By David Hedrick
When I arrived home Wednesday night, I happily announced to my wife “We have to buy a brand new Ferrari”.
When I arrived home Wednesday night, I happily announced to my wife “We have to buy a brand new Ferrari”.
“What?” she asked.
I quickly explained to her that we must contact the bank right away to finance the purchase of a new Ferrari. If we don’t, I informed her, “we are certain to go bankrupt”.
My wife was not amused.
You see, this is exactly what I had just heard from the President of the United States , Barak Hussein Obama. In an interview with ABC News’ Charlie Gibson, Obama has recently made the claim that the only way to save our nation from bankruptcy is to create a brand new unfunded government entitlement program. In Obama’s words, if the Senate fails to pass the latest version of Obama-care, “the Federal government will go bankrupt”. While there is wide speculation about the eventual cost of Obama’s government run health care takeover, everyone with rudimentary math skills agrees that the total cost of this program ends in the word trillion.
So please help me out here. Our government is on the verge of financial insolvency largely because of its unfunded healthcare liabilities, and the solution is to create an even larger unfunded healthcare liability? Isn’t this the same thing as saying that someone who can not afford their current mortgage payment should go out and purchase a bigger, more expensive house with an even larger mortgage payment?
If a fifth grader came to me with this logic, I would strongly urge this child to spend another year in fifth grade before moving on to the next level. But, this is not the inexperienced logic of a fifth grader.. This patently absurd assertion was made by the President of the United States .
Because the President chose to repeat this fallacy multiple times this can not be characterized as a simple misstatement. Therefore, at least one of two things must be true. Either the President lacks the mental deduction capabilities that would be expected of a child entering the sixth grade, or Congressman Joe Wilson Regardless of which alternative is true, at some point we all must ask ourselves, is someone falling into either category fit to lead the free world? was right (You Lie).
So, to my friends out there who are struggling with their current mortgage, I wouldn’t go out and buy that bigger house just yet. And as for my Ferrari… well…. my wife still isn’t onboard with the President’s logic, but please wish me luck with the bank.
David William Hedrick
David Hedrick For Congress
www.davidwhedrick.com
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