
During the Presidential Election in 2008, Obama’s sunrise design became an emblem for change and a promise for a distinctive shift away from the national policies of the previous administration. Several companies used the symbol to brand their own Obama merchandise, and numerous corporations even took the opportunity to promote themselves. Most notably, Pepsi augmented their design to become virtually indistinguishable from Obama’s calling card.
Since the election however, the Obama fervor has lost its momentum, and an increasing number of Americans are becoming disenchanted with the leader, his policies and the rhetoric. The sunrise, which had been a symbol of freedom and change, is now used in a litany of anti Obama designs. There has been a definitive shift in the political tides of the country, and when the November elections roll around, don’t expect the same optimism we saw two years ago.

Now that the Democrat Socialist Party has all but succeeded in passing a far-reaching financial reform bill, the country will soon be dependant on the economics of trickle up poverty. Over the 4th of July weekend, the liberal media was up in arms over the fact that the Senate failed to extend unemployment benefits once again. When are they going to realize that taxing the productive people in society to subsidize the poor isn’t the way to spur long-term economic growth and recovery?
The government has proven time and time again that they are ineffectual when it comes to creating jobs. What the country needs now is innovation and investment, both of which the government is stifling by taxing the wealthiest strata of society and sucking out monies that would have been used for investment. Sure, people struggling to get by will go out and by goods with the government aid, but this isn’t the answer to long-term growth and prosperity. I don’t know about you, but I’m proudly brandishing my trickle up poverty bumper sticker and anxiously awaiting an opportunity to vote these progressive ideologues out of office.