nate mcguire

I have a few requests that I would like you to consider in the coming months, before and after the new president is inaugurated. I will list it in a simple bullet format so you will understand, and although you probably will not listen, I hope you will at least consider these points.

• Please do not bail out the American automakers.  We are already up to our waist in debt as a country, not including the 700 billion+ bailout we’ve already committed to.  There is a reason GM and other automakers are doing poorly: they SUCK at making fuel efficient, high quality cars with good customer service. Yes they employ a lot of people, yes their pension obligations are huge.  But we as an economy do not rely on the automakers. Purge the weak.
• Raise taxes. You say what?! I say that we are running an unsustainable course.  If you want to live in a country that still exists, sometimes you have to suck it up and be logical and fiscally responsible, which we have not done.  If America were a corporation, it would have filed chapter 11 a long time ago.
• Get out of everyone else’s business for a while.  I understand that our role traditionally has been that of protecting the weak, but never has it been so unilateral.  We cannot afford to let our own people lose jobs, starve, and go into more and more debt because we are using billions of tax dollars to finance the multiple military engagements we are in.
• Don’t over-regulate.  This one is going to be especially hard.  We have been under an administration of unprecedented deregulation, and as such the Dems are going to attempt to correct this.  Don’t go too far. Yes, we need to protect people from a-holes making millions by screwing their companies, but don’t go too far.

Thank you for listening to a few of my most immediate concerns Mr. Government.  And for the love of god, now is not a time to be partisan. Now is a time to make smart decisions, influenced by logic rather than emotional appeals.

The End.