Jindal Eviscerates the Stimulus Plan
Governor Bobby Jindal is going to give the Republican response to President Obama addressing Congress, and I personally can’t wait to see what he has to say. If his prepared remarks are going to be anything nearly as fluent and focused as his targeted razing of the President’s stimulus logic, it’s going to be a powerful response. Speaking at a summit about fiscal responsibility, the Governor from Louisiana responded with a sound argument that should make the Obama team very nervous:
As optimistic and positive as was Obama’s Address to the Nation, Jindal’s Republican response was negative and divisive. When will the Republicans learn?
Bobby gave a speech that essentially said that Republicans trusted in individual American citizens to be responsible and collectively turn this bad economy around. He illustrated conservative values to keep government out of the way to allow individuals and small businesses to thrive.
Obama essentially denigrated the economy and declared war on Big business and healthcare. In addition the undertone was that you, ‘the average American citizen’ doesn’t have what it takes to be responsible and self-reliant. Let government take control because you are too inept to be responsible.
Which would a free thinking American citizen think is more uplifting? How does capitalism thrive? First off government stays out of the way. Second the fear of failure coupled with the opportunity to succeed drives innovation. ‘How can I make a better product or provide a better service than my competitor?” Would this even be asked if socialism takes root? Nationalization of banks lead to an evaporation of the fear of failure. This in turn leads to less innovation and dramatically more spending by government to achieve the same output that private industry provides in the absence of government intervention.
(This doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be regulation. How do you know if government intervention is regulation or government monopoly? Regulation actually helps that particular industry to succeed, government monopolies (nationalization) will kill our country. The damage that is being done by BHO is dramatic and will take many years to repair.
Wow…I think even conservatives can admit that Jindal’s speech was terrible.