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Prediction from this Republican – the coming “Red Shift” in American politics will officially being Tuesday, November 3rd.

In (admittedly layman) scientific terminology, a “red shift” is the effect that happens to light as the object producing it moves further away from our vantage point. The rate of expansion of the universe is measured by the red shift effect.

In political terms, President Obama burst on the scene as the newly anointed “star” of the liberal movement. As that star’s effect fades away, we will see the political “red shift” begin.

I predict that date is November 3rd, 2009.

The Governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the previously outlined special election in NY-23, will show the coming Conservative wave – the “Red Shift” in American politics steaming toward the midterm elections of 2010.

If you believe that government run healthcare is the answer, here are a few of the tax hikes that you can look forward to, according to the San Francisco Examiner:

13 new tax hikes found in 1,990 page House Obamacare text | San Francisco Examiner.

Republican Representatives Paul Ryan and Jeb Hensarling with a great article in the Washington Times on how some practical, conservative principles will strengthen our nation’s budget.

Strengthening the budget – Washington Times.

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On January 10, 2009, Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein released a now well-known report claiming the Obama stimulus plan would keep unemployment below 8% and “save or create” 3-4 million jobs. While jobs “saved or created” is a phony concept that’s pretty much impossible to quantify, President-elect Obama made another claim that day which actually can be measured.

“The president-elect also rebutted conservative claims that his plans would create new bureaucracies, saying 90 percent of the new jobs would be in the private sector, up from the ‘more than 80 percent’ he claimed last weekend.” (Politico, 1/11/09)

He repeated the claim about a month later.

“More than 90 percent of the jobs created by this plan will be in the private sector.” (President’s Remarks, 2/9/09)

Today, the White House released a report claiming it had “saved or created” 640,329 jobs. If President Obama’s 90% claim was accurate, that would mean only about 64,000 of those jobs would be in the public sector. But when you look at the actual jobs being touted, the President’s calculations, once again, just don’t add up:

“The majority of the jobs were in education – 325,000 – and construction – 80,000, the White House said.” (Reuters, 10/30/09)

So either the Obama stimulus package helped 261,000 private school teachers or the President’s 90% claim is 100% bogus. You do the math.

via <a href=”http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=152498″>RSC</a> .

The question that must ALWAYS be asked is this – “How will we pay for it?”  There are ALWAYS trade-offs – with limited resources, one must choose what they will pay for and what they will not.  So, what goes, Ms. Pelosi?

TOP 10 REASONS TO OPPOSE NANCY PELOSI’S TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE | FreedomWorks.

Job creation stats are “fuzzy math” at best, flat out misleading at worst.  I heard a great question yesterday – “If the stimulus package has created hundreds of thousands of jobs, how come unemployment continues to increase?”

Recovery Act job-creation math doesn’t add up in Colorado – The Denver Post.

Obama Proving a Drag in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York

This coming Election Day will prove interesting.  Can we already be seeing a “red shift” in the political landscape?

via Obama Proving a Drag in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York – Peter Roff (usnews.com).

“Few things can march a great power down the road of decline faster than irresponsible economic policies — and huge debt is most often the drum leader of the pack.” - Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Our national debt is at nearly $12 trillion.  That means that every man, woman and child in the U.S. currently owes about $38,000 to pay off the government debt.  And, in the next 10 years, it’s forecast that the national debt will increase by ANOTHER $9 trillion.

This isn’t a time for new entitlement program like nationalized healthcare.

To read Kim Holmes’ entire article:

Massive Debt to Drive U.S. Decline.

Words of Warning. Consider the words of warning of the Chief Actuary:

* “The actual future impacts of H.R. 3200 on health expenditures, insured status, individual decisions, and employer behavior are very uncertain.”

* “The legislation would result in numerous changes in the way that health care insurance is provided and paid for in the U.S., and the scope and magnitude of these changes are such that few precedents exist for use in estimation.”

* “Consequently, the estimates presented here are subject to a substantially greater degree of uncertainty than is usually the case with more routine health care proposals.”

* “… the longer-term viability of the Medicare update reductions is doubtful.”

* “Many of the provisions, particularly the coverage proposals, are unprecedented or have been implemented only on a smaller scale (for example, at the State level). Consequently, little historical experience is available with which to estimate the potential impacts.”

* “The behavioral responses to changes introduced by national health reform legislation are impossible to predict with certainty.”

* “In particular, the responses of individuals, employers, insurance companies, and Exchange administrators to the new coverage mandates, Exchange options, and insurance reforms could differ significantly from the assumptions underlying the estimates presented here.”

Simply put, one of the top experts in Washington doesn’t know what all of this means.

via The House Health Bill: Rolling The Dice On The Big Bang Approach to Policy » The Foundry.

GOP.gov gets more detailed in their analysis of the Pelosi Healthcare bill (HR 3962, 1,990 pages).  Just a few taxes and broken promises…but who really cares (sarcasm intended…)?

Reading Guide – Pelosi Health “Reform” Bill – GOP.gov.