President Obama is in Paris with many world leaders to discuss and discuss and discuss the supposed threat of climate change and how to deal with it. According to Obama, this is the ultimate rebuke to ISIS (although some might argue that bombs, artillery and rifle fire would be bigger rebukes.) Hopefully, the Paris conference will end with the usual platitudes but with no other concrete action. After all, the basic action on which Obama and the world are most likely to agree is the imposition of crippling limitations on the economies of the developed world, in particular the USA. Adding such limitations to our already shaky economy won't help reduce global warming, but it could send us back into a deep recession. The move would be more akin to self-flagellation than to a fight against global warming.
While the climate games go on in Paris, there are many other subjects that could benefit from attention from the White House. Here are just a few:
1. The fight against ISIS.
2. The inadequate and untimely medical care give to our veterans by the VA.
3. The porous border with Mexico.
4. The failure of Obamacare to lower premiums.
5. The impending death spiral of Obamacare.
6. The impending bankruptcy of Medicare and Social Security.
7. The military expansion of both Russia and China.
8. The crushing burden put on local and regional banks by regulations which promote banks to be too big to fail and reduce the ability of new businesses to get financing.
9. The tax burden on American companies which is the highest in the world.
10. The regulatory burden imposed on all Americans by the EPA power grab to control all land with any sort of water on it (even puddles.)
It may be that Obama would be unable to bring positive change to these items. Okay, most likely Obama couldn't or wouldn't help on any of these fronts, but that does not mean he should not make the effort. Work done now might help the next president (hopefully a competent one this time) to make the needed changes. It's sad that Obama, instead, spends his time on photo ops in Paris to discuss imagined problems like climate change.
While the climate games go on in Paris, there are many other subjects that could benefit from attention from the White House. Here are just a few:
1. The fight against ISIS.
2. The inadequate and untimely medical care give to our veterans by the VA.
3. The porous border with Mexico.
4. The failure of Obamacare to lower premiums.
5. The impending death spiral of Obamacare.
6. The impending bankruptcy of Medicare and Social Security.
7. The military expansion of both Russia and China.
8. The crushing burden put on local and regional banks by regulations which promote banks to be too big to fail and reduce the ability of new businesses to get financing.
9. The tax burden on American companies which is the highest in the world.
10. The regulatory burden imposed on all Americans by the EPA power grab to control all land with any sort of water on it (even puddles.)
It may be that Obama would be unable to bring positive change to these items. Okay, most likely Obama couldn't or wouldn't help on any of these fronts, but that does not mean he should not make the effort. Work done now might help the next president (hopefully a competent one this time) to make the needed changes. It's sad that Obama, instead, spends his time on photo ops in Paris to discuss imagined problems like climate change.
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