Government is Dangerous

The Founding Fathers understood government.
They knew is was a great tool but it was a dangerous one.
Left unrestricted, it becomes lethal.
An eye or a million, has to be kept on it at ALL times.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. "--George Washington

If not, we get elected officials who love their job so much that we can't get them to leave when they become unproductive.
They vote on their own salaries.....who wouldn't love that, right?
Nobody to deny you that raise you THINK you deserve, even if you've passed NO legislation like MY current Senator, Bob Casey.
It's been said of him that, "If he possessed a Super Power, it would be Invisibility."
Yes folks, if he didn't answer the roll call, no one would know he was IN Congrees!

Do you know the last time he sponsored legislation?
6.....SIX YEARS ago.
For 6 years we have been paying this man to do nothing but sit around in Washington and  do nothing.
His voting record, when he even votes, is abysmal.
But you know he shows up every payday and takes every perk allowed him.
And because none of these Legislators are STUPID enough to vote themselves Term Limits, we are doomed.

Have YOU got a crappy Senator?
I want to hear all about him/her.
I'll bet money mine is worse.  8-(

Sluggy

Occupy This! Why Tea Partyers and Occupyers Should Get Together

RE:In regard to what is happening in America these days.....
I don't care what your political bent is, you really should go read THIS.

This Mr. Root guy just makes too much sense to ignore.

"Unfortunately, while part of the protestors’ message is right, their solution is all wrong. By demanding more government regulations, they are playing into the hands of the big corporations, banks, and politicians they despise." - Wayne Allyn Root

If we voted in ONLY those politicians who did NOT have huge war chests of cash from fundraising amongst the "1%" and their corporations, we could effectively vote out all political/corporate cronies now entrenched into our system.
Then we have the new Congress institute term limits=no more career politicians.  You put in your 4 or 8 years and then go back to private life like the Executive Branch is suppose to and like our Founding Fathers did.  -
While we're at it, we also have the new Congress vote themselves into "our" Social Security plan and whatever "our" healthcare plan is to be.  If it's good enough for the local welfare single mom, it's good enough for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue's resident.
Then we scrap the IRS and come up with a flat tax system....that extends from the federal tax(to fund federal programs) to each state's tax system(to fund what the state is responsible for).  Somebody call up Steve Forbes for his input on this. ;-)

We put spending caps on government and them balance the budget like the private citizenry, who has to live within their means.
Congress and President who don't balance the budget, well they get sacked/cut/fired for non-performance of job and we call up the Second Team.
No wait.....that's sports.....

We make a system where EVERYONE is this country has "skin in the game".....meaning, they are responsible for the success and/or failure of this country and they are held accountable at some level.


Oh, it's fun to conjure up the perfect world if I was the one running things......

The point is, I don't care what political party you belong to or don't belong to.  It's time to get serious about fixing what is wrong in this country and stop hiding behind ideologies and party planks and the whole "my way is the only right way" and "I don't want to give up what somebody in power said I was entitled to even if I am not really entitled to it" thinking.


Class warfare is just a way for the Powerful and Corrupt to keep us enslaved to them.




Sluggy