CHANGE

INTRODUCTION
We had an election in November, in which Barack Obama (BO) became our President Elect on the basis of a promise of HOPE and CHANGE. Being a shrewd politician, Mr. Obama never spelled out precisely what CHANGE under his administration will consist of. As a result, we are left to speculate regarding just what this CHANGE will be. What follows is several scenarios and forecasts of possibilities for various manifestations of CHANGE that may await us in 2009 and beyond.

EARLY CHANGE
As it turns out, 2009 will not be the first CHANGE that we will experience. In January of 2007 the new (CHANGED) Congress of Pelosi and Reid was sworn in. A previous post enumerates some benchmarks at that time.

* BENCHMARKS
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There were also changes elsewhere such as the election of HAMAS in Gaza. Take a good look at the benchmarks of January 2007. It may well be a case of

This is as good as it gets!!!

It may be a point in time toward which we may look back with nostalgia in the future. There has indeed been CHANGE (DEMs in legislative power) since then.

How do you like it so far?

CHANGE in YOUR POCKET
Start with a dollar bill that you have earned. After TAXES at all levels, all you'll have left from the dollar is CHANGE. If somehow this pile of CHANGE were to become larger (i.e. you get to keep more of what you earn) then more CHANGE would be a good thing. BO has promised a Tax Cut for all but the 'Rich'. If that sounds familiar, recall that Klinton promised a 'Middle Class' Tax Cut before his first term. Recall also that what happened instead was a TAX INCREASE.

Keep in mind that something like HALF of the 'Rich' are DEMs, and have contributed mightily to the DEMs campaign coffers in hopes of becoming 'Quid Pro Quo' Corporate Welfare Queens in a BO administration. Would BO screw them with higher taxes? We doubt it.

Surely the 'Rich' DEMs and the rest of the 'Rich' will find ways to legally work around their tax liability. Remember that John and Teresa Kerry continue to pay a 13.5% tax rate, Buffet pays 25%, the Clintons pay 25% etc., and we don't even know what Soros and his ilk get away with. There will be no additional tax revenue from these people, even if 'Tax the Rich' policies are enacted by BO and the DEM Congress. It won't hit the DEM'Rich'. It will instead hit SMALL BUSINESS,the source of most NEW JOBS. Fewer NEW JOBS means less Tax Revenue.

Guess who will have to make up the difference in order to finance all the goodies BO has promised, or even to pay for Stimulus (a Stimulus program could not stimulate weeds to grow in a vacant lot, let alone the economy) and Bailout programs. That's right, it will be YOU. Redistribution is not about taking from the 'Rich' to help the Poor. It's about taking from the Middle Class and giving it to Special Interests, most of which are richer than the average Middle Class taxpayer.

Stimuli and Bailouts will also be laden with Pork and Earmarks. The ethical climate since Pelosi/Reid took over the legislature changed from a garden variety Culture of Corruption under the GOP, to a MEGA Culture of Corruption under the DEMs (Blagojevich, Jefferson, Rangel, Frank, Dodd etc. ad nauseam).

So if you're looking for more CHANGE in your pocket in the future, lots of luck.

STATES as PROTOTYPES
Another possible preview of what CHANGE might look like can be had by looking at States that have policies similar to what BO is promising us. Maybe under a BO administration the USA will look like Michigan, or maybe like New Jersey, or NY or California.

Look and be afraid.

CONCLUSION
So there you have it. Let's see how things CHANGE as time goes on. Make of it what you will. Who's responsible for what, will remain a bone of contention ('Success has many fathers. Failure is an orphan.').

Since we're basically Skeptics and Cynics, we have TWO responses to anything emanating from Congress or the MSM: "A ROOM FULL OF SPITOONS." and "A GRAND PIANO". This manifests itself as follows:

"Our respect for CONGRESS could not begin to fill a ROOM FULL OF SPITOONS!"

and

"We wouldn't trust the MSM as far as we could throw a GRAND PIANO!"

We just got online. Things are already CHANGING. Keep your eyes open.

So it goes.

THE PEOPLE SHALL JUDGE