Obama Delivers 'Empty Calorie' Speech to a Starving Economy

By Marc J. Rauch
Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher
THE AUTO CHANNEL

It’s ironic that Obama’s wife has been running around the country trying to promote better nutrition and healthier eating and then he goes on the national bandstand to present us with a so-called “jobs plan” that is nothing more than cotton candy.

Fat asses, just one of the results of too many empty calorie meals. Barry loves back.

Wait, I just realized something, although Michelle has been dancing up a storm to talk up healthy diets and exercise, she has come under some very harsh criticism for personally eating and serving junk food at the White House.

So there you have it, if Obama (and his wife) can’t tell what constitutes nutritious food, how could he tell the difference between a healthy business plan and a barren campaign speech? Obviously, he can’t.

Obama wearing his "Putz of the Day" condom cap

Not only did his jobs plan speech lack any “beef,” it didn’t even offer any wholesome grains.

We can't tax our way out of the financial depression we're in; nor can we tax-break our way out of it. Taxes are not the solution. Both increasing taxes and more tax breaks are only meaningful when there is something to tax or something to exempt. For the millions and millions of people who don’t pay taxes – either because they’re out of work or they’re on welfare – what are you gonna tax. On the other hand, what are you going to rebate. Or, let’s say you provide a tax break to a domestic company that manufacturers insulated hot tubs; so what, they still need customers that have the disposable income to buy them – or the ability to take out a secondary loan on their home. It seems that Obama may have failed to recognize the enormous housing/loan/credit problem that we have.

And of course, dishing out more money to banks and lending institutions will have the same meaningless result that it did in the last go-rounds.

Throwing money at infrastructure jobs is the most egregious example of ‘empty calorie’ spending. So a highway gets repaired, so what? If the people have no jobs to go to or no vacations or shopping trips to go on, what’s the difference how many potholes there are in the roadway?

And what are the construction workers going to buy with their stimulus salaries? Without a FAIR comprehensive international trade bill, or restrictions on imports, all that will happen is that we stimulate the economy of other countries – many of whom are enemies.

At the very least, if money is provided for construction projects, a restriction should be placed on the money that demands that it is spent only to hire legal citizens and that all parts, supplies and equipment used on the projects be manufactured here in America by other legal citizens.

Moreover, all people hired as a result of the projects should be required to only purchase American-made personal goods and necessities – and they should have to document the legitimacy of the purchases when they file their income taxes.

“Make-work” construction jobs aside, jobs don't get created because some flatupendantic* politician says that we have to "create more jobs." And bringing back low paying, mind-numbing call center jobs from Bangladesh are not the jobs we need.

We need new industry that requires a vertical range of jobs, which spawn additional supportive industries with vertical ranges of jobs. And this industry must produce products and services that benefit all of us; that save us money, are healthy or at least healthier that the products and services that are being replaced, and that improve our overall standard of living. In other words, products that consumers truly need and actually want to buy. To paraphrase the old Wonder Bread slogan, we need a well-rounded nourishing plan that builds our economy 10 or 12 or 14 or more ways.

Alright, so here’s what has to be done:

If a car maker wants to sell cars in America, then they have to make the car in America, with American parts.

If General Electric (for example) wants to sell appliances in America, they have to make the appliances in America.

If Sony (for example) wants to sell televisions in America, they have to make them in America.

If an energy company wants to sell fuel in America, then the fuel must be made in America from an American-based resource. If we don’t have a sufficient supply of petroleum oil to fill our need for engine or heating fuel, great, we shouldn’t be using petroleum oil anyway. Our fuels should all be domestic biofuels or domestic CNG. The oil industry, including what is commonly referred to as the American oil industry, is completely controlled by foreign regimes and countries, and many of them hate us. We should do everything possible to devalue and then destroy OPEC and its members.

Incidentally, I define America as the 50 U.S. States and territories. It does not include Canada or Mexico. If a car maker wants to sell cars in Canada or Mexico, and those countries don’t want to import cars that are made here, then they should be made in Canada or Mexico, but our concern can not be for their economic prosperity, it must be for ours.

If, by insisting that all bigger ticket items are made in America that it lessens the selection of brands or styles, so what, we don’t need to select from an endless number of un-profitable options, just a reasonable amount of purchasing options. And if, for example, a buyer of a vehicle is not happy with a particular color or trim level or performance capability that is available as a stock item, then the buyer would be able to have the vehicle customized to their pleasure by an American-based aftermarket provider.

To those who worry about the potential of escalating retail prices for goods manufactured here, I point to the great job that is being done by Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, and Mercedes to build high quality, market-acceptable priced vehicles right here in America. It can be done.

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