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Ok, so Barack Obama is now our President-Elect. That very thought cringes me to the core. And yes, he is America’s president, or will be as soon as the Constitutional electors meet. I didn’t vote for him, but he does assume the mantle of the American President. The constitutional process was followed.

But, I still wonder how many will be willing to put up with the Senator’s tax hikes?

Considering how much his definition of the ultra-wealthy keeps changing, I can’t help but think that pretty soon all small business owners will be within Senator Barack Obama’s “spread the wealth” philosophy.

For example, take your average small business, the economic engine of America. Let’s assign the business owner a modest $50k salary. Add in three employees to help him run shop, at a modest $25,000 a year salary, and you are already at $125,000 in payroll alone. Then we would need to talk overhead expenses, inventory, insurance and taxes. In short, this small business would easily run well past even the higher of Obama’s numerous tax thresholds of $250,000 a year.

So, how many small businesses, seeing massive tax hikes coming their way, won’t take preventative steps to meet the bottom line?

Consider this: the unemployment rate in this country is spiking.

I can’t help but think that the combined crippling effect of the economic downturn combined with Obama’s tax plans will mean more businesses will need to trim costs to stay afloat. Suddenly one or two of those workers in our example, for instance, are cut to part-time hours. Or maybe the costs in the shop are raised, inventory reduced, or business re-investment curtailed.

There is another drastic proposal as well. Business owners could suddenly go John Galt and decide that cooperating with insane taxes and regulations are no longer worth the incentive to produce.

In our example the business owner, seeing his taxes double and wage requirements drastically increase by mandate of the government, closes his shop and moves on to a new industry where he does not have to hire any help. Three people are automatically out of work to start. Then the manufacturers of the goods he sells in his store would take note. While his shop alone isn’t enough to notice, if enough small business owners participate in a economic protest the result could be a big chill on the economy. Add in the business owner’s accountant, insurance agent, janitorial service- you get the idea- no industry would be spared.

I believe that the economy is floundering because people have lost the incentive to produce. If failure is rewarded with bailouts and profit labeled as greed, the quickest way to prop up the bottom line is to run and inefficient business model. This, of course, requires taking even more from those running successful operations to give those who don’t operate with a sound business plan in mind.

This, ultimately, is why socialism leads to marxism. Eventually the producers will be forced to produce for the betterment of “society”. How short it is from “too big to fail” to “must not fail”. We should all be very concerned, the free market’s very survival is in our hands.

From the CATO Institute:

To legitimately invoke the commerce power, Congress must show not only that a federal program is necessary but also that it is proper- that is, the program does not violate other foundational principles, such as federalism, separation of powers, and limited government. Congress has not made that showing.

Indeed, the bailout quite clearly violates the Constitution’s separation-of-powers principle- in particular, what has become known as the nondelegation doctrine, which states that Congress may not delegate its legislative power to any other entity, including Cabinet departments of the executive branch. Article 1 of the Constitution states, “All legislative Powers … shall be vested in Congress.” A plain reading of the text shows that lawmaking is for the legislative branch, which does not include the Treasury Department. Yet when Congress authorized the bailout package, it gave Secretary Henry Paulson unprecedented power to act as a super-legislature.

It seems so impending, so imminent, so oppressive that we accept the tenants of socialism in this election. Our economy is in shambles, our personal finances are a mess, our nation’s roads, bridges and infrastructure crumbling. The war in Iraq fueling flames of absolutism, and the anxious eyes keep close tabs on the price of oil.

It is as if, it seems, Barack Obama truly is our savior.

The audacity of John McCain, how dare he reject socialism’s siren call! How dare he deny hope and change! Hope and change!

In case you haven’t heard this morning: The Atlantic Ocean has endorsed Barack Obama. No word yet from the Pacific Ocean.

Never in my life did I imagine that we would face such a vote, a referendum on socialism in this country. This election is no longer about fixing our markets, keeping our homes or increasing domestic oil production. This election is about the very heart and soul of America. This election has eclipsed the ordinary and the mundane.

When Barack Hussein Obama came right out and said, “I want to spread the wealth around”, this election ceased being about the issues of today. It ceased being about President Bush, the war in Iraq or Republican politics. It has now become an election of establishing a new order of American political rule and rejecting our Founding principals.

This election is bigger than the Presidential race. Glenn Beck warned us the other day that the French Prime Minister met with President Bush and quote, “laid it all out. He said there could be not rejection of world currency after this financial crises is over”. Things are moving so quick, situations that previously would have taken years of planning and discussion are now being accelerated and acted upon immediately.

Of course, this does not bode well for conservatives who now have less than two weeks to make their case that capitalism should rule and within the free markets lies the solution to our economic woes.

Constitutionalists, at times, seem to act like everybody knows the same basic assumptions of the proper role of government that they do. I am afraid that I longer trust the general public to matters of our heritage or our basic, fundamental principals. I am afraid that the American public will not understand the arguments against world economic and political integration. I think that most people see it, unfortunately, as simply the next thing that must happen.

This has caught me, and most people, off guard. Could you have imagined a year ago that gas prices would have risen as much as they have and that our financial system would be strained so much? It is as if the very course of history is pressing us to surrender to a system greater than our own or hunker down and solve our own problems.

Where are the Patriots of today? Where is our Ronald Reagan? Our Thomas Jefferson? Where is our Ayn Rand? Can we, dare we, reject the inevitable? Hope and Change? What about Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit Of Happiness? Oh, the choices before us.

Dare we man up and say, “Hell No!!”? We shall see come Nov. 4th, we will not be unable to undo this one.

Rep. Bill Sali is correct to point out that the coming Mexican Consulate in Boise presents serious concerns about the ability of local law enforcement to properly identify and issue deportation holds for those whom are here illegally.

Quite simply, an acceptance of a consulate is one step toward establishing Boise as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants.

Don’t believe me? Check out the battle that is occurring with the San Diego Police Department and the S.D. City Council. This battle will soon be coming to Boise now that Condi Rice has approved a Mexican Consulate for Idaho.

The San Diego City Council wants to establish themselves as a “Sanctuary City”. While they seek the declarations to make it official, outsiders looking in wonder why the time and expense of declaring it official is really necessary.

At issue is the matricula consular I.D. card issued by the Mexican Government. In communities with a disproportionate number of illegal immigrants, local law enforcement often finds itself handicapped into accepting the matricula consular as a valid identification in place of say a drivers license or birth certificate. This is the case in San Diego. The city council is trying to pass regulations such as the above, the local Sheriff is sticking to federal law requirements, which say these documents are not valid operator permits.

Matricula consular cards are issued at consulate’s. They are neither secure or widely accepted as identification cards, and there is no real time verification of the identity of the person for whom the matricula consular is being issued. Check out this site for more information on the matricula consular .

Opening a consulate in Idaho is a direct route for illegal immigrants to establish themselves as “legitimate” citizens of the United States. Even banks want to get in the act, accepting foreign identification for opening a bank account.

Quite simply, Idaho law is not ready for the presence of the Mexican consulate in the area. Strong laws are needed to prevent local communities from declaring themselves ’sanctuary cities’ and accepting the easily issued matricula consular cards as valid for driving, employment, insurance purposes and and law enforcement matters.

The standards for issuance of the cards are too lose: there is no active verification of the applicants identity. Terrorists, criminals and ill-intended individuals can and will use this loophole to gain entry into America.

Furthermore, Idaho should not demean those already living here who have taken steps to establish a legitimate and legal identity. Americans should not be forced to accept a foreign identification card as a valid United States presence. Additionally, the matricula consular is not a drivers license in Mexico, why would we allow illegal immigrants to pass it off as such to local law enforcement?

We don’t, and shouldn’t. The plans for the consulate are already moving forward, we need to pressure lawmakers now to stop the acceptance of foreign ID, outside of where Federal Law requires, as a valid legal document. Otherwise, that beat up old jalopy behind you with 20 people in it? They will be unlicensed and uninsured and law enforcement will be powerless to do anything about it when they rear end you. Or take your job. Or use tax-payer funded services.

As least Idaho Law says that the matricula consular is not valid for obtaining a Idaho Drivers license. Will the Idaho Legislature strengthen this statute to prevent local government from accepting the matricula consular AS A drivers license?

And this is for certain: when that consulate opens up it will attract more illegals. The question is now, will we be prepared to handle the results?

More proof that we have hit the economic rock bottom of the recession: food rationing. Our housing market is in shambles, gas prices rising to $4 a gallon, massive inflation in nearly every public and private sector and now food rationing. All work of the New World Order, all designed to compel you to give more control to the government. Will you follow their lead? Or blare the warning siren?

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UPDATE 4-23-8:

Apparently Idaho law STRICTLY FORBIDS quantity limits on sales:

 TITLE 48
CHAPTER 4
48-405A. LIMITATION OF QUANTITY OF ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL PROHIBITED.
No person conducting a retail business, which involves the resale
to consumers of commodities purchased or acquired for that purpose, may limitthe quantity of any article or product sold or offered for sale to any one
customer to a quantity less than the entire supply thereof owned or possessed
by the seller or which he otherwise is authorized to sell. Any person as
principal, agent, officer or director, by himself, or another person, who
shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each single
violation and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable pursuant to the
provisions of section 48-405, Idaho Code … and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine or not more than $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or by both said fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

I dare Sam’s Club to try it here….

After listening to its customers, Comcast has reversed course and now pledges to support network neutrality. Will the other big ISP’s follow suit, specifically AT&T?

The RECESSION continues to become the unwieldy and unmanageable elephant in the room. When will people realize that our federal deficit is contributing to this problem?

Had tax gone through it would have incurred tax assessments on homeowners around $1,500 and well over $10,000 for farmland. All the citizens of Eagle asked for was the right to VOTE on the proposal! Why are you so afraid of that Eagle? Perhaps because people’s fears are justified that you are attempting to push out private business to merge it with the governments?

Only 12% of Idahoans would choose public school over private or charter school options.

And yet the Presidential candidates are still talking about EXPANDING government welfare, bureaucracy, and non-revocable government funded infrastructure.

Tell me, does this REALLY make sense?

ALSO SEE: “$4 Trillion Deficit~ And We Are Getting REBATES???”

A story so ridiculous, only the government could be proposing it.

USA’s Credit Rating Falls On Soaring Welfare Costs

The talk of KTVB’s ‘Viewpoint’ this morning was two ‘public transportation consultants’.  What a joke. Remember the faux community college debate? The same tactics are being utilized again to quell an opposition to their ‘vision’.  I found it of great irony that KTVB chose a Portland-based light rail consultant to push their agenda.

Let me put it this way: light-rail is neither an effective or efficient way to reduce the Treasure Valley’s traffic woes. In fact, the problems that light rail brings may well be worse that the problems that it sought to solve.

Outside of New York there is no light-rail system in place that operates as a preferred transportation option. If fact what is largely found is that light-rail generally goes vastly under-utilized, neither removing cars from the road or helping reduce commuter transportation problems.

Nationally the average percent of use for light rail is about 23% of capacity. Considering that light rail, at capacity, operates with a need for about an 80% taxpayer subsidy, how much more tax money is needed to fund this disaster? The cost of light rail is not cheap. The issue of such economic importance that even the Federal Reserve took note:

Nationwide, annual light-rail operating costs ($778.3 Million) far exceed fare revenue ($226.1 Million); the balance ($552 Million) is paid for with tax dollars. Note that these numbers refer only to operating expenses. With such large annual losses, no light-rail system could possibly recoup it’s construction costs, which can amount to several hundred million dollars.

Another point to consider that liberals refuse to see as a ‘problem’- the presence of increased criminal and deviant activity centering along and around light rail stations and lines. MaxRedline blog notes that, ‘According to a map the highest crime neighborhoods in Portland are all within one block of lightrail’.

Do you see the concerns that are prevalent here? The powers-that-be (Ahem Communist Dave Bieter and the Ada County Highway District) do not want to let a legitimate public debate happen. They know they will lose the argument every time. So instead they wish to quell you to sleep by slowly providing information over a prolonged and extended period of time to accommodate the uneducated and ignorant voters with the ‘facts’ as they wish them to be.

Don’t believe me? Fine, here is some solid data to back my views. This is the data the hawkers of light-rail will not tell you.

So why is this happening? The answer is simple, there is a massive, organized and deliberate attempt to lobby your politicians for the benefit of the few. The Urban Land Institute is the main purveyor of ‘information’ to your Legislators. ‘Information’ in the form of significant campaign contributions. Can’t get a legislator to override his constituency? Fund his re-election campaign, that will get his or her ear.

If light rail does not have riders that fund the system, contributes to crime, violates private property rights, worses the environmental conditions that exist in a city why exactly should we simply accept it? Because we are told to? Because its more ‘feel good’ legislation to benefit the poor? None of those answers are good enough.

The reality is this: In the Treasure Valley people want I-84 extended to eight lanes. We want State street to be four lanes, Boise to Middleton. With the amount the money that is being discussed to bring light-rail to the valley we could EASILY have both of the VOTERS priorities met and have plenty left over for other road improvement projects.

Light rail is a disaster. The politicians are not listening to their constituents on this one. We want our roads improved, not taxes raised for some asinine public transit system. This is just another example of the New World Order’s social engineering. The voters priorities MUST ALWAYS come before that of the some snotty, nit-witty, stuck-up think tank.

Pay attention Treasure Valley, I guarantee you that the media will not cover all sides of the story on this one.

Isn’t progress great?