats must be hard pressed to explain the unaninous rejection of Obama's budget in a chamber they control as Republican obstructionism.

IT is true that Obama has given a speech or two about things he might like to do with regard to the economy. The main point here, however, is that there are no proposals that have been put forward in Congress to implement any of these plans. None! Nada! Zilch! There is no Democrat plan that the Republicans are blocking. Indeed, the Senate Democrats have expressly refused to even put forward a budget for 2012 despite a clear legal obligation that they do so. The GOP in the House did propose a budget which passed, but the Democrats obstructed that in the Senate. So, without any proposals from the Democrats, it is pure nonsense for them to complain that their plans are being obstructed by the GOP.

Sadly, what is actually taking place is an effort by the Democrats to shift the blame for the current poor state of the economy from themselves to others. It just won't work. The Democrats have been in control. The efforts by the government to get the economy moving were the pure choices of the Democrats (like the stimulus). The measure of the Democrats have failed miserably, and the Democrats seem to have nothing left to suggest.

Here is my suggestion for the Democrats. Maybe you should tell the AMerican people that you had a bunch of proposals to help restore growth to the economy, but they were eaten by your dog. It will make as much sense as the nonsense you are now trying to sell.