Democrat Questions to Republicans

Here are the questions that Democrat senate candidates are supposed to ask their Republican opponents. If a Republican answers "no" to any of the questions then the Dem is to make his or her "primary opponent or conservative activists know it." My answers follow the questions.

• Do you believe that Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen? Yes, of course. Any conservative that believes he isn't is just giving ammo to the Dems and Obama. Republicans should stick the issues and Obama's ideology. Don't take your eye of the ball, guys. Obama has enough baggage that you don't have to bring his citizenship up.

  
  

• Do you think the 10th Amendment bars Congress from issuing regulations like minimum health care coverage standards? The 10th Amendment basically says whatever law is not in the Constitution is left up to the states or the people. Health care is not in the Constitution. Does that answer the question? What would be helpful is to pass a law that says people can shop for health insurance across state lines like you do for other insurances.

  
  

• Do you think programs like Social Security and Medicare represent socialism and should never have been created in the first place? Yes, on both accounts. Let's see now. Social Security is where you take from the young and give to the old. Isn't that wealth redistribution ie socialism? I know you get part of your money back when you withdraw money from Social Security (well, all those born after 1964 do. Everyone else is screwed. You see, Social Security is nothing but IOUs from the government.) In my opinion, it was created because FDR thought people did not know how to save money. In other words, they are stupid. Most progressives like FDR think like that. And like all progressive government programs they are mandatory. After all parents (the progressive lawmakers) cannot let their children (taxpayers) make hard decisions for themselves. They are not just mature enough. And they never will be.

  
  

• Do you think President Obama is a socialist? Hmmm. During a speech he said in so many words he wanted to "radically transform this country." He mentioned in one of this books he likes to hang out with Marxist's professors during college days. He's hired during his presidency people from the far-left. His administration has taken over GM and the banks. Oh, yea. He's mentioned he wants a universal health care system. Is his ideology on the far-left? Probably. Is a socialist? Not totally, but he has socialistic tendencies.

  
  

• Do you think America should return to a gold standard? Probably not. What we need is accountability and transparency in the Federal Reserve. They yield a lot of power. They control not just the interest rates, but the discount rate and the federal funds rate. The Federal Reserve also controls the required reserve ratio. In an old Heritage.org lecture (March 1, 1987), Heller, H. Robert thinks the world should explore the use of a "commodity price index" for price stability.

I am surprised the Dems are not asking "Do you listen to the Rush Limbaugh radio show?" since they got Rush on their minds a lot. Or "Do you listen/watch to Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck?" Or "Have you ever attended a Tea Party event?" Or even "Do you think Sarah Palin is intelligent?"

All these questions are meant to be gotcha questions.