We the People....

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Is it me or does it seem that those we have elected to run the country have forgotten this very simple and fundamental statement? Late night and weekend sessions to pass hurry up bills that take more money out of our pockets. What happened to the promise at transparent government? Career politicians are playing fast and loose with the money of the American people.

The founders of this country wanted to get away from 'rulers' that collected as much money as it could from the citizens for use on whatever it pleased and the citizens had no say over anything. Today our federal government is growing by leaps and bounds with last minute and late night votes to pass new bills with all kinds of hidden cost.

This country use to have term limits for all elected positions except for the President. Now the office of President has term limits but not one Senator nor Congressman does. We have career politicians in Washington D.C. who want nothing more than to stay right where they are. They pass laws for regulations and restrictions on the people while they pass special benefits for themselves as well as give themselves raises. They would never give themselves pay cuts, nor subject themselves to the same programs and policies that the impose on us. Our country has grown into what it was not suppose to be.

The only problem is like the blind leading the blind we keep electing these 'stellar' individuals to office. Why? Are we that stupid that we keep sending the same people to Washington in order to keep treating us this way? My friends there is no longer any difference between Democrat nor Republican politicians. They fight and argue amongst themselves over issues and such. However, the spending is out of control which ever party is in control.

Just recently another last minute bill was past in the House of Representatives to supposedly guard against the failing of financial institutions in the U.S. Touted as the most extensive since the New Deal it places many restrictions on business and gives the Government the ability to step in any time it believes that a business is failing. The New Deal legislation was an attempt to ward off another fall on Wall Street and another depression. Well less than one hundred years later many financial institutions and automobile manufactures were facing failure and the government thought that it would be bad for the country. I agree that the loss of jobs and industry would be bad for our country. Businesses, just like people, who spend more than they make are destined for failure. It is the nature of a free market system that business who do not manage business well will fail. They worst thing that there is for a free market system is for government to get involved. Oh sure, regulate interstate commerce but to become actively involved in the running of a business is wrong, it is socialism.

It is time my fellow citizens to stand up once again and fight for our freedom. I am NOT talking about violence or armed action, I am talking about action through voting and voicing your concerns to all in elected office. If they do not listen then replace them. We are their employer, they work for us. If you do not perform your job as expected to you get to keep it? Why do politicians get to stay in office if they do not do what we want? We re-elect them blindly believing the lies they tell us. We are not that stupid! America can not stand if we continue down the path that we are going. The time to act is now not when things get worse.