What's Wrong With Washington?: A Crossroads

It’s Friday and this is “What’s Wrong With Washington”. I am Lance Pisowicz. This evening we are going to return our focus to an issue that I know has all of you very concerned. Exactly what does the federal government’s growth in power mean to you? I have just a couple of reminders before we begin. Please do check out my website, Lance Pisowicz Online (www.wix.com/lancejp/online). Also become a subscriber of my Youtube Channel (www.youtube.com/user/lancejponline), like my Facebook (www.facebook.com/lancepisowicz), or follow me on Twitter (www.twitter.com/lancejponline). You can also subscribe to my blogs on blogger (www.wrongwithwashington.blogspot.com and www.lancesweeklywalk.blogspot.com). Be sure to join me in all of these locations. They truly are great locations to connect with other Americans who love their country.

Now, I will reveal the results in last week’s poll. Our topic was whether or not you believed that the federal government has grown too powerful. Once again I appreciate all of the responses. Hopefully we can see even more next time. 75% of you said you were believed the federal government has gained too much power, while 25% of you said it has not gained too much power. I was very intrigued by the results, and tonight we will examine this topic a bit more. Thanks again; I hope you will vote again this week! As always we have a jam-packed show, so let’s begin!

I’ll begin tonight with what I would consider to be sort of a “mini-topic”. It’s something that has been occupying much of the airtime on the major news networks, so I thought I would just set the record straight.

As many of you are aware, last week President Obama came out and said, “Same-sex couples should be able to get married.” Okay, thanks for your input Mr. President, but is that really your call in the position you’re in?

Personally I believe marriage is between one man and one woman but I realize just how divided our nation is on the issue. In 2009, a Gallup Poll found that 57% of Americans opposed Same-Sex Marriage, while 40% supported it.³ This was a drop in six percentage points, when 46% of Americans supported Same-Sex Marriage in 2007. So is now really the time to “divide the house” once again?

The last time I checked, the rights to Marriage laws were reserved to the states, and if you really wanted to make a change, you should have run for Governor of Illinois. At least you probably wouldn’t have tried to sell a Senate seat.

Now, that is not to say that Marriage laws cannot become a federally ordained right. It would require an amendment to the Constitution. To do this we would either need a proposition by Congress or a national convention requested by at least two-thirds of the state legislatures.¹ The national convention has been attempted twice but has never succeeded. Even if the convention happened, 38 states would need to approve the amendment. If we went the Congress route, there would need to be a two-thirds major in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Considering how divided Congress is today and the extreme requirements for amending by convention, I would say there is no way a Constitutional Amendment is going to happen for this during Obama’s presidency (win or lose in November) or anytime soon after that. So what was the President’s purpose behind this “announcement”?

It was merely an attempt to reinvigorate a base support group that got him elected in 2008. President Obama felt as if he had neglected the advocates of Same-Sex Marriage, so he felt inclined to come out and make a statement. But it goes further than that. The statement was also a fundraising tactic, which brought in tens of millions of dollars from Same-Sex Marriage advocates.

Meanwhile Mitt Romney has attempted to remain out of the fray, and the results have been rewarding thus far. A recent poll by CBS News/New York Times reports that Romney now leads Obama 49-46, and the president has lost 5 percentage points each among women, moderates, and independents respectively. Although, I realize unseating an incumbent is very difficult, I understand that Mitt Romney is right. The issue in the hearts and souls of the American people right now, by and large, is not a social one but an economic one. Just like in 2008, the very issue that elected Barack Obama threatens to destroy him - the economy. Americans are concerned with whether or not they will have a job next month, how they will repay their student loans when they finish school, or what their children’s futures will hold.

If you don’t believe me, let’s lead into my next topic, with a glimpse into a possible future for the world. Let’s say President Obama is reelected. The federal government continues to expand, new taxes suffocate American business and industry, and the already towering debt to China and other foreign nations grows even larger. We are now going to jump eighteen years into the future with a look at what the world might be like.

Whether President Obama’s policies take us down a path to socialism or not, one thing is for certain. If his policies don’t, our debt will. It all comes down to dollars and cents.

Many foreign nations, in particular China, have been loaning the United States government money for years. Where does China get the money to do so? Their exponentially growing industries are controlled by the government because it is a Communist state.

So unlike when American industries flourish on a global scale, the Chinese government not only benefits in a small way (like the U.S. does with taxes) but reaping nearly all of the bounties brought from international trade.

As I stated earlier, with that money they are loaning the United States over 1 trillion dollars.⁴ This is about 8% of the nearly 15 trillion dollars of American debt.

Just like a bank essentially owns a home until the mortage is paid, China has a great deal of influence in the United States. In its present state, that influence is somewhat passive (although one could make a case otherwise), but that influence will only grow more intrusive and pervasive the more we owe and the longer we owe it.

Just like with a house or a car, if a person does not pay their loan back, they are given several warnings that the bank will seize the property. Although there are codes of ethics regarding influence in other nations, China will essentially be in the driver’s seat if we do not do something fast.

The Chinese are not really to blame for the predicament we find ourselves in. We have essentially brought this on ourselves. One should never owe a debt, monetary or personal favor to anyone who does not have his best interest in mind. Not only is China another country, but by and large, they have a very different philosophy in regards to how a nation should be governed and where the common man fits in.

How have we brought this problem on ourselves? The answer is found in the fact that we have forgotten our history and abandoned our principles. As a nation, we seem to have forgotten what our values are. We formed this nation because we felt government had become apathetic to us and had intruded on our lives. The same is true today. A federal healthcare system that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, a failed stimulus package, among other programs designed to supposedly help the public have stripped away many of the freedoms which we hold dear. In the meantime, we seem to sink further and further into debt, and nobody seems to know how to solve the problem.

America now finds herself at a crossroads. We can either take the path down the road to socialism and more government pervasion, or we can choose to go restore our nation to its former glory with a freer society that would make the founders proud. It’s our choice.

Before we conclude this evening I have a message from one of you guys that I wanted to share.

“What's wrong with Washington? For the past 10 or 15 years, nothing important has been accomplished in Washington. So, Washington D.C. is just as dead as President Washington himself.

I think to start; we should jump into Natural gas production & distribution to power our cars. Can you imagine how many people that would employ? ALL U.S. JOBS.”

Steven Fisher

Bristol, PA

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That’s all the time we have for tonight. Thank you for joining me on “What’s Wrong With Washington”. I will see you on Sunday with “Lance’s Weekly Walk.”

This week our poll question asks you who should be the United States’ greatest foreign ally. Be sure to tell us who you think America’s greatest friend is at: http://poll.fm/3prne. You can also access this poll and many other features through Lance Pisowicz Online, www.wix.com/lancejp/online.

I hope you have enjoyed our broadcast tonight, as much as I have. Thanks again, and God bless you all. See you Sunday!

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Friday, May 18, 2012

A Crossroads

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