Congratulations on your re-election. But before you get comfortable with another term, hear me out.
I believe your fundamental changing of America is not a good thing for us. I believe you are a socialist under the covers, and your policies will do more harm than good.
I believe that capitalism is a good thing, and the profit motive is what made this country great. Some call it greed, but the profit motive drives people to invent, innovate and succeed, even after failures. I do not think you believe that is a good thing, and you want to change it.
I believe that high tax rates do not result in greater tax revenue. In fact, it has been proven otherwise during the Hoover, FDR, JFK, Reagan, Clinton and GWB administrations. Raising taxes has the unintended consequence of forcing people and businesses to alter there investment behaviors, moving investment money to tax free shelters which do not promote profit and growth, or to other countries with more friendly tax structures. This is the opposite of your policies which are more Keynesian.
I believe in peace through strength, and America being the greatest nation on Earth. I do not think you believe the same, and I think you believe in peace through appeasement. Libya should be proof of your error.
I do not believe in redistribution of wealth. I do believe in wealth creation. See 'capitalism' above. Capitalism has raised countless more people from poverty than charity has. And as Margaret Thatcher so famously said, ' The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money". We should, as the Bible states, teach men to fish, and let him eat for a lifetime.
I do believe in protecting the environment, but I do not believe in global warming theories put forth by the likes of Al Gore and you. I think we can have a clean environment and burn fossil fuels, until we can find the next source of energy that provide more optimal utilization of our resources. Spending borrowed money to invest in your idea of worthy causes is not why you were elected. That is the role of private enterprise.
I believe our debt is crippling our country, and I believe you are greatly responsible for much of it. We must cut borrowing and spending, and allow the deficit to reduce itself as we do so, along with the anticipated rise in revenues from lower taxes and less regulation leading to more wealth production in the private sector.
I do not believe that since you are the president that people must give up their personal and political beliefs. Do not tell members of the congress that you reach across the aisle when in fact you have not. You failed to listen to opposing points of view on health care, and your suggested transparency of governing is akin to the Wizard of Oz's.
I believe that market principles must be allowed to work their wealth creating magic in the health care field. Socialized medicine is where you are taking us, and it will destroy the high quality of medical innovations and shorten our life expectancy, by removing the doctors and hospitals from the decision making process. Bureaucrats making health choice decisions is a very bad idea, and can lead to horrifying results.
I believe that you and members of your administration are not performing with high integrity, are lying or covering up scandals, and are people who do not appreciate the US Constitution as a document which should be protected and defended, as your collective oath states. Laws are to equally applied to all, including health care and immigration. Certain groups of people should not be exempted from parts of the law your do not agree with. Providing illegal aliens with benefits established for citizens is one example. Another is the waving of pieces of the new health care legislation for some businesses.
I also believe that the mandates for providing birth control, abortions and abortofacients by people who have religious objections is unconstitutional and you directly violate that document which you swore to uphold.
I will, from time to time, state my opinion on such matters in the future, in the hopes of changing minds and votes. I will use my freedom of speech to make sure my vision of America is realized, because I believe my vision is right.
Richard J Scheper
Newport, KY, USA
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