Posted on Thursday, 6th November 2008 by admin

The costly and longest election in American history is now over.  The candidates in the 2008 campaigns spent an earth shattering 5.4 billion.  Billion with a B.  A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its press releases:

  • A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
  • A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
  • A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

If we look at the 5.4 billion that was spent during the campaigns;

  • The 125,000 people that jammed Grant Park last night for Obamas victory celebration would receive $43,200 each.

It’s clear that people got what they wanted.  An amazing number of people in this country feel that they are owed a living.  That the goevernment is responsible for their economic security.  That the governement is responsible for raising their children, providing them healthcare and provind for their education.  I think this women encapsulizes the thought of many of the people that voted for Obama.  We are clearer moving into a period of time in our society when politicians are going to use the U.S. Govenrement as a tool for legalized plunder (for more on this read The Law by Frederic Bastiat).

It was interesting to see that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, Indiana and Virginia went to Obama.  These are 6 of the top 10 coal producing states in our country.  Obama declared his intentions to bankrupt the coal industry.  Let’s suppose that he does, what will all of these people do for work?  I guess that they will need to then attend a state sponsered job retraining program.  And while their attending this will need to move into state sponsored housing for state sponserd food and health care.

So, now that the people have spoken and the democrats are in power. I guess we’re going to see how you tax achievers and business owners, increase federal spending, and balance the federal budget. 

This was the greatest Democratic victory since Jimmy Carter…let’s hope we do not have to relive those times.

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