Bumper sticker thoughts at Cub Foods
The other day I went to Cub Foods to pick up a couple of things. As I was walking through the parking lot, I noticed a sign in the back of a car that said “Vote Democrat to take America in a New Direction.”
America doesn’t need a new direction. It needs a better direction. We have seen what the direction that Democrats have taken our country in the past leads to: higher taxes, stagnant economy, weak national defense, laws created to remedy crises that were manufactured by Democrats, and regulations to force us to sanction and promote things that most of us do not want to tolerate.
On the state level, Democrat policies have created an unfriendly business climate, causing loss of jobs and an exodus of businesses from our state. Democrat policies have loaded the individual taxpayer with a tax burden that makes Minnesota one of the highest-taxed states in the union. And they continue to load more taxes on us, in spite of rapidly increasing gasoline and food prices (also due to Democrat policies).
Does this make any sense? Is this the “new direction” the Democrats want to take us in?
If you want to see a microcosm of what the wonders of Democrat policies can accomplish, look at the cities of Minneapolis, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and Chicago. All four cities have been Democrat for most or all of the last 50 years. All four of these cities have high taxes, high crime rates, and poverty.
Do we need the Democrats to take Minnesota in one of their “New Directions?” No thank you!
To quote Ronald Reagan once again, “(Liberalism) has nothing more to say, nothing to add to the debate. It has spent its intellectual capital, such as it was - and has done its deeds.”
Democrat ideas are not new ideas. They have been tried before. They don’t work, can’t work, never have worked, and never will work.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 am
Great post! You are so right…we don’t need a new direction but a better direction. Jumping on the “change” bandwagon will only promote more “$$$change$$$” in big government coffers and much less “$$$change$$$” in ours!
September 15th, 2008 at 8:01 am
A recent study showed the Chicago was the happiest city in the world. Chicago isn’t probably the best example here. Minneapolis.. hmm, I’ve been to many cities throughout the US and the world and honestly Minneapolis is one of the greatest. I’d think that most people would agree. I’d beg to differ that Democrats have made these cities worse. I’d argue to the opposite.
Poverty, crime and taxes are challenges that every great city faces. What we need to hear is how you are going to solve those problems, not what the problems are and who’s fault it is.