More “Stimulation?” No Thanks …

We’ve always believed that the mythical “Pit of Sarlacc” was a perfect metaphor for what our federal, state and local governments have become.

Sure, some people prefer the “sinkhole” analogy, but we feel that such a comparison lacks sufficient depth and malevolence.

What government is doing to taxpayers across this county can only be described with terms like “insatiable appetite,” “grasping tentacles” and “sharp, pointy teeth” (that’s no ordinary hole in the ground, people).

We wrote about this nifty metaphor previously(on the very day the $787 billion “stimulus” was passed, in fact), but the analogy hit us again as President Barack Obama proposed another multi-billion dollar burst of federal spending to do what trillions of dollars worth of government interventionism have clearly failed to do – “stimulate” anything.

Saying that America must “spend our way out of this recession,” Obama’s new plan basically involves taking money that’s being repaid from the Bush bailout and spending it on state and local governments.

Obama failed to put a price tag on his proposals, but a figure of $150 billion was floated by Congressional Democrats – and that’s on top of the money that’s going to be spent on extending unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies to all the people who weren’t helped by the first “stimulus.”

Obviously, these figures don’t include the gargantuan socialized medicine proposals currently lurching toward the President’s desk – which would add untold billions to our nation’s record $1.5 trillion deficit.

To put all of this in perspective, let’s look at the track record of all this unchecked interventionism under the administrations of both Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush (RINO – Texas).

It’s pretty simple math, people.

Two years ago, when this recession started, America’s unemployment rate stood at 4.9%.

Today, with government having spent, lent or pledged nearly $13 trillion, America’s unemployment rate stands at 10%, with more than 7 million people out of work.

Of course according to the government, the recession is over, although we wouldn’t recommend telling that to the Sarlacc …

Amazingly, after offering all that hope and change (and middle class tax cuts), Obama’s solution to failed interventionist policy is evidently more of the same interventionist policy.

In other words, after dumping hundreds of billions of dollars into unsustainable state bureaucracies and watching that investment fail miserably to stimulate anything, Obama’s solution is more of the same.

That’s “change the Sarlacc can believe in …”