(The "Uncle Sam, you're killin' me!" memo)
Government math --> Taxes+Taxes=Taxes
I love the U.S. of A. I really do. But it has problems. Those problems all have something to do with people who think they know how to run the country. Let's be honest now and really break down what our government is up to. First of all, we need to apply the "Less is More" principle. There are way too many unnecessary and insignificant departments. Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution clearly states what Congress is supposed to do and not do. So what happened? Why do we have multiple organizations that don't need to be there? Who gave the okay for those? It's not about pointing fingers, though. How about we try to fix the situation, shall we?
Yes, there is an enormous deficit. But it didn't just show up overnight. Guess who is not to blame for the deficit...that's right, the tax payers. The only reason we don't have enough money is because of all the politicians who spend the money that isn't theirs to spend. Well, we can always print more, right? Getting more wood only feeds the fire, it doesn't make it smaller. There is a way to make things better, believe it or not.
Step 1 - stop wasting money all you schmoes in congress!
Step 2 - forget china, bring back all our factory jobs!
Step 3 - quit, stop, enough, no more, taxes! (there's already too many right now)
Step 4 - give successful business owners jobs in government (Romney in 2012!)
Step 5 - accountability, please!
You might be thinking this is another one of his crazy rants. You should you like this one at least. I wouldn't waste my precious blogs on things that didn't matter. Okay, once in a while, maybe - but not now! Last Sep.-Dec. I created a form letter and made copies and sent one to every senator and congress person from AZ and did it once a week. Those copies, envelopes, and stamps sure add up quick. But I felt a need to annoy the letter openers in those various offices with a message from an irate citizen.
I hope I made my point. Please let me know your impressions.
- JL
3 comments:
Maybe you should run for senator! Seriously.
I think there are multiple reasons things are the way they are, like you said. And also like you said, talking about those reasons doesn't really do anything to actually make changes happen.
Like the deficit didn't appear overnight, things won't be fixed overnight. I feel like the best way to approach the situation is to be patient, vote for people who feel the way you do, let people already in office know when you aren't satisfied, and trust that doing your part will make it possible for the Lord to bless the world with what we need the most. Just be proactive - work for the things you believe in. That way you have the right to complain life isn't the way you want.
Is that lame?
Not lame.
I would not go into any position like that and do a bad job.
Reading between the lines gets you to my idea that it's the nature of politics to do what you think is good, not what is right. When you represent other people, you are supposed to do things that help them. That is not happening and will not change because of all the hold-ups and set-backs that make up our awesome system.
But yes, the Lord is aware and things will probably work out, eventually.
i think it's the nature of politics to work that way, when it works the right way. the system was set up to function that way, and got skewed over the years when people started to realize that staying in power and worrying about being reelected is really what they wanted, rather than working for the good of the country as a whole. i feel like the government is much different now than it was ever intended to be.
run for office!! john long in 2012! you'd be good at it, that's for sure.
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