Does any of this remind you of the 2012 Presidential campaign?
Unemployment down to 5.9%, trade deficit reduced, federal deficit erased, Illinois unemployment lower than "before the great recession", economy booming, ISIS being defeated, Iraq is under control, Ebola is not a threat...the list is endless...and fictional!!!
This is a list of the same left wing hype we were poisoned with in 2012. This is the same BS which allowed the terrorist loving and traitor, who is Barack Obama, to stay in the White House; and arguably, with a little voter fraud thrown. Since the hype is the same as the 2012 campaign, let me remind you of the warnings I gave during the 2012 campaign - do not take anything for granted - VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!! If their side loses by a 90-10 ratio, voter fraud will be difficult to pull off. Yeah, I know that 90/10 is improbable since 50% of our citizens now rely on government, but we must try.
Let me first say I believe it all but over for true American's, but I still hold on to a trace of hope because I have faith that God will save us. This said, there is no question in my mind that Obama has a plan to remain in office beyond 2016, whether by suspending the Constitution or by constitutional amendment, or repeal thereof. Either way, it will be another example of Obama ignoring the Constitution of the United States (Treason). Even with the repeal of the 22nd amendment, legal experts say it could not take effect until the after the next Presidential election. Rest assured however, if the President regains a congressional majority in the upcoming election, he will be rubber-stamped into a third term, or at least the opportunity to run again. If he does not win a congressional majority, he may still try to retain the office, but it will need to be through a more aggressive plan.
Now let's look at what is going on in the current campaign. As we experienced during the 2012 campaign, the unemployment rate mysteriously plummeted - don't believe it! Even if 5.9% could be the correct number, what the White House and most media outlets are not mentioning is that another 100,000 people dropped out of the work force in September. In other words, if people are not collecting unemployment and are not looking for a job, they are no longer counted in the unemployment numbers. What you are also not hearing is how the participation rate - the percentage of employed, able and working American's, is still at the lowest rate in 36 years (http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000) and has been below 66% since November 2008. It is currently running near 63%.
The President talked this week about the average income in the U.S. rising since he has been in office. In fact, the income for American's has fallen by approximately $4k per year in all but 3 states and the District of Columbia (no surprise). In fact, the greatest income increase during Obama's time in office, has been in government, where the average income has rising by $12k since 2008. Again, the average American experienced a $4k decrease while government employees averaged a $12k increase in wages.
Leon Panneta, Bill Clinton's defense secretary, said in a recently released book that the failures in Iraq and the growth of Isis falls directly on the shoulders of Obama. Because he failed to take the advise of his predecessors and advisers, Isis has been allowed to grow and thrive. We all knew this to be true, but even his own party is pointing fingers at him now.
We are being told every day that Ebola is not a threat, that we do not need to worry, yet a traveler from Liberia carries this very deadly disease to our country. While this is happening, our President is on a campaign stump through the Midwest. What can he do about it? Well, instead of sending inexperienced soldiers with no medical training, to their death in Africa, maybe we can stop all travel to and from affected areas? How about forcing international travelers to disclose where they had been over the last three weeks? Then again, what can we really expect from an administration that takes nothing serious? What can we expect from an administration which has taken the Secret Service from the most prestigious domestic force into the most laughable domestic farce? The men who took a bullet for Ronald Reagan, cannot even catch a man with a knife, running through the grounds and hallways of the White House.
Now let's add Illinois to the mix. Governor Quinn proudly talks about how he has increased employment to the levels prior to the great recession. In another commercial, he poses in front of a Ford plant, bragging about how he brought 1200 new jobs to the state. In another commercial, Bruce Rauner is bashed for sending jobs overseas, for laying off people and only giving them a gift card. Bruce Rauner, the commercial said, even created an outsourcing company to help other company's send jobs overseas.
Well, similar to the federal numbers, the Illinois unemployment numbers are not taking into consideration, the number of people who are working part-time, under-employed or no longer looking. The 1200 new jobs at the Ford plant? How many of the 1200 people live in Illinois and spend their wages in Illinois? Since the Ford plant is spitting distance from Indiana, I would guess that most of the 1200 live in Indiana. I do not have the numbers but would like to see the data. Quinn also failed to mention the 6000 people who lost their jobs when Dominick's closed all of their stores in Illinois. Many of those people, from Illinois, remain out of work today or have been forced to take part-time work in other non-union grocery chains.
I have not researched the accusations against Rauner and frankly, I am not a fan of his, but Rauner is a businessman. As a businessman, like many others, if he found it difficult to make a profit in the U.S., he is obligated to do what needs to be done to make money for his company. It can be argued that what Rauner did was not "patriotic", but maybe instead of blaming the businesses, we should look at government, i.e., Quinn and Obama. In fact, the federal and state taxes and regulations have become very unfavorable to operate business - Caterpillar, Walgreen's and many other company's have also threatened to leave for the same reason. During the 80's, Governor James Thompson traveled to the world to bring business to our state. During that period in our history, many company's moved to our state because we promoted new business. Illinois was friendly to business, big and small.
Beginning with the Ryan administration, increasing during the Blago era and reaching a peak under Quinn, the state of Illinois has become very unfriendly to business. Through taxes and regulation, our state has left business little choice but to leave our state. When the governors of Texas, Minnesota, New Jersey come into Illinois for the purpose of inviting our people to their state, where they will be treated with respect and will be given an opportunity to earn a profit, we should assume we are in trouble.
Unfortunately, most people vote on sound bites from 30 second commercials. While I look at the commercial bashing Rauner and find it more appropriate to blame Quinn, many will not. However, there is one way that everyone in this state can see the truth without watching even one campaign commercial, just open your eyes. Everywhere I drive, walk or otherwise pass by, I see vacant storefronts, like no time in the past. Once thriving strip malls are left with one or two businesses, usually Cash for Gold or Payday Loan stores, both a true sign of the negative economic trend in our state. We watched as Dominick's closed all of their stores, many remain vacant and others replaced by businesses hiring only part-time employees, offering no benefits. K-Mart has closed all but a few stores, auto dealerships, restaurants, CLOSED!
For Quinn or Obama to say our state is in good shape or even on-the-mend, is insulting. For anyone to believe it, is moronic. This does not even take into consideration our failed education system, pension programs, healthcare or spending. Our state is on life support and will fail under another four years of Quinn, Madigan and company. Just as our nation needed and should have elected a businessman in 2012, our state needs someone with business sense, such as Bruce Rauner. Again, I am not a fan, but I can tell the difference between spit and rain. It's time to get serious and understand that hype will not save our state. Do not believe the hype!
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