Fresh Air

It would be interesting if it were possible to have an objective historian comment on today’s American scene but with the perspective of the reality of the next 20 years. We all must wonder how the gap between the power forces can be so great. How can the party in power (PIP) be preaching a gospel of big government spending, massive deficits and debt accumulation and still claim the target of creating jobs? While the party out of power (POOP) preaches tax reductions and spending limitations to create jobs. It is like two coaches, one telling the players that defense wins ball games and the other emphasizing offense. Both POOP and PIP can lay claim to massive spending and massive debt buildup. They are good at that. They always seem to come together frequently enough to make sure there are enough votes to pass any and all spending bills. So, what is a person to do? One says tomato and one says tomahto.

Let’s leave the politician scene and look for input elsewhere. This, by the way, is not a path frequented by the so-called mainstream media. For years, TheFundamentals has wondered why TV executives and producers keep bringing the same faces and voices to the same talking shows with the same limited vision, parochial viewpoints. Why do they keep giving the diminishing viewing and listening audience the same faces, the same opinions, the same fact less viewpoints? If their audience were growing one could explain this repeat performance. It is similar to the correct criticism leveled to the old boys club that runs many big corporations although that scene is and has been changing. The media folk just don’t get it. But then something happened on this last Sunday when one of the shows actually had a real life businessman and he acted like a real life businessman. All of us who made a living in a competitive environment where you had to make sure there was enough money in the bank so that the employees could cash their paychecks and you had to take phone calls from clients who were not as impressed with the quality of your product and services as you were and all of us who made calls on prospects and sat in a waiting room for 52 minutes waiting to get 10 minutes of some middle managers time to make a pitch had to smile when Steve Wynn uttered the following words, “Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history."

Praise the Lord. There still is at least one common sense guy left in the purgatory we call American politics.

Let’s just hope that this one voice is heard somewhere before it is too late. Wynn’s sixteen words should be tattooed on the buttocks of every PIP and POOP politician.

Let’s just hope that the voters on November 2, 2010 (not that far away folks) come to their senses in adequate numbers to put an end to this trip through the rabbit hole. As TheFundamentals has pointed out, there are an awful lot of voters who sign on to the “something for nothing” philosophy. Wynn has it right. Government has not and cannot create wealth. It cannot create jobs. It can only foster a growth environment or destroy a growth environment. Simple reality. Guess which path POOP is on?

The US of A needs a few Steve Wynn’s on the November 2010 ballots. Pray and work for this event.