Mad about Politicians? Wait Until Our Creditors Grab Your Attention...

The so-called "Tea-Party" movement has been very good at expressing anger at politicians in Washington, primarily President Obama and Congressional Democrats, for what they (erroneously) see as big government expansion and intrusions into private life.

This anger has been understandable...President Obama did not provide clear, concise messages regarding Health Care Reform....and large, complex governmental efforts are difficult to explain.

I ask, why can't Obama be a little more "expressive," like Joe Biden?  I say this because Mr. Biden, in a recent interview with E.J. Dionne, laid bare WHY he supported the so-called Stimulus Package....or the "Porkulus Package" by those too myopic to appreciate its goals:

"I want to tell you something, because if we cede the ground to those who suggest that -- I don't mean foreigners, I mean domestic critics -- that somehow, we are destined to fulfill [historian Paul] Kennedy's prophecy that we are going to be a great nation that has failed because we lost control of our economy and overextended, then we might as well throw it in now, for God's sake. I mean it's ridiculous.

Give me a break. So many people have bet on our demise that it absolutely drives me crazy. . . . There's sort of an attitude that is both politically directed by our Republican friends but also believed by a fair number of people that we just can't make this transition in the 21st century.

We will continue to be the most significant and dominant influence in the world as long as our economy is strong, growing and responsive to 21st-century needs. And they relate to education, they relate to energy, and they relate to health care."

As Dionne notes, "For Republicans, American power is rooted largely in military might and showing a tough and resolute face to the world. They would rely on tax cuts as the one and only spur to economic growth.

Obama, Biden and the Democrats, on the other hand, believe that American power depends ultimately on the American economy, and that government has an essential role to play in fostering the next generation of growth."

Obama simply needs to be a LOT more expressive about his plans...clear, concise plans.

China, India and the EU are doing EXACTLY this...right now.  Investments in infrastructure, education, health care...because they realize the stakes.  Build a fruitful framework within which a market economy can function, and it will function.  Government lays the framework, and capitalism can get to work getting people to work.

However, the Tea-Baggers are carpet-bagging for the corporations...and don't even know it.  They would change NOTHING....and in the end, nothing is what we will get.

Mad about politicians?  Fine.  But wait until our creditors grab your attention.  Cutting taxes leads to deficits...and to finance those deficits, our creditors will demand higher interest rates.  Pay a little now, or pay a LOT later.

You can get rid of politicians...but our creditors are in Europe and Asia.  And they will laugh all the way the bank.