Some classic oxymorons:
Progressive Conservative
political trust
political promise
temporary tax increase
United Nations
Congressional cooperation
Congressional Ethics
Congressional oversight
Congressional responsibility
Congressional wisdom
Progress/Congress
park in a driveway, but drive on a parkway
Big/Government (hmm..., doesn't seem to fit. Maybe once it did)
We need to wake up as Americans and change. Government should be as small as possible, not getting involved in affairs that private people/organizations can do.
As far as the federal government, they should simply do what the Constitution says that should do and nothing else. The States and local government should do the rest (Again, doing as little as possible).
Yes, call me a 10th'er if you must, but read the Constitution and then call me that. I would agree to be a 10th'er means your an American, or at least an American that loves ones country and thin g the Founding Fathers got it right.
Government should only provide the framework, not the implementation.
In computer programming, software engineers will tell you that the best frameworks don't get in the way of implementation, allowing you to change the framework if needed without scraping the whole project.
Newer engineers will often depend on the framework in such a way that they are forever tied to it and the project sinks with the framework. The framework can't change because of all of the dependencies to the project and the project can't evolve of the same reason. These new engineers can get stuff now quickly and make it look good, but in the long run, they are choices that can't be undone in the future without huge and expensive efforts. Just look at MS Windows for the a classic case study.
Government should only create rules enforce those rules and never profit from them. The government should strive to be more efficient every year, spending less money per citizen then the year prior. As we grow, we should need less percentage overhead. We should be able to report on these all ALL levels of government.
Pretty simple idea, really. If the population grows by 30% over 20 years, the government should not grow by 30%. It should strive to grow smaller year or year.
Some government is needed, but I think about 80% of our government is not needed and we would do much better if these 'services' was provided by private businesses and/or charities.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Government Welfare is not the answer.
This country is so heading in the wrong direction. It has for a long time and most folks know it.
It is more then just out of control spending or taxes or power. As a country, we have lost our identity! USA is no longer where you can make it by working hard, being honest, and giving back to your community when needed.
We don't need the government taking our money and giving it to other in the name of welfare. We used to help the needy and downcast at the local level. And I don't mean the city government. I mean your friends, your church, your social clubs, your school, your employment, your neighbors.
We have always jumped in to help, when asked. Now we don't because our extra resources are taken away via taxes. We also think we have done enough by paying these taxes that get used to support the thousands of mostly useless on overlapping government servers and/or programs.
The big difference?
When we give our time and money to help someone local, we get to see how that money/time is used and if it is abused. If you lend money to a person in need (say a friend), but you see that person at the movies every week or buying new cars instead of an used one, you probably are going to question that person. If s/he doesn't give a good reason, you are not going to continue to give aid, because they are taking advantage or your aid. Someone getting aid from someone else should be doing everything they can to use the aid wisely and trying to find a way to need less aid in the future.
Now, people get money from a faceless source, are encouraged to 'live as normal' as they can, and have zero chance of losing their aid. That is simply wrong!
People need aid from time to time, and I greatly support that. We need to have a servant heart and most people that give freely report they are blessed as well. It is a two-way street though.
People have trouble finding a job, get sick, get hurt, get things stolen. We help in those times of need. But we help as little as possible, allowing them to stand up and be all they can be. That might be a day, a week, a year, or a lifetime. Each incident is unique. But what we don't do is allow the person to give up on themselves and just resign themselves as lost cause.
People need to stand up and do the right thing when getting aid as well. You take that job pumping gas if that is the only job you can get. You don't go the movies or buy a new car. You quite smoking, fastfood, starbucks, etc. It is NOT ok to simply pretend things are a-ok and spend just like before our spend like everyone else. You need to do the right thing.
I don't buy the argument that their are people the fall in the cracks and no one is going to help them. That is true with government programs, but not local charity. All it takes is one person to point out someone in need and there will be dozens of groups willing to help. If the money we gave as tax payers that is spent on welfare programs was given back to the poeple and only 1/2 of that money was actually given to groups or peoples in need, there would be so much money that charities would have trouble spending it.
It is more then just out of control spending or taxes or power. As a country, we have lost our identity! USA is no longer where you can make it by working hard, being honest, and giving back to your community when needed.
We don't need the government taking our money and giving it to other in the name of welfare. We used to help the needy and downcast at the local level. And I don't mean the city government. I mean your friends, your church, your social clubs, your school, your employment, your neighbors.
We have always jumped in to help, when asked. Now we don't because our extra resources are taken away via taxes. We also think we have done enough by paying these taxes that get used to support the thousands of mostly useless on overlapping government servers and/or programs.
The big difference?
When we give our time and money to help someone local, we get to see how that money/time is used and if it is abused. If you lend money to a person in need (say a friend), but you see that person at the movies every week or buying new cars instead of an used one, you probably are going to question that person. If s/he doesn't give a good reason, you are not going to continue to give aid, because they are taking advantage or your aid. Someone getting aid from someone else should be doing everything they can to use the aid wisely and trying to find a way to need less aid in the future.
Now, people get money from a faceless source, are encouraged to 'live as normal' as they can, and have zero chance of losing their aid. That is simply wrong!
People need aid from time to time, and I greatly support that. We need to have a servant heart and most people that give freely report they are blessed as well. It is a two-way street though.
People have trouble finding a job, get sick, get hurt, get things stolen. We help in those times of need. But we help as little as possible, allowing them to stand up and be all they can be. That might be a day, a week, a year, or a lifetime. Each incident is unique. But what we don't do is allow the person to give up on themselves and just resign themselves as lost cause.
People need to stand up and do the right thing when getting aid as well. You take that job pumping gas if that is the only job you can get. You don't go the movies or buy a new car. You quite smoking, fastfood, starbucks, etc. It is NOT ok to simply pretend things are a-ok and spend just like before our spend like everyone else. You need to do the right thing.
I don't buy the argument that their are people the fall in the cracks and no one is going to help them. That is true with government programs, but not local charity. All it takes is one person to point out someone in need and there will be dozens of groups willing to help. If the money we gave as tax payers that is spent on welfare programs was given back to the poeple and only 1/2 of that money was actually given to groups or peoples in need, there would be so much money that charities would have trouble spending it.
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