Obama presidency a call for vigilance, not fear
Jimmy Sengenberger, Staff Reporter
Issue date: 11/24/08 Section: Perspectives
On my campus radio show last week, a caller presented me with a striking question: He asked me to address the "fear" that some Regis students have expressed in the aftermath of the election.
Fear of an Obama presidency.
This was not the first time I had heard of Regis students expressing abject fear about President-elect Obama taking office. Others have informed me of similar sentiments being expressed on campus.
As a supporter of Sen. John McCain's and, even more so, an opponent of Obama's candidacy, I sympathize greatly with those who are worried about the direction of this country. I, too, am naturally disappointed in the Nov. 4 outcome, as well as concerned for the direction of this country. The United States has elected the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate to lead the nation with a left-wing Congress eager to do his bidding.
I worry about what the Democrats intend to do with the economy, healthcare, taxes, spending, Iraq, climate change-the list goes on. There is much for a free market-minded conservative to be concerned about.
Obama's recent comments that "when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody," gives great pause, especially in light of the way his tax plan is structured (taking from what he arbitrarily considers "rich" and redistributing it to 44% of American income tax filers who don't pay income taxes).
Herbert Hoover's tax increases in 1932 helped jumpstart the Great Depression, but when Reagan cut the 70% rate down to 28%, it led to a significant turnaround in a recessionary economy. Obama's proposals to increase taxes on capital gains (investments), corporations, Social Security and income would discourage the type of economic involvement required in a recessionary economy.
Obama's intentions to negotiate with enemy nations "without preconditions" is certainly disconcerting, as is his support for FOCA, the "Freedom of Choice Act," which would represent the most radical expansion of abortion rights in American history, and "Card Check," an act intended to strip away from union members the right to a secret ballot so radical that even Fmr. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern opposes it.
Fear of an Obama presidency.
This was not the first time I had heard of Regis students expressing abject fear about President-elect Obama taking office. Others have informed me of similar sentiments being expressed on campus.
As a supporter of Sen. John McCain's and, even more so, an opponent of Obama's candidacy, I sympathize greatly with those who are worried about the direction of this country. I, too, am naturally disappointed in the Nov. 4 outcome, as well as concerned for the direction of this country. The United States has elected the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate to lead the nation with a left-wing Congress eager to do his bidding.
I worry about what the Democrats intend to do with the economy, healthcare, taxes, spending, Iraq, climate change-the list goes on. There is much for a free market-minded conservative to be concerned about.
Obama's recent comments that "when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody," gives great pause, especially in light of the way his tax plan is structured (taking from what he arbitrarily considers "rich" and redistributing it to 44% of American income tax filers who don't pay income taxes).
Herbert Hoover's tax increases in 1932 helped jumpstart the Great Depression, but when Reagan cut the 70% rate down to 28%, it led to a significant turnaround in a recessionary economy. Obama's proposals to increase taxes on capital gains (investments), corporations, Social Security and income would discourage the type of economic involvement required in a recessionary economy.
Obama's intentions to negotiate with enemy nations "without preconditions" is certainly disconcerting, as is his support for FOCA, the "Freedom of Choice Act," which would represent the most radical expansion of abortion rights in American history, and "Card Check," an act intended to strip away from union members the right to a secret ballot so radical that even Fmr. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern opposes it.
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Jim Zapapas
posted 1/27/09 @ 5:23 PM MST
Let us also commit to pray for President Obama (and all of our Congress), for his conversion to accept the basic tenants of Christianity and Catholicism, that all life is important and that as parents, we must have the choice in how our children are raised. (Continued…)
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