I am amazed at what I see as an amazing paradox forming this countries political landscape. On one hand, you have governors from not so conservative states signing legislation that would help balance their budgets and stop the mass exodus of business leaving their states for much more fertile ground. Scott Walker in Wisconsin and now Governor Snyder in Michigan have popular support, evidence was obvious after the failed recall election in Wisconsin. John Kasich of Ohio, and Mitch Daniels of Indiana both took similar bold steps to help their states become more competitive in their pursuit of attracting businesses to their states.What these governors along with their state houses are doing is governing. They are providing bold leadership while pointing their respective states in a fiscally sound direction all the while taking responsibility for their plans. Two thirds of the government is controlled by one party. A party that believes in a larger, more intrusive, centrally run government that only seems interested in social justice, and regulating business. A party that is not lead by a president with deep convictions, but by a community organizer who still thinks he belongs in front of a Chicago tenement with a bullhorn.Yesterday in Lansing, right on cue the campaigner in chief shows up at a rally to whip up his union foot soldiers into a frenzy by calling the new Michigan law making the state a right to work state a ridiculous law. Did he offer the Governor any solutions to help Michigan balance their budgets or stop the massive loss of manufacturing jobs to other states? I think we know the answer to that, he has no desire to lead. In order to lead you have to take responsibility for your policies, and this president has a problem with that. He seems to be as out of place in the white house as Eva Gabor was in Green Acres.What I believe is happening is a paradox. With the federal government is in the firm control of the big government, the hell with states rights, shred the constitution crowd, the states are slowly taking matters into their own hands. Take for instance how many states are refusing to set up health insurance exchanges mandated by Obama Care. States who raise taxes loose business, and while the feds have no money, if a state can balance their budget they can be self sufficient.So if you look at our country, we may be moving in the direction of 50 separate entities, competing for business’s and jobs. I think the more the fed pushes for more control, the less it will achieve.Pat BarrettConservativetone.com
