Weekly Opinion Editorual
FINISH BIDEN’S POLITICAL CAREER!
by Steve Fair
The State of the Union address has become more
of a self-promoting propaganda tool than a report to Congress. While President Joe Biden wasn’t the first to
use the speech to promote political philosophy, he was the first to unveil his campaign
tag line. Repeating, ‘let’s finish the
job,’ at least 7 times during his speech, the POTUS hit at least 7 liberal hot
button issues. Here they are in no
particular order:
First and foremost, Biden wants to raise
taxes. “No billionaire should pay less taxes than a firefighter or policeman. The tax plan is not fair,” Biden
said. He is right about it being unfair,
but there are not enough billionaires to make his plan work. Currently the top 1% of wage earners are paying
40% of the total tax burden. The bottom 50%
pay just 2% of the total. It’s the 49%
in the middle who are paying their unfair share. Neither Party has done a good job of
revamping the tax code.
Second, Biden wants to give teachers a
raise. Few people believe school
teachers are overpaid, but should raises not be tied to results? Poor outcomes by public educators have been tolerated
for decades. It is past time to have a
merit system for teacher pay. One size
doesn’t fit all.
Third, Biden wants to help unions
organize. Democrats have lost ground
with their once reliable support from unions.
President Trump made inroads with them in the 2016 election. They saw the failed policies of the Democrats
had eroded the once thriving manufacturer base in America. Biden recognizes Democrats need to get unions
back to win.
Fourth, Biden wants to cut oil and gas
consumption. “We may need gas and oil
for the next ten years,” Biden said to laughter in the chamber. America using a majority of clean energy is
decades away from reality, a fact most liberals will concede. That was why Biden’s remark was met with so
many hoots and hollers.
Fifth, Biden wants to increase regulations
on private business. Gas and oil companies top the list of businesses Biden
wants to go after. Citing the price of
gas at the pump and food at the shelf, Biden said; “Capitalism without competition
is extortion.” Biden said. But it’s not.
Extortion is against the law and companies that break the law should be
prosecuted, but when you have a limited supply and a high demand, the price
must go up to balance out the equation.
Simple economics teaches that high prices are the cure for high prices. More regs will hurt private business and
prolong economic recovery.
Sixth, Biden wants to limit gun
ownership. Mentioning ‘assault weapons’
as guns he wants to ban, Biden played to the liberal base. The Second Amendment is just a little too
pesky for the Democrats. While disarming
America is their goal, they fail to
acknowledge the issue is not the gun, but the heart of the person misusing the
gun.
Seventh, Biden wants to reverse the
reversal of Roe vs. Wade. Killing babies
in the womb is a longtime plank in the Democrat Party platform and one of the
major differences in the two Parties.
Biden was obligated to kowtow/grovel to the base on that issue and he
checked the box.
When Biden said Republican lawmakers
wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare, Republicans in the chamber begin to
shout and yell. The POTUS appeared
rattled and momentarily got off script, but recovered quickly and got back on
message.
“Let’s finish the job,” Biden said to
conclude the speech. Clearly, this is the ‘theme’ of Biden’s re-election
campaign. Just think- millions of
dollars were spent on research with focus groups and advertising professionals
to come up with those four words.
Americans should finish Biden’s political
career by sending him home. The 80-year-old
shuffled in and out of the chamber, looked his age, and his overall appearance did
not instill confidence in his cognitive skills.
It’s not just Republicans who want Biden to not seek re-election. Many Democrats want Biden to be finished, but
at this point, they don’t have anyone who is a viable candidate to knock him
off in the primary.
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