I am getting tired of politicians always trying to get (what used to be called) “pork,” $$ from the taxpayers for their own districts' projects, which usually translates into VOTES for them. And worse, they are always trying to prevent any kind of inconvenience whatsoever to certain groups, their constituents and others, those who have received “benefits” (dubious sounding word choice there) from the government.
“Oh, we can't cut Medicare! We can never cut Medicare. So many people would hate us and not vote for us again... can't cut that even by 1%!”
“Oh, we can't cut EPA, the environmentalists will have our heads (this one is true).. The liberals will hate us”
(As Trump said, they hate us no matter what. They are like jihadists that way (my words, not his), nothing you can do to appease them or make them not want to “kill” you... Trump the other day said what many of us have been thinking when he said (my paraphrase) that even if we had a perfect (healthcare plan, I believe it was), they would say NO!! bc they hate Republicans.
“Oh, we can't cut entitlements, the libs and other Dems will accuse us of hating the poor! And worse, the poor probably will hate us and not vote for us!”
And I could go on and on. These are the kinds of thoughts that keep governemnt... forget “big,” it is HUGE, a monster, obscenely wasteful.. Many Americans are one paycheck away from homelessness, but the government has access to seemingly endless stores of cash from the taxpayers... to do really dumb, frivolous stuff with
So, yeh, we all need to stop thinking that governemtn is the answer. Instead, as Reagan said, it is the problem
A hackneyed phrase comes to mind, yet so apropos:
no pain, no gain.
If We the Sheeple want (and most of us do) less abusive, intrusive, controlling, expensive, oppressive, corrupt, out-of-control-spending-wise government—well, there is a certain cost involved.
So choose what you prefer: being controlled in every aspect of your lives...being dependent on the Beast that wastes your money when you could do so much better with it...
or choose:
Freedom, a more robost economy, less waste in government, fewer of your taxpayer dollars used to feed the insatiable, irrational (studies on the mating habits of fruit flies...) Beast in DC
I could list so many other down-right bizarre “uses” for your taxpayer money, which I have read about before... but at this point, I would have to look it up again... To parphrase 'Babs': What's too bizarre and depressing to remember, we simply choose to forget”
So the people on entitlements just keep getting more and more incentive not to get off entitlements (and have a better life)... and some even feel more and more that they are not getting enough entitlements.. I am not speaking of those who are truly in need. There are some serously disabled people. But even the disabled can do certain, albeit limited things... I agree they can't all be expected to work the same kinds of jobs the non-disabled do...
The point is that we are all just getting entirely too comfortable with the Beast, too spoiled. I don't know what all Medicare covers, but I wouldn't be surprised to find it covers some electives. Is the govt covering sex-change operations? I hear those in prison who want that can get the govtment to pay for it! That is outrageous..
If we don't want a nanny state, we need to stop acting like a bunch of whiny, spoiled children. We can cut a certain percentage from ALL governemnt agencies.. and I guarantee: no one will die. Sure, if you cut some programs 100% there would be some problems. But no one in his/her right mind is talking about cutting any program out completely. The Dems always act like that is what the Republicans are proposing. But they are habitual liars.. deceivers.
And of course, those in Congress... when do they ever vote themselves a decrease in pay?
I heard President Trump is giving his salary as president to charity! Is that true? And it looks to me like he has made sacrifices (even aside from that) to lead our country.. to make America great again. Is it too much to ask that we the People have the same thought? We are becoming a nation of whining, self-centered...
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