How many hands are in your pocket?

Politicians and economists often preface their enlightened pronouncements with such caveats as “On one hand…”  which gives them the wiggle room and the ability to deny the actual assertions and promises they made.

In President Obama’s case, the media has made up a euphemism for his continuing outright bald-face lying: “he is in campaign mode.”  Funny, they don’t note that he is in campaign mode while governing the country and deciding the government should be picking your pockets to support the administration, his political party and the general corruption which is killing our country.

But there are some fundamental realities …

One, happiness comes from living below your means and having enough of a surplus to ride out any adverse circumstances, be they medical, financial or employment-related. Little or no debt equates to little or no stress and the ability to make choices rather than being forced to take choices thrust upon you. The primary reason that famous liberals spew lies and political canards  is that those who are well-born, educated, connected and wealthy are seemingly immune from the actions they recommend for all of us not so similarly situated.

Two, the financial basis of this country contains a paradox.  You are not only expected to be fiscally responsible in your own matters – but the nation demands that you spend, spend, spend (often beyond your means) to maintain and stimulate our economy. The entire credit industry is based on those rich rewards that come from charging usurious interest rates on your debt and paying little or nothing on your investments and deposits.

Three, the government’s Keynesian view that government spending on infrastructure will improve the economy is wrong-headed. Primarily because the projects are not always chosen on the basis of need and obtaining a return on the people’s investment, but for political reasons to secure campaign funds and voter support. Thus permitting the special interests to corrupt the entire process.

And secondarily because they do not calculate the immediate and direct losses associated with administrative overhead and using “union” labor which insures that designs are mediocre, cost projections are understated, productivity is not demanded and the overall cost accounting is suspect.  

Four, raising taxes and spending on union-dominated education has not brought about a corresponding increase in educated children, but the reverse – a system which needs to lower testing standards to allow more children to pass through the system.

Five, continuing to threaten citizens with cutbacks in first responders (fire, police, medical) or critical services (garbage collection, health inspections, building inspections, etc.) to pay for unionized cubicle workers who generate their own self-serving rules, regulations and paperwork kingdoms should result in throwing the politicians out of office. First for violating their oath to protect and serve the public; and second, for corruptly holding citizens hostage to their self-serving political needs to pander to the special interests. They should be prioritizing the funding of critical services while cutting non-essentials such as public art programs and the need for public relations specialists.

Six, if you wonder why politicians are so afraid of the Second Amendment, it is not because they fear hunters, sport shooters or gun collectors -- they don’t even fear the “managed” crime which justifies bigger government and more lawyers.

They fear the original intent of the Second Amendment, to prevent governmental tyranny that will erode or destroy American freedom. They fear the very people that they are sworn to protect.

They need to make everyone feel that their personal safety is guaranteed by a larger government and thus they (politicians and government) are necessary at whatever the cost.

Which is a lie: the police are there to maintain “general order” within the community and they have no duty or responsibility to protect the individuals within that community. Hence police cannot be prosecuted – civilly or criminally – should they fail to protect your life or property.

Since they can’t be everywhere when they are needed, self-defense is the only option. The option your government wants to deny you in order to protect themselves against the day when they decide we should all be socialists or communists. And they, the enlightened ruling elite, know how you need to live your lives and make it mandatory at the point of a gun.

Bottom line …

Think about what I have said and try to prove me wrong.

You are responsible for yourself and your family. Outsourcing or abdicating responsibility to the government is both stupid and foolhardy. Want proof, just ask Greece; where most people evade taxes and demand government support in all things.

Decide today, if you want Obama’s fickle, incompetent and Marxist government to persist. Or, for that matter, the fickle, incompetent Marxist local and state governments dominated and bankrupted by democrats and RINOs (Republicans In Name Only)?

November is fast approaching and you better make up your mind or suffer the continuing consequences of our social and financial meltdown.

Comments and discussions are welcome.

-- steve