Obama: 'Google, Facebook would not exist' without government

Times247

President Barack Obama insisted ... that without government spending, “Google, Facebook would not exist.”

You have to parse that in order to respond to it.  Nobody is saying that all spending should be stopped.  It is excessive spending under this administration that's the problem.

As for whether or not companies exist because of the government, that is not true.  Just because government didn't stop it from coming into existence doesn't mean that the created the company.  In order for Obama to be correct, he would be saying that the government invested in research that directly enabled the existence of these companies.

That's a stretch.  For example, it is like saying that research and development effort came up with the ideas that directly led to Facebook and Google and all there creators did was to steal those ideas.  Really?

Jay Cost: Can Romney Win Back the Wealthy Suburbs?

Morning Jay

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the party already is continuously blasted by Democrats for being unduly dependent upon the demands of the wealthy. Given that this is never going to change, wouldn’t it be nice if the party could actually win the wealthy?

Comment:

Something that I always wondered about.  How can the Republicans be for the rich and not win their votes?  How can that be?

It is Supposed to be Hard

coyote blog

Excerpts:

• I am simply sick of the incessant whining from this administration that it’s too hard to get legislation through Congress and that difficulty justifies the Administration to start unilaterally exercising legislative powers via executive decree
• We have Presidents of both parties that just invent new executive powers and who put pressure on the Courts to agree to broader and broader Federal powers.
• Already at 41 years since the last one (not counting the odd 27th amendment) this is the longest span in history without an Amendment being passed.

Comment:

I'm thinking of the 80% list that Newt Gingrich was talking about- another Contract With America to run on for 2012.  Here's another one in the list- restoration of limited government.  No more czars, executive orders, pushing the envelope regulatory schemes.

Let me start a list:

1. Laws must be passed by Congress alone, no help from the President or the Supreme Court.  In short, honor the Constitution.  Obey the law of the land, which is the Constitution.
2. The eligibility for the office of the President should be clearly defined, by a Constitutional amendment, if necessary.  Only real Americans should be President.
3. Only real Americans should be able to vote.  Deny the vote to naturalized citizens.  Why?  So you don't get presidents like Obama.  Obama ate a dog.
4. The budget should be balanced.
5. Everybody pays for their own stuff.  No more free stuff from the government.
6. The Fed should be limited in its money creation powers.
7. Updated!  As with item 5 in this list, people expect a hand up, but not handouts.  People want jobs, not foodstamps.

There, that's a good start.  If I can think of any more, I'll come back to this list.

Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus

wsj online

Excerpts:

• Nearly four million more people have left the Golden State in the last two decades than have come from other states.
• Housing is merely one front of what he calls the "progressive war on the middle class." Another is the cap-and-trade law AB32, which will raise the cost of energy and drive out manufacturing jobs without making even a dent in global carbon emissions.
• "green energy doesn't create enough energy!" Mr. Kotkin exclaims
• In a nutshell, "the state is run for the very rich, the very poor, and the public employees."
• So if California's no longer the Golden land of opportunity for middle-class dreamers, what is?
  
  Mr. Kotkin lists four "growth corridors": the Gulf Coast, the Great Plains, the Intermountain West, and the Southeast. All of these regions have lower costs of living, lower taxes, relatively relaxed regulatory environments, and critical natural resources such as oil and natural gas.

Comment:

The "progressives" like to claim the shrinkage of the middle class as one of their big concerns.  But look at one of their big, blue states- and you see a different picture.  California is pushing the middle class out of state.

Obama Failed Buffett Rule Test

dickmorris

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The other major point Obama has been touting is his success in turning around General Motors, saving American jobs. Oh Really? The fact is that of the 202,000 General Motors employees, only 68,500 live and works in the United States.

Comment:

If this guy gets anything close to a real race in November, he will lose.  Even low information voters ought to be able to get this.

The 2012 National Debt Road Trip

Published on Apr 4, 2012 by 10000Pennies

The deficit financing accelerated under Obama no matter how you figure it.  This video proves it.

Google and James Cameron to hunt for natural resources on asteroids

foxnews

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Tuesday's event is being hosted by Peter H. Diamandis and Eric Anderson, known for their efforts to develop commercial space exploration, and two former NASA officials.  ..."I believe that opening up the resources of space for the benefit of humanity is critical," Mr. Diamandis said in an interview with Forbes magazine earlier this year about plans to launch an asteroid mining company.

Comment:

This is what I've been blogging about all this time.  Instead of bashing each other's heads in because of a shortage of resources, just make more resources available.  The earth may or may not be finite, but outer space is infinite, and so is its resources.