The majority of citizens have a negative view of government. So what is the best way to deal with the problems created by government? There is only one real solution: decrease government's power and influence (and its corruption and waste). And how can this be done? Again, there is only one solution: decrease the size of government. How can this be done? Only one way: decrease the amount of money that it controls. How to do this? Support those who are truly working to decrease government spending.
Who is most active in this area? The Tea Party. Regardless of your opinion of the Tea Party they are the greatest force today in curbing the growth of government.
The scale of government power, corruption, and waste will always be proportional to the amount of money that the government controls, regardless of which party is in power.
Finally, when you look at the numbers it is clear that anyone who professes a desire for smaller government should be in support of reforming (that is, downsizing) Social Security and Medicare which are two of the primary problem areas of government spending (among many others). If you don't like Obamacare, consider that Obamacare is really just the natural extension of Social Security and Medicare.
PS--All of this is not even to mention the problem that (as expressed by Thomas Jefferson) government gains ground at the expense of individual liberty.
Merry Christmas
DWD
great commentary on the solution to our problem
ReplyDeleteOur nation has become so accustomed to looking to government to guarantee us financial security that we have forgotten that the government has no resources whatsoever to provide us except those that it first takes from us and then extracts huge adminstrative, fraud, and inefficiency costs before giving them back to us.
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