What I would submit people could do, though, is spray paint “Obama was here” wherever they see a boarded up building, or a “For Rent” sign. In October, we reached the best job numbers we are likely to see for AT LEAST the next four years. Businesses will close due to high taxes, high regulations, and of course Obamacare. And downturns, of course, feed downturns.
So expect to start seeing Main Street boarding up. Make sure Obama gets the blame he clearly deserves. Use red paint. And understand that you may be arrested, like Martin Luther King. Get used to the idea of handcuffs. Maybe buy a pair and make sure you’re OK with the whole thing. Make sure you know what the penalty is, and be sure you can pay it. To be clear: getting arrested is not the GOAL, merely a possible outcome.
And I would submit that even long-closed plants would be eligible. We need to be clear: Obama is the apotheosis of where the Left has been leading us, and even though he personally may not have closed a factory and moved it to Mexico, his supporters–particularly the Unions–did.
America, in my understanding, has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. We have unions who demand their employees make the loaded equivalent of $100/hour, and who refuse to relent even when the cost is job losses; who, in other words, guarantee an antagonistic relationship between workers and management.
I read Trumka is going to see if he can get pro-union “laws” passed by executive fiat. Good luck with that. He may get it, but this is a time when people are going to be worried about having work, not about sticking it to management.
Labor has power when things are good. They will not be good for a long time. Obama’s economy will be one of increasing crime, increasing homelessness, urban rot, moral decay, and unemployment that my gut tells me will get well into the double digits.
Obama, in my view, is going to create another Depression, entirely artificially, entirely without cause or need.
Make sure he gets credit for it. Get yourself some red spraypaint. The property owners may in fact thank you, since they will be thinking the same thing.
Edit: I don’t know if I mean this or not. I typed it, then realized that the empty souls on the Left could just as easily start painting “Bush was here”. It would be wrong, since unemployment under Bush was less than 5% for virtually his entire time in office, but being wrong has never stopped these people. Being wrong is what they do. Perhaps this will be a better idea in two years.
I will put it out there, though, for those who want to shoot somebody, as at least one potentially productive outlet for their anger short of violence.