Julia's a Moocher

The Obama campaign recently put out a slide show called The Life of Julia, which follows a representative woman through her life to show how great Obama is and we should re-elect him.

First of all, can I say, as a woman.....pfffft.  Stop treating me like I'm part of some homogeneous group.  It's so annoying.

Okay, to the meat of the slide show.

First slide:  Julia goes to Head Start because BO is such a great guy and Romney, with the Ryan budget, would cut money from Head Start.  A "cut" in DC is a cut in the RATE OF GROWTH.  And Head Start isn't that helpful.  Huh.

Second slide:  Well that's funny.  There are no slides between 3 and 17 years of age.  Maybe because the public education system is so broken, they couldn't figure out anyway to positively spin it for BO.  At 17, Julia is attending a school in the "Race to Top" program with their "new college- and career-ready standards".  Those mean Republicans would cut public education to give tax cuts to millionaires.  Could the liberals give us SOMETHING new?  Please?  Again, a "cut" in DC is a cut in the rate of growth.  Throwing more money at the problem has NOT HELPED our public education system.  DOE's centralized control has not been helpful.  Bring school control closer to the people affected so they can have more flexibility.

Third:  college stuff.  Government will pay for college.  College expenses have grown by twice the rate of inflation for years.  My opinion is it's because other people will pay for it.  We don't have the money.  Seriously.  Enough is enough.  I know education is important, but there are other ways to get it than driving our country deeper and deeper into debt.  And as a side note, this doubling of student loan rates was passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress and the bill was sheduled to expire right before the election.  And oh, what a shock, Obama didn't vote.

Fourth:  she has surgery while in college and it was covered because BO let her stay on her parents' insurance until 26.  You know, that could happen WITHOUT ObamaCare if there was more flexibility for insurance companies and if more people wanted it....and PAID for it.  Ain't free, baby.

Fifth:  She'll get equal pay for equal work because BO signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act and Romney hasn't said whether he would have vetoed it.  I don't claim to understand the act, so we'll let this one stand, although I'm pretty sure the 14th amendment would work on this one.  No need for a new law (but that's what all politicians do - pass more unnecessary laws).

Sixth:  BO capped student loan rates. Hmmm...the reason that student loan rates are going up is because a Democrat-controlled Congress passed a law KNOWING they'd go up right before the election.  And oh, what a shock, Obama didn't vote.  And if you are going to have a problem repaying a loan, perhaps you shouldn't take out a loan.  This idea that you should go into debt for 20 years to get a degree is crap.

Seventh:  ObamaCare requires her health plan to cover birth control and preventative care, so she can worry about work, not her health.  What - we can't choose our health plan ourselves?  What if she wants a plan that doesn't cover birth control, making it cheaper?  Isn't that how it should work?  Why is it the government's job to tell insurance providers what they have to provide?  And guess what?  It's going to cost more.  Yes it is, maybe not directly, but it costs someone.  It ain't free.

Eighth:  She's prego and everything's covered....for free.  Uh huh.  Can I say again - nothing's free.  And anytime the government is involved, they want control.  Think about it for a few minutes.

Ninth:  Back to the school argument.  Re-read the second slide points.

Tenth:  She gets a loan from the SBA.  The mean Republicans would cut federal funding by 20%.  Again, "cut" my butt.

Eleventh:  She's 65 and enrolling in Medicare.  If Obama doesn't get re-elected, Medicare is going to disappear.  Dude, Medicare's going bankrupt right now.  Its costs were grossly underestimated, and our baby boomer population is going to skyrocket.  And why is it the government's damn job to pay for health care because you're old?

Twelfth:  Hahahaha!!  She retires and has Social Security to "help her retire comfortably".  Hahahaha.  Re-read the point above.

I'm just finishing this and I see that Heritage has put out its own version of Julia - seems I've been scooped.  Ah well.  Made me feel better to write it up.

Unemployment

This just seems so simple and therefore the media is so obviously stupid.

The number of jobs available dropped last month.

The unemployment rate also dropped.

The media is reporting that the economy is getting better.  Uh, sure.

Even IF this were true and we could compare these rates with other presidents' rates...they get "revised" in a week or so anyhow and it doesn't get reported.

Add that to the AP reporting that unemployment will be below 8% before Election Day.....makes you wonder...