Obamacrats

The looney left loves to go on and on about how divided the Republican party is – that we have our Tea Party faction, the Christian Conservatives, and Republicans in Name Only (RINO) – and that none of us get along. But there is one thing that unites all of us on the Right, and that is we think Barack Obama is doing a horrible job, and that in fact, he is hurting this country. And the truth today, Democrats are beginning to run from Obama. Many Democrats are facing congressional elections in 2014 – and being an “Obamacrat” isn’t going to help them get re-elected. Democrats want to return to being Democrats, and not part of the socialist leaning Obamacrats so much in vogue just 12 months ago. However, there are still the Obama faithful, like Pelosi, Reed and others who even with all the lies and lack of accountability of this administration, still remain firmly behind the President. So, from where I sit, the left is becoming far more divided than Republicans ever were. Obama is not only hurting the country, but he is single handedly dismantling the Democrat party. Just like Obamacare, the Democratic party will self-implode next year. That’s my 2 cents. www.oldnco.blogspot.com

No Pain, No Gain

That seems to be the motto of the White House. The President and the Democrat’s political strategy is to inflict the maximum amount of pain on the American public from the government shutdown. That’s their goal. It even goes to the extent of not paying death gratuities to the families of military members killed in action, which includes not paying for the travel of the families of the fallen heroes to Dover AFB when their loved one's remains are returned to American soil. Further, Jack Lew, Obama’s Secretary of the Treasury, stated before Congress today that he ‘Would Not’ pay the interest on America's debt to our country’s creditors unless the debt ceiling was raised. Sadly, the truth is he ‘Could’ pay our creditors from the continual stream of tax dollars flowing to Washington DC by diverting enough funds from other government expenses -- perhaps a few less rounds of golf or paid vacations on Air Force One by the President. Now, if President Obama directs his Treasury Secretary not to pay our creditors, the results will be even greater pain for the average American. First, stock values will fall – drastically. Accordingly, values retirement accounts (401Ks, IRAs) will be decimated for those already retired and those still working to save for retirement. Secondly, interest rates will rise. This is the interest rate available to purchase homes, autos, and the interest rate on credit cards. Thirdly, inflation will shortly follow. And while the youngest generation of Americans have not experienced the negative effects of inflation, basically, it means the dollar you have today, will be worth less tomorrow. This equates to rising prices on everything – food, gas, clothes… With all of that, the White House and Senate Democrats still remain rigidly firm on their ‘My Way or the High Way’ strategy, rejecting anything sent to them by the House of Representatives. Our President needs to abandon his “Obama Doctrine” of politics first, American second, and be the President to all Americans – not just those who agree with him politically. If he wants to be the leader of the Democratic Party, then he should have stayed in the Senate and lobbied for Harry Reid’s job.

Keeping America Safe

Thanks goodness at this time of government shutdown, our President has put up "Obamacades" to keep our outdoor memorials safe. As you see in this picture, you can imagine the danger we would have faced if these wheelchair bound WWII vets had been allowed access to the WWII monument in Washington DC. Oh, the Humanity! We owe our fearless President all of the credit here. Mr. President, job well done! Now, if our President had only put half of the effort protecting the embassy in Benghazi Libya, perhaps four brave Americans would still be alive today.

White House Incident Today

If you have not heard, a woman tried to ram through one of the White House gates today. I wanted to put up a quick post to predict Harry Reid and/or Nancy Pelosi blaming this attack on Tea Party radicals in an effort to further blame Republicans for the Government Shutdown.

UPDATE: Just hours after the car chase at the White House ended in the death of the person driving the Infiniti coupe, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrat from Texas, said the incident is linked to the government shutdown. She stated the House (meaning the Republicans) should pass a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) without any attachments and "God knows, the tragedy of this poor person who came on the Hill in a black car. No one knows what drives this person to do this… But what I would say to you is let's get our wheels back on” The Old NCO fails to see the connection, but most of what Liberals say doesn't usually make sense anyway.

Who's Gonna Pay for Obamacare?

Well, Obamacare is here and the web sites are open for business. The President promised “affordable” care for all Americans. I wonder what Obama’s definition of “affordable” is… And I wonder where all of this money to pay for Obamacare is coming from? Well, now that the Federal Government is in the insurance business, let’s compare them to their for profit counterparts. For profit insurance companies use the principle of insuring a large group of people who probably won’t need the insurance they have sold them. They do this by screening individuals for their health factors and consider the risks before they sell them health insurance. This minimizes their risk and maximizes profits. Now we all know that trying to make a profit is an evil thing according to liberals, so enter Obamacare. Obamacare will insure anyone regardless of their health or pre-existing conditions. Therefore, from a financial standpoint, risk is much higher. And since Obamacare is “affordable”, profits will be minimized. So where is the money coming from to pay for the high percentage of those that will actually use the insurance they purchased through Obamacare? Well, the President is hoping all of the Obama Youth, or if you prefer, the Obamazombies, who are young and healthy will run out and buy health insurance through Obamacare. Currently, the fine if you don’t buy Obamacare is $95.00, which will be collected by another trusted government institution, the IRS. The costs of the Obamacare mid tier Silver Plan is $328 and month. Considering health insurance is not high on the priority list of many young Americans, which one do you think they will opt for? $95 or $328? While the President is counting on his youthful minions to all buy Obamacare plans, the Old NCO doubts they will. So, back to my basic question – who’s gonna pay. Well, unless President Obama plans to let his legacy legislation implode financially, YOU will foot the bill for the financial shortfall Obamacare is destined to rack up. But take comfort, all of you Obama supporters, that is how Socialism works.

Obamacare NOW!!!!

Nancy Pelosi stated in March 2010 “But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what’s in it....” Well, I think it’s time to take it one step further, and say “Lets fully implement ALL provisions of the Affordable Care Act NOW, so we can feel its full effects”. That means no delays, no deferments for big business, no deferment for the individual mandate to sign up for Obamacare, and full implementation of all of the fees and fines contained in the law. I subscribe to the theory that if you suspect a Federal law is bad, you need to implement and enforce all of its provisions, to include all of the painful ones. This seems to be the only way Americans take notice that the government has inflicted pain into their daily lives. The last best example of this would when President Nixon signed an Executive Order in 1973 mandating a national 55 MPH speed limit. The idea was we would all get better gas mileage and end America’s dependence on foreign oil – it was sort of a gut check response to the OPEC oil embargo. (If you don’t remember what that was, go Google it). To ‘enforce’ this Federal mandate on the states, (who regulate their state’s speed limit) the ‘painful’ provision was unless the state complied, and made their maximum speed limit 55 MPH, they would be denied any Federal money to help maintain and build highways. When President Carter came into office, in an August 1977 speech, he endorsed the ‘greater good’ of better MPG, pointing out there were fewer traffic fatalities, and on average, oil consumption had fallen. He re-emphasized the need for states to enforce the national speed limit. But as far as the American people supporting the law with all of its good intentions, it didn’t turn out that way. Seems when State Troopers starting handing out speeding tickets faster than the government prints money, the backlash came fast and furious. The average American rebelled and let their elected officials how they felt about driving at a snail’s pace. State legislatures begin accepting the pain of not receiving Federal funds for their highways, as they knew the pain they would experience at the ballot box next election day would be much greater. America rallied around Sammy Hagar’s popular song of the day “I can’t drive Fifty Five!”, and as slow as 55 MPH, the federal mandate eventually went away. Fast forward to 2013 -- If Obamacare is fully implanted now, the sooner the average American will ‘feel the pain’ of the Socialization of health care – and the backlash will begin from the “hard working” Americans liberals love to champion. And just one more thing -- where’s Sammy Hagar when you need him?

Harry The Hypocrite

Well, here the Old NCO sits in one of the newest monuments to Capitalism, the Aria hotel/casino in Las Vegas. And when I say monument to Capitalism, I mean that as a compliment. This place is phenominal -- full of affulent, and some not so much, people shopping and gambling, and most importantly, deciding where THEY want to spend THEIR money THEY earned. Many people will save for months to come to Vegas for one week of unbridled spending on fun! But, that got me to thinking, what if Las Vegas, the town that drives the economy of Senator Harry Reid's beloved Nevada, lived by the ecomonic system he and his President cherish and worship, the "Spread the wealth around" system of Socialism/Communism? Well, to implement Harry & Barack's system of choice, all workers would share in the profits equally. All hotel/casinos would become "collectives", where the barista at Starbucks would make the same as the CEO of Caesar's Palace. The tax on anyone visiting Vegas would be 70 to 80 percent, as anyone who could come to Vegas would be considered part of the "Evil Rich". It's not hard to imagine that in one year, Las Vegas would be a ghost town and the desert would reclaim the real estate. Vegas would look like it has been depicted in many post apocolyptic movies, with all the hotels crumbling and covered in sand. This is what happens when you take away ecomonic incentives from people -- if every one is guarenteed an equal slice of the pie, then why work? Problem is, after a little while, there's no pie left, and we all live in poverty, but hey, at least Harry and Barack can say we all have the same!

Zero Credibility

Mr. President, can you hear that? That’s the rest of the world snickering – snickering at you. And due to the fact you hold the office of the President of the United States, that means the world is laughing at all of us. Like Vladimir Putin of Russia – who thumbs his nose at America when our President states “he should not have to call anyone”, in regards to Russia returning Edward Snowden, the former contractor at the NSA who blew the whistle on the government’s spying on Americans. Like Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, who continues to slaughter his people, laughing off President Obama’s “Red Line” empty threats. Proof was available months ago that Assad used gas on his citizens, but the Obama administration stated they needed more facts. That sounds a lot like; don’t cross this line, (and then they do), so we say then this line, then this line, then this line – while Syrians continue to die. America has no credibility in the world anymore. We are quickly becoming a second rate power due to our President, who started out the Socialist Messiah, and is now nothing more than Bozo the Clown. Unfortunately, all Americans will suffer because of it.

The Worst Job in the World

I always get those emails from time to time with pictures of the worst jobs in the world. Usually, they involve an elephant, a very large pile of fecal matter and some poor slob with a shovel. But, these days, with the White House under fire for numerous scandals, the worst job in the world has to be the White House Press Secretary. And the poor slob with that job is Jay Carney. You gotta feel for this guy. Obama just lets him go out there every day and get hammered by the press. At least Nixon had the decency to tell his press secretary what lies to tell. It’s really a shame that John Ehrilchman and Bob Haldeman aren't still alive, as they could provide Mr. Carney some pristine advice – and that is, when you know your boss is covering up stuff, resign and save yourself from being fired and disgraced. At a minimum, you wouldn't have to serve time in a resort prison in the panhandle of Florida. But the old NCO has to say he respects Jay Carney. Even though he works for a fool, he is loyal. I just hope he doesn't think there will be a reward when he leaves the job. Perhaps he can get a spot on Dancing with the Stars – If he’s learned anything from being Obama’s Press Sec, it’s how to dance.

Somewhere, Dick Nixon is Smiling.....

You just can’t make this stuff up. The Obama Administration is disintegrating under the weight of numerous scandals. And there seems to be a new scandal every day. In addition, it appears our country is being led by a gaggle of fools. No one person seems to be in charge. And our President's defense to these scandals is they are due to some isolated ‘rouge’ personnel, and that he knew nothing about their illegal, or immoral, or unethical activities. However, we are to trust him when he says he will investigate and get to the bottom of it -- and hold those persons accountable. --- Sure, I believe that. I can only wonder what Richard Nixon would have to say about Obama’s troubles. Probably that finally, he is off the hook, and America will, in his own words, “no longer have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.” Some people are comparing the Obama scandals to Watergate. My fear, for our country, is that Obamagate will do much more damage to America. But one thing I’m sure of, is that somewhere, Dick Nixon has a smile on his face.

Is The Liberal Party Over?

Since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, liberals have had carte blanche to say anything, no matter how ridiculous or offensive, to defend and protect their chosen one – and with little backlash or criticism from main street America. But those days just might be coming to an end. Enter ultra-liberal Lizz Winstead, writer and co-creator of “The Daily Show”. Ms. Winstead posted on her Twitter account the Tornados that hit Oklahoma yesterday were clearly targeting Conservatives. More precisely, “This tornado is in Oklahoma, so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives”. And continued her line of insensitive liberal humor with “How long has Obama known about this Tornado?” and “Tornado just bumped me from MSNBC” ‘signed Benghazi’. Like any Obama loyalist, I’m sure she believed no one would object to her sick humor which was obviously written to make light of those asking pointed questions about the IRS scandal encompassing the White House. But this time was different. Not long after the post hit her Twitter account, the backlash started rolling in – and it kept rolling in. I guess Ms. Winstead realized she just may have gone too far and started apologizing. It got so bad, conservative talk show personality Glenn Beck came to her rescue and tweeted asking folks to cut Ms. Winstead some slack – that she realized what she did was in bad taste. --- But The Old NCO sees a turning of the tide with this incident. Perhaps the Obama coronation party is over and main street America has had enough of out of control liberal propaganda. And, I hope Ms. Winstead learned something from this incident. But, you can’t really blame her for her actions, after all, she was just being, well, a Liberal.

The "Sergeant Schultz" Defense

In regards to all of the Obama Administration scandals, The Old NCO thinks there may have been a memo from the White House sent to everyone on the Obama team. The memo’s purpose would be to provide guidance for anyone faced answering questions about the gaggle of scandals surrounding the Administration. If such a memo were to exist, it probably would have went something like this: --- For anyone who receives a Congressional Subpoena --- “Should you have to appear before any Congressional investigate committees, your answer to any questions regarding Benghazi, the IRS targeting conservatives, or the Department of Justice seizing the phone records of the Associated Press, your answer will be “I Know Nothing”. You can say this in various ways, but at the end of the day, your reply had better be you just don’t know anything about anything. If you need any help in preparing for your “I know nothing” performance, just review my professionals at this art who have already appeared before congress, like Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, and Steven Miller. And if you feel you need special preparation assistance, I can set you up with some individual one on one training with the Champion of knowing absolutely nothing, Jay Carney. I want to stress there is no floor to the depths of how stupid or uninformed we appear.” While the The Old NCO can’t confirm any kind of memo was sent to the Obama faithful from the Oval Office, the repetition of “I know nothing” by Obama’s surrogates makes it very suspicious. Sergeant Schultz would be proud. The sad thing is, Sergeant Schultz said it to be funny. What’s the Obama Administration’s motive?

The Obama Doctrine

President Obama has had a bad week – or should I say several bad weeks. And while The Old NCO isn't shedding any tears over his scandal ridden administration, it got me to thinking of why he made the decisions he made – the decisions which have gotten him into the hot water he’s in today. The only explanation I came up with is something I call the Obama Doctrine. So what is the Obama Doctrine? Basically, it’s an overriding doctrine our President uses when he makes any decision. And the doctrine only has one simple rule – that is in all things, Politics comes first, and America comes second. Sound crazy? Well then, let me provide some examples. --- Benghazi. Just weeks before the 2012 Presidential election, when you've been out on the campaign trail beating your chest about how you have “Al Qaeda on the run”, you’re informed one of their surrogate terrorist groups is attacking a diplomatic outpost in Libya and American lives are in danger. What do you do? If you put America first, you send in the Calvary (Marines), damn the fallout, damn the election, you live the American military creed that you “leave no man behind”. Basically, you kick ass and take names. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first, and if you have Al Qaeda on the run, you deny there were any terrorist, and you lie to the American public on five Sunday morning talk shows with a cover story that deflects blame for the attack on a You Tube video – just to keep your friends in the press placated until you get past the election. And after you win re-election, you figure since the press is in your pocket, they’ll help you sweep the deaths of four good Americans you left to die in Benghazi under the rug. --- IRS Targets Conservatives. The story hits the news that the IRS targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status by screening applications for key words like Tea Party or any words or phrases that would reflect the organization had conservative leanings – while almost fast tracking applications from liberal groups. What do you do? If you put America first, you would have stopped this practice and fired the person who was in charge of the division considering tax exempt status along with asking the DOJ to investigate for any criminal wrong doing –and have done it when your administration first knew about the practice – which is now being reported as sometime mid-2012, just in advance of the Presidential election. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. It’s to your benefit to allow the IRS to harass and unjustly treat conservative groups so you ignore the practice as long as you can – and hopefully the story won’t break until after the election. And when you can’t ignore it, or deny knowing about it any longer, you go into outrage mode. You publicly condemn what happened, and say you’ll get to the bottom of it. You find a scapegoat and ask them for a meaningless resignation. In this case, that would be the current ‘acting’ IRS chief, Steven Miller – regardless if in fact he was leaving the position in two weeks followed by a retirement two months later. You seize upon your ‘firing’ as a big deal – make big speeches about how you took control and send all of your surrogates out on the talk shows to help show your condemnation of the IRS. And as for the person who was actually in charge of the folks harassing conservative Americans, you promote them to the new position created under your massive healthcare plan where they can continue to harass conservative Americans about their healthcare coverage. --- Spy on the Associated Press. If you put America first, you fire Eric Holder. On his watch, the most egregious of sins was conducted by his Department – the Obama Administration using its power to spy on the press. You clean house, have the offenders arrested, and you apologize to the American public. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. You send your Attorney General to Congress to explain what happened -- only to have him claim ignorance of any wrong doing. He just didn't know it was going on. He was out at Starbucks getting a latte while some rouge underlings in the DOJ were breaking the law. All the while, you scream outrage about the incident so you too can appear to be on the right side of the issue. There are more examples, but if you review the decisions this President has made, it’s very apparent he does not put America first. His legacy will be one of “me, me, me”.

Guns - Are They The Real Problem?

This morning on CNN’s State of the Union, Candy Crowley interviewed Senator Marco Rubio who provided, which the old NCO thinks, is the most intelligent statement about the Gun Control controversy currently being debated by our representatives in Congress. That statement was that we have a violence problem in this country, not a gun control problem. Guns are only the vehicle used to carry out violence. The legislation being debated in Washington assumes that guns commit criminal acts, not the people behind the guns. Liberals love to ride a wave of emotion when a horrific incident like what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary school takes place and us it to advance their radical liberal agenda on Gun Control. But Senator Rubio is spot on when he says the issue is violence in our society and not guns. Many things can take the lives of innocent people; bombs, poison, knives, even physical attacks, but the common denominator here is violence. What’s next from liberals – a national registry on kitchen knives? Perhaps those on the liberal side of the fence need to look in the mirror and ask themselves why is there an increase in these violent incidents? Could it be the watering down of family values by the left? The liberalization of laws, and always, always, blaming the violent acts of criminals on ‘society’ and not enforcing or appreciating the basic rule that used to be the foundation of American values – which is each individual taking responsibility for one’s acts.

Tax The Rich

I was watching the news program ‘Fareed Zakaira GPS’ on CNN this morning. There was a story about Gerard Depardieu’s decision to claim Russian citizenship to avoid France’s new 75% tax rate on millionaires. Russia, by the way has a 13% flat tax. Now, I would not cherish the thought of living in Russia the required 6 months out of the year to maintain my citizenship eligibility, but the thought of paying a government who taxes me to death is even less attractive. While the CNN report stated Depardieu’s story was getting much attention, the numbers don’t support the notion that when a government taxes the rich, the rich pack of their stuff and move to more tax friendly locations. To some degree, that may be true, as corporations are bound by brick and mortar investments, and other physical restrictions that would be more costly to move than paying the higher tax. However, those not bound by costly restrictions will move. So the CNN story tended to support the idea that if the Obama administration continues to tax the rich, they will just pay more in tax. But that’s not true. CNN failed to look forward into the future. Consider upstart companies looking for somewhere to begin their business? Why would they build in New Jersey with a 9% corporate tax rate when Texas has 0%? Or why would they build in the United States when many countries offer friendlier tax environments? Bottom line, the rich will do what’s best for their pocketbooks. And while it may be ‘patriotic’ to pay taxes, according to the Obama faithful, that does not mean you should bend over so they can take advantage of you.

Are we Broke?

When countries are in serious financial trouble, they will agree to about anything to get out debt. Enter the island country of Cyprus. They hammered out a deal to have the European Union bail them out – but in order for the deal to go through, the Government of Cyprus considered raiding the bank accounts of its citizens, taking 10% of everything they have in the bank. The reaction of the people of Cyprus was to empty their bank accounts – basically an old fashioned run on banks. This past Saturday, people stood in line to withdrawal their money from what they thought was a safe place to store their savings. The backlash was so bad, that the government closed the banks and is re-considering their plan to rob the hard earned savings of their citizens. Even though Cyprus is a small country, the thought of a country taking such a desperate action sent shock waves around the globe. The Dow dropped 62 point today – and depending on what Cyprus does, the decline could continue. The lesson here is what a government, when it becomes too big and bloated, borrows too much, and finally can’t pay its bills, will do to access money. Could this happen in America under Barack Obama? No, you say? What if someone asked you 10 years ago that the American government would be forcing you to buy health insurance or they would punish you with fines? What our President should have done today was demonstrate some leadership and guarantee the American public nothing like what is happening in Cyprus will ever happen here. But then again, would anyone believe him?

Finally - a little reality sets in....

Jay Carney needs to tell his boss that 1977 is calling and it wants its failed economic policies back. The reason I say this is several major news outlets are reporting the President’s approval ratings are down. Bloomberg reports his approval rating has fallen to 48%, down from a high of 54%. That means over half of America either doesn’t think he is doing a good job or has just given up caring. The headline in the Washington Post says “Obama’s approval drops as Americans take a dimmer view of his economic policies”. The Post reports the President’s one time 18 point advantage over Congressional Republicans on the question of who the public trusted most to deal with the economy has tilted towards the Republicans, with the President only having a 4 percentage point lead today. Just perhaps, America is finally waking up to the fact that there isn’t a free ride -- that we can’t increase taxes and borrow more money to achieve prosperity. Perhaps Americans are beginning to understand that some really hard choices are ahead for all of us, rich, middle class, and poor – and they are looking for someone who has the courage and leadership skills to guide our country out of our economic gloom (or should I say ‘malaise’). And now some, not all, are beginning to see that Barack Obama isn’t the guy for the job. This is the reason the President has recently laid down his golf clubs and picked up an olive branch – trying to appear like he’s willing to work with Republicans on a budget. What hogwash. Let’s only hope reality continues to set in – and more and more people see our President for what he is – a tax and spend liberal. November 2014 will be here next year and America has the opportunity to correct its mistake of 2012 by giving the country a Republican House and Senate.

Make Like the U.S.S.R.

Hamid Karzai says America and the Taliban have a common goal of destabilizing Afghanistan so we can keep American troops in his country. Really? After billions of dollars and the blood of American troops, this ungrateful bastard thinks our intentions are somehow less than honorable. Chuck Hagel needs to inform President Karzai we can take our ball, our bat and our bombs and go home – along with any financial aid that keeps him in power. So why does this third would power feel he can thumb his nose at the US? Well, it is because the world sees American as weak, with a weak leader, Barack Obama. We are repeating the leadership failures of Jimmy Carter, when the rest of the world saw us as weak – it emboldens our enemies. I say if President Karzai doesn’t trust us or want us in his country, we make like the U.S.S.R. and leave.

Obamageddon

Is our "fiscal" sky about to fall? Many Americans are about to feel the bite of President Obama’s sequester. For those of you who have been living in a cave the last three months, the sequester is a law passed last year with across the board budget cuts meant to be so painful that no one in Congress would allow them to take effect. The original cuts were to take effect 1 January. But, as we have learned, time and time again, Washington just kicks the can down the road, as they are too scared of the political ramifications come election time. So, the new deadline became March first. Well, this time, at least the Republicans in the House had the spine to say enough is enough. The sequester went into effect the first of March. So what has the leader of the free world been doing other than playing golf with Tiger Woods (at our expense)? Well, he has been on the campaign trail telling everyone about the evil Republicans in the house, their refusal to cave in to all of his demands to raise taxes on the rich, and due to their evil intent, they sky will fall effective the first of March. The first of March has come and gone and the sky is still up there. The President’s dire predictions of massive layoffs, stock market crashes, long lines at airports, and government shutdown didn’t happen. In short, he looks a good bit like Chicken Little. So, to save face, he and his comrades have been out telling their liberal allies in the press they had to shut down tours at the White House. And as one American who has never taken the White House tour, I can’t say this has been a critical blow to my lifestyle or pocket book. Closing the White House to the average American is both a stupid and pathetic attempt by the President to save face. However, I don’t live in a vacuum either – I know these sequester cuts are coming. Like everything else in Washington, it takes a long time to implement law. Starting sometime in April or May, government employees can expect furloughs (that’s a nice word for layoffs). Probably their work week will be cut to four days a week saving about 20% in government payroll – which equates to 20% less in everyone’s paycheck. Government contractors will feel the pinch too as those companies that build things for Uncle Sam will see their contracts dry up. And when this happens, the ripple effect will hit all Americans. A big chunk of the employed population, and group whose numbers get smaller every day due to Obama economic policies, will tighten their collective economic belts. Think about the effect of one less workday a week: one less Starbucks coffee, one less lunch at Wendy’s, less stops at the gas station, delays or not buying any new clothes, not taking that summer vacation. The folks hit hardest by the Presidents sequester will be group of people who he claims to protect the most – the middle class. And in the end, the President’s sequester will have an effect on the thing he values above all other things – tax revenue. In case he doesn't realize it, less working hours means less income, and therefore less income tax – forcing the Obama administration to borrow more and print more money. Neither of these actions will concern liberals, as Nancy Pelosi said, the Government doesn't have a spending problem. Really Nancy? In the end, it will come out in the lame stream media that those evil Republicans in the house offered the President the authority to transfer where the cuts would be made to minimize the hardships it will inflict on all of us. But, the President refused. Why? Because our President wants to maximize the pain on the American public to help advance his liberal agenda by trying to blame the Republicans – all in an effort to take back the House of Representatives in 2014. Yes, the President is more concerned with playing politics than being a leader to all Americans – and that’s just sad.