Obama’s rhetoric contributes to conflict

For the second year in a row, President Barack Obama's budget was demolished in the U.S. House by a March 28 vote of 414-0. Not a single House Democrat voted for Obama's budget. The Democrat-controlled Senate has not produced a budget in three years. It must be easier for Obama and Democrats to wait until Republicans produce a budget in order to portray them as the “big bad wolf,” instead of having actual plans for our unsustainable spending and massive debt.

Obama's priority appears to be “stirring the pot,” as this self-described “community organizer” is simply doing what he does best: stoking the flames of social unrest by pigeonholing citizens into groups and giving them “victim” status. Enough already! The overwhelming majority of Americans are not against women, racist or sitting around complaining about those horrible rich people.

The president's role is to provide guidance, but this president gives us empty rhetoric designed to pit Americans against each other to promote his agenda of increased government control of your life. Memo to Obama: Hang up when GE, Occupy Wall Street and the New Black Panthers call, and get to work on more realistic plans that will help this economy.

Lauren Cronbaugh

Walford