Pride Before the Fall

I have to be honest; I did not listen to President Obama’s hour plus long speech on the economy today. But, even his officials at the White House said there would be nothing new to offer:

“White House officials said the three speeches will not offer new proposals or approaches, including the use of executive actions to sidestep congressional opposition. Instead, officials said, Obama will outline in broad terms his view of the economic debate ahead.”

From what I have heard about the speech, the White House officials were pretty accurate in their description.

Obama does not have anything new to offer. He will not have anything new to offer for the remainder of his term. In his first term, he was hell bent on getting the healthcare bill passed. I know he talked of how great it would be for Americans and our economy, but so many of us spoke of the turmoil it would bring. With the constant delay of deadlines for implementation of pieces of the law, it is clearer every day we were not just blowing smoke.

Obamacare is unworkable, and financially unsustainable. One of the only real solutions Obama could offer to help revive our staggering economy would be to repeal this atrocious bill. But pride will keep that from happening.

Unfortunately, there is truth to the saying pride always comes before the fall. Let’s hope the pride that prohibits repealing this law will not take down too many American’s, or even the nation as a whole.

By SB

© 2013 BiGWand. All rights reserved.