NJ Gov. Chris Christie warned an audience of national Republicans, hosted by former President George W. Bush, that the country is in danger of becoming a “paternalistic entitlement society” where people sit on the couch, “waiting for the next government check.”  Christe wants to reign in entitlement spending in order to get the country back on track.

Many pundits point to unsustainable entitlement programs as the main culprit to the current debt crisis.  Included among these programs is Social Security.  However, Social Security is supposed to have a trust fund, but Washington has spent it on other things. 

The US is off track because the government is out of control.  Government is wasting money on wars, overlapping programs, payoffs to cronies, welfare, workfare, earmarks and themselves.  Government is shutting down business with taxes, rules, regulations and uncertainty.

Things are moving the wrong way.  Real unemployment is up, the real cost of living is up and the outlook for jobs looks bleak.  Without a job, people opt for a government Social Security check because that’s what’s available and they paid into that program whether Christe likes it or not.

Conservative political junkies have lots of doom and gloom concerning the Republican primary race.  They have a lot of concern that President Obama and the Democrats will pull out a win because of a lack of a perfect Republican candidate.

 That’s not reality.  The reality is that the government figures are phony.  Unemployment is higher than the government reports.  Inflation is higher than the government says.  People who have jobs are getting their hours cut.  There are fewer jobs than the government reports.  People have less purchasing power than the government says.  People see that the US is not respected around the world.  People see things are getting worse and not better for themselves, their family, their friends, their state, their city and/or their neighborhood.  These people are not being fooled by Obama’s propaganda because they are living in their real world. 

 Outside the political junkie world people only want to get rid of Obama.  They are not being duped by those trying to tell them never mind how bad things are, the Republicans are no good for you.  They believe what they see and live and not what Obama and others say.  They’re waiting for Election Day so they can vote Obama out of office.