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Jewish World Review Jan 26 , 2012/ 2 Shevat, 5772 A presidential rerun By Cal Thomas
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Summertime is usually when TV networks air repeats of shows we've already seen. In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, the president got a five-month jump on the summer season by re-running a class-envy video he has broadcast more times than local stations have shown episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." Instead of a credible assessment of the state of the union, which is not good, the president delivered a slightly toned down campaign speech. We heard more of the same about how "the rich" aren't paying their "fair share" in taxes. There was an unserious nod to government overspending to which he has massively contributed. Why should those of us who work for a living give more money to a government that under Democrats and Republicans has been such a poor steward of what we have already provided? Confiscating all of the wealth of Having
President Obama wants four more years to continue the policies he's inflicted on us the last three years. Why would anyone believe that his policies, which are not succeeding and can't succeed, will miraculously work given more time? In his 2009 State of the Union Address, the president promised to "cut the deficit in half" by In his address to This president has squandered a great opportunity. As the country's first African-American president, Envy has never created a single job, put a family back together, encouraged a man to provide for his children or endowed young women with the kind of self-regard that would encourage them not to create children they too often neglect. The state of many poor African-Americans remains how it has been for years -- too many fatherless children, too many uneducated, hopeless women and too many men in prison. President Obama might have done something about that beyond more government programs and handouts. Tuesday night, he spoke of no more government handouts. Which ones will he cut? Optimism, self-regard and the economic, social and spiritual principles that built and sustained America, offering opportunity, not guaranteed outcome, are what the president should be stressing. Government is not our keeper. We are our own and our neighbor's keepers. Addicting more and more people to government and the view that others owe them a living is the worst form of covetousness. In case the president missed it in
JWR contributor Cal Thomas is co-author with Bob Beckel, a liberal Democratic Party strategist, of "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America". Comment by clicking here.
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