Why does ANYONE think more government is the answer?

President Obama spoke before Congress last night. He is a smooth communicator, and people are buying his junk just like they did when President Clinton was in office.

The devil, as they say, is in the details. And the details can be summed up as follows:

President Obama has pushed for and signed the largest spending bill in the history of the United States. This spending bill tasted bad going down, and when the bill comes due it is going to taste even worse coming up. Combined with TARP1 and TARP2 we've committed to spending 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS on a mess that right of center thinking and policies would have prevented.

1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS - If we had to pay that back today, it would cost $5,000 for EVERY man, woman and child in America. There are 3 people in my family....what great benefit is there for me having to pay $15,000 for all of this spending? You NEED to ask yourself the same question!

The scary part is, we won't be paying back 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS, it will, with interest and the added and ongoing funding of programs, be more like a 10 TRILLION DOLLAR price tag. In case your math is a little fuzzy, that means EVERY man, woman and child alive today will be responsible for giving the government an ADDITIONAL $30,000+ in HIGHER TAXES!!!!

Taking it a step further, not all of the 300 million US citizens pay taxes. Deduct children and those on welfare and the numbers go even HIGHER for all of us that work hard and try to provide for our families.

So, we have two options. One option is to keep buying into this garbage we are fed by the mainstream media and by President Obama and the Democrat Party. The end result will look a lot like the Soviet Union where, unless you were one the few in the elite class, you got the same as everyone else, and everyone else lived in poverty.

The other option is to stop and think and answer the following questions:

1. Does government make anything with the tax dollars it collects that creates real, permanent economic growth? The answer is a resounding NO!

2. Name one thing our government touches that is run well and with a high degree of efficiency.

3. Name one thing our government does that private industry can not do better? (You can't, so don't waste your time thinking about it.)

There is, and always will be, a need for government. However, our country is one founded on principles and ideals. That we should not have taxation without representation. Do you feel the members of Congress truly do what the American people want them to do? The American people were and are against TARP 1 and 2. The American people are against the latest bailout. The American people overwhelmingly want lower taxes and smaller government, yet what we are getting is higher taxes and more government!!!! We must put a stop to this now!

Our federal government should be responsible for protecting the country and settling disputes between the states. There shoould be a Treasury Department and a State Department as well.
Yet, on this 25th day of February, 2009 I ask you to stop and think for a moment. What purpose does any other federal agency serve....and more importantly, would you, or anyone, notice if we shut down every other federal government department?

Shouldn't the post office be required to operate as a for profit business? Can you REALLY name one thing that the US Dept of Education does that has a positive effect on the eduction of your child in your town? We could go department by department, and over and over again, the conclusion that any sane individual would come up with is that our massive federal government does not do anything but raise taxes and unwisely spend our tax dollars.

Shouldn't decisions on things like energy, the environment, education, roads and the like be made at the most local level possible? How do Senators and Representatives from Oregon know what the citizens of Florida want? In North Carolina, it is the will of the people to drill for oil off the coast, and use that money to improve roads and lower taxes and the like. Why is it that people who have never been to North Carolina can tell us how we can and must use our resources?

You see, we are at a serious point in American history.

Down the road laid out for us by President Obama is a Socialist State, where everyone is the same and where individuality and entrepreneurism is discouraged and penalized. Bigger government, higher taxes, a lower standard of living and the abomination of self reliance and personal responsibility await us.

There is another road. This other road is one in which American companies and entrepreneurs are rewarded for creating jobs and growing the economy. This other road is one in which more people are working, taxes are lower, government is dramatically smaller and our standard of living is much higher. This other road is full of shining examples of people and families that take personal responsibility for their lot in life. Where people do not look toward government to pay their mortgage or heat their home, but rather, where Americans look inward and rely on themselves for everything they have and everything they want and need.

Reliance on self and taking personal responsibility for your own life is the very meaning of freedom and independence.

Are you willing to give up your freedom and independence?