About Ben Cerruti Now a senior citizen, Ben Cerruti has been
involved in espousing his views in writing for the last 20 plus
years. He has been published numerous times in various San
Francisco Bay area newspapers and has been actively involved in
taking positions on ballot measures to the point of writing the
arguments and rebuttals and appearing on television to state his
position. He has had extensive correspondence with Milton
Friedman, renowned economist and Nobel Laureate that provided
him with intimate knowledge of the functions of the Federal
Reserve System. He carries with him a lifetime of experience in
business, marketing, sales and finance. He maintains a website
at:
ARationalAdvocate.com
Ben Cerruti
The Audacity of Barack Obama
August 12, 2009
He says that
he personally, as if a Congress wasn't involved,
will not allow any tax of a family making under
$250,000 a year to increase by one dime. He
continues to say this despite the fact that both his
Treasury Secretary and Director of his National
Economic Council have said that such a tax could not
be taken off the table. Both of these gentlemen are
economists while Barack Obama has no such education
or experience.
In addition, the fact that the Cap & Trade Bill, if
passed, would admittedly increase the cost of
everyone utility bills and the bipartisan
Congressional Budget Office has indicated that the
proposed Health Care Bill could not be paid for
without more tax revenue further contradicts his
rhetoric. To expect that the people will continue to
believe he can fulfill this campaign promise is the
height of audacity.
The audacity continues when he says
about the proposed health care plan that people can keep their present
medical insurance if they so desire when Insurance Companies, unjustly
so, are being blamed for the high cost of medical care. In fact, the
public option plan is designed to put the medical insurers out of
business and lead to a fully nationalized program. Video clips have
shown Congressman Barney Frank saying as much and Barack Obama, prior to
his election, stating that he favored a single payer plan. Further, he
has stated the seniors should not worry about losing their coverage
despite the fact the health care plan states that they must accept
counseling relating to their final years of life. This is a precursor
for government making decisions affecting the necessity of specific
health care to prolong one's life; decisions that, morally, should be
left up to the individual and their family. Again the Messiah is
demonstrating his audacity.
The fact that a person is elected
President doesn't endow him/her with omnipotent powers. Barack Obama
does not have the background and experience to qualify him for anything
but what he has been. A community organizer, essentially supporting
socio-political activity such as that exemplified by ACORN, a corrupt
and government supported entity. A civil rights lawyer and university
teacher of constitutional law and later as State Senator and US
Senator his experience was limited. Even his stint in the US Senate was
spent mostly campaigning for President. Yet he wants to impose a
profound change in the governance of the people that will diminish the
freedom endowed to us by our Founding Fathers that will be virtually
impossible to reverse. He obviously does not have the experience
commensurate with the audacity he portrays.
This audacity is
typical of the type of autocrat we see – and have seen – leading third
world countries into socialism. His Marxist leanings were bred early on
in Chicago as an avid student of the teachings of radical community
organizer Saul Alinsky who believed the Marxist credo that "the end
justifies the means.” This being further amplified with his association
with William Ayers, a co-founder of the Weather Underground,which
conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and
1970s. Anyone who takes the time to review Barack Obama's background and
then his rhetoric, along with his flagrant disregard for its substance
displayed in his actions, must acknowledge that he is following the
Marxist credo espoused by Alinsky, "the end justifies the means."
He then must be judged to be a
charlatan, a con-man, and like the Pied Piper, many Americans appear to
be following him on his road to serfdom for them. Americans still have
time to realize what is occurring and to express their desire to
maintain the freedom provided them by our Forefathers. We should pray
that this is happening and will continue to the point of bringing this
audacious person to his knees and eventually removing him from office
before he can do any more serious damage.
