Independence Day 2013

"The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the people.  That elitist approach to government must be repudiated."

 

William E. Simon (1927-2000)

 Treasury Secretary under President Gerald Ford

 

 

 

These words spoken decades ago still ring true today, particularly as we undergo Obama's Transformational Era.  Government continues to grow in girth and in scandalous behavior.  The scandals in this administration continue unabated.  Aside from Mr. Obama's dubious appointments and their foibles we have been witness to:

 

• The GSA "Party On" scandal.
• The Secret Service "Ladies of the Night" scandal.
• The Energy Department "Money for Friends in Bankrupt companies" funding scandal.
• The Agriculture Department "Pigford" scandal.
• The EPA wasted money scandal.
• The Benghazi cover up.
• The IRS targeting scandal.
• The NSA spying on Americans scandal.

All of this points to one certainty,  GOVERNMENT is big, fat and out of control.  The politicians in Washington, D.C. have created one Obese creature.

 

It is fair time for all Americans to reflect greatly on how the federal budget has ballooned and our precious liberties have shrunk in this Transformational Era of BIG GOVERNMENT.  It has become most apparent with the rise of what many call the fourth branch of government, the Federal Bureaucracy.  As government grows with its insatiable appetite for its cut of American wealth creation, it creates more rules, regulations and advocates for more laws to justify that growth.  This obese creature propagates itself exponentially all in the name of the will of the people.

 

This must stop!

 

No longer is the Republican establishment's approach of slowing the growth of government acceptable.  This is not the way to curtail government spending.  In light of all the recent scandals it is incumbent that actual and significant cuts be made.  Like a consumer that goes shopping, a determination must be made between basic needs and unnecessary desires.

 

On this Independence Day 2013, Americans must embrace liberty and throw off the shackles of an overbearing government.  Each one of us American citizens should pledge to come up with at least one cut to the federal budget and write our elected representatives in Congress seeking action.

 

Failure to do so, is to let our children and grandchildren down, further eroding the possibility of a return to a prosperous America.

 

 

Election 2012 Aftermath

Face it.  The forces of Free Enterprise lost the Presidency and eroded a bit in the US Senate.

The one bright spot in the post-election results is the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives has been maintained.  Perhaps they will hold firm in their resolve to increase opportunities available under our unique Free Enterprise system.

All the hand wringing by the pundits, the campaign consultants, and journos about how the election was lost; How this position should pivot and how this messaging should change completely miss the mark.  Bottom line, we were out organized by the Community Organizer in Chief.  In essence, the ground battle was lost.

Do not despair.  The Free Enterprise coalition has much work to do before the 2014 mid-terms.  That coalition of Reganites, Tea Party Patriots, Libertarians, Conservatives, Entreprenuers, Small Business Owners, and Free Enterprise Republicans can all work feverishly in the coming months to gain elective ground in the forthcoming elections.

We should all be bouyed by the fact that the majority of the American people (53% to 41% according to exit polls) oppose big government.  That plays well into our core beliefs of fiscal responsibility, Constitutional limited government, and Free market economics.

The hard work begins now.

Embrace your "inner-activist" and begin organizing.  Piece together study groups, breakfast groups, lunch groups, and other organized "clubs" that can provide the leadership and muscle for an electoral victory.  The overriding goal should be veto proof majorities in the House (288) and Senate (66).

One reason the left in this country is sucessful is that there is rampant economic illiteracy among the electorate.  The forces of Free Enterprise must educate the populace on free market economics and how it alone can provide the opportunities possible to lift people out of poverty and despair. 

For all the supposed work the Community Organizer in Chief did when he was organizing on the West and South side of Chicago, those communities still are breeding grounds of violence, joblessness, hopelessness, and despair.

Our forces must also provide education programs that teach the values of Liberty and Constitutional Government.  Yes, there are a number of fine progams offered by numerous organizations, but they should be promoted to a much wider audience.

Perhaps those that supported the Romney-Ryan campaign directly and through 527 PACs should consider appropriating funds for an educational campaign that reaches a large audience through DVD and/or monograph.  It would be a first step in educating the hard working people of our Republic.  Don't count on the schools, colleges, and universites to do it.  Many are hotbeds of socialist insurrection.

As Edmund Burke wrote:

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a comtemptible struggle".

Our time is now.  We must organize, educate, and engage to save this glorious Nation and vibrant system of Free Enterprise.