Why America's Woes Are A Blessing

As I consider current events, I realize that we American's are still being blessed while the economy staggers and attempts to recover. Generations before us had hard times and learned to adapt. Hard times builds character and a humbleness or heart that often disappears during the good times. We start focusing on the basics rather than consumerism. The more we work toward independence and saving, the better we begin to feel about ourselves. Little things like turning down the heat, or shutting down the pump the provides instant hot water. Using coupons to shop and focusing on a budget that helps us to live below our means. Stocking up on non-perishable food and drinking water. Making fewer unnecessary trips to the store. As you begin to see money staying in your pocket this month that wasn't there last month, there begins to come a sense of empowerment. Our government has worked for several decades to destroy the soul of this country through political correctness and an entitlement mentality that pits one group of Americans against another. I can remember, not that long ago, when a person would have been embarrassed to accept a handout from the government, regardless of what it was for. Now government wants to punish the hard workers in order to pander for votes from those who think the function of government is to take care of them. By fostering this way of thinking, we have sold the freedoms that were bought and paid for with the blood of courageous Americans who died to keep us free. We as a nation, should be ashamed that we have sold our freedom so cheaply. There will come a point when all Americans will realize that Congress won't save us. They don't produce anything that they can give us. All they can do is take away from one group of hard working Americans and give it to people who don't work to support the American standard of living. Anybody that doesn't earn what they receive from the government, is taking away from others who do the work. Therefore, everything is backwards. Our government vilifies hard working Americans and small businesses saying it is their patriotic duty to pay more in taxes to take care of others. What used to be done by the church to help the poor, has been taken over by the government who cares very little about need so long as they can get votes. If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will always get Paul's vote. The ones who should be vilified are the non-producers in society who take from the system when they are capable of paying their own way. They are the Un-American parasites, many of whom, got the current Administration elected thinking they were going to get more freebees. It is looking like they were right. If the economy sinks further and further into depression, sooner or later the government is going to have to shake these parasites loose. When that happens, it won't be a pretty picture. We don't have government officials who really know what they are doing. Very few of them have ever had to make a payroll. I know when things are financially tough for my wife and I, I don't go out and try to borrow my way out of debt. The government is no different. They need to get their financial house in order. Since they don't produce a product that can be sold, they need to cut back to live within their budget and stop going to the private trough to satisfy their voracious appetite for money. By taxing more and more, they are killing the producers that provide the tax money to keep them going. If you need eggs, it isn't wise to kill and eat the chicken. Government needs to cut in all areas that don't provide for the public defense of Americans by at least 20% across the board. Whole departments like the Department Of Education that has a $70 billion budget need to be cut. After all, why do we need a Department of Education when all education happens on a local level? Employees need to be cut just like they are when businesses need to downsize. Then they have to compete for real jobs in the private sector or starve if they are too lazy to produce anything. Our Democrat governor here in Washington has said that she intends to cut all programs in the state because we have a $5 billion deficit. Then each program would have to justify itself in order to get funding. She said there are government agencies that nobody knows what they do and they report to no one. This is government out of control. We'll see how far she gets with this idea. When you have parasites, it is hard to shake them loose until the host is totally dead. I would like to suggest that we need a third political party "The Common Sense Party". Most working Americans could relate to this party's platform. Reward excellence, integrity, honesty, and hard work, reject and shun entitlements, unproductive and unnecessary political jobs, political correctness and laziness. Establish a basis for our country around the high ideals set by our branches of military service. Reinstitute the concept of shame for bad behavior. Support the Constitution and term limits of six years for all who serve in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Encourage and reduce taxes on those who produce in our economy. Focus on the good, shun the bad. Control election campaign expenditures. The money can be better spent on providing security for our country. A government of the people, by the people and for people should not be a government that is for sale to any nation or special interest group. The sentence for violating the public trust should be life imprisonment without parole and nobody is above the rule of law. (I would personally advocate the death penalty, but many would see that as too extreme.) With some "Common Sense" in government, we could all work together with God's help to solve any crisis to befall our country.