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by eCat » Wed May 15, 2013 10:02 am
I don't see the people the run government as evil, but I do see them as corrupt, and our government is a one trick pony.
Their only power is based on spending money on the public, and the public has been conditioned to look to government to give them money, which is why they continually allow it to grow, invade their lives and put up with the kind of bullshit we do.
Occasionally they legislate, like when they quietly repealed the law that said not only they but their staffers cannot do insider trading
What I see now is this double dipping on the taxpayer. The federal government gives less to the state because its revenues are down, but also because its shifting money to income security programs - extended unemployment, health care, food stamps, etc. And in turn the state government pulls that money from the local government, and in turn the local government looks to me to make up the difference. So I now have increased tax burden at the federal level and at the local level while my state is cutting everything it can like state parks, improvement programs, etc to stay solvent.
Its gone way beyond a safety net, its a lifestyle choice. Becoming an unwed mother used to be a shameful act , a scarlet letter of society, now its celebrated with the assumption that the majority of this mothers and children are going to be on government assistance. Disability is the same way. All you have to do is look at people getting out of cars at handicap parking spots in Wal-Mart for about 30 minutes. There aren't any good jobs so OUCH..my back, I can't lift anything over 20 pounds!
I know I'm close to IB territory here but the difference is I don't expect someone to work for $8 an hour , live like an immigrant mexican and wait for the American dream to come to them. But I do believe there has to be a dramatic shift in how we govern and what people expect from our government...and quite honestly, from themselves.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.