Not Part IV

If it was easy, everyone would do it. The hard..is what makes it great.--A League of Their Own

Okay, this is not the fourth part of the series. This is a follow-up to the last blog. The response I got to the last blog was mixed. Some said, "That's too hard." Others found it unrealistic. My response is "really?" (Actually my knee-jerk response was "waaaah.")

Yes it's hard. It's like losing weight, we didn't add all that weight at once and we will not lose it over night, but we better do something because it is killing us. Likewise, the bureaucracy (first time I spelled that right without spell check) that we have sold ourselves to, is also killing us as a nation.

Personally, I am ready for a crash diet from the Federal Government trough, but if you find it too hard or unrealistic at least consider this: every time you or your representatives take Federal dollars, at least ask yourself whose pocket it is coming out of, because it is coming out of someones pocket...maybe yours. Then ask yourself if the expenditure is justified beyond the value of getting an incumbent re-elected. You will probably find that it is not. Especially if you take a real hard look at it.

Finally consider this, just as we have seen in Municipal and State governments throughout the country, consider how we can manage on a forced fiscal diet if we don't have the self-discipline to curb our appetite for government dollars, because the forced fiscal diet is coming.

So quit whining about how hard it is, quit moaning about how unrealistic it is and start reprogramming your thought processes regarding the amount of money you are willing to let the Federal Government spend on you.

A PLACE TO START REPROGRAMMING YOUR VIEW ABOUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING:
1. When the Federal Government withholds taxes, they use our money interest free.
2. When we get a Tax Refund it is our money, (that the government used without compensating us) we are not getting anything from the government,they are just giving back what we did not owe in the first place.
3. If we are going to have a Federal Income Tax, then taxes should be paid on a flat rate, across the board, no deductions, at a rate lower than a tithe. (10% for all you Godless readers).
4. Tax deductions = Government control.
5. When we get on the government dole, we are dependant on a system that cannot be sustained.
6. When we look to the government for our financial salvation (being on the dole), we close our eyes to the source of our true salvation.

Part III: Who Is In Control?

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times...--John Adams

Who is in control? The cheap and dirty answer is: WE ARE--the reality is: we are supposed to be but...hmm?

(All of you Godless people ignor the next simile.) The Federal Government is like the Devil; it only has the control and power over us that we give it. And boy have we given it control and power. Yep, we gave our power to the Federal Government when we sold our souls to the twin Devils of Tax and Spend.

Among the things you aren't taught in History class is that the majority of control and power that the Federal Government has over the States and the Citzens is the money. It's called Tax and Spend and the Feds have refined it into an art. The Feds take your money so they can give it people who will give up their control and power to the them. If we don't take the money, they can't grab the power. Ergo, the only way to get the power back is to quit taking the money. Stated once again for emphasis: IF WE DON'T TAKE THE MONEY, WE KEEP THE POWER!

So when you bellyache about how the Federal Government is controlling your life, ask yourself how did you let that happen? I have to confess the Feds make it easy to do, take the money I mean. The Feds are willing to give us money for anything we "need", for the State, for the County, for the School System, for the Individual. All we have to do is sign our rights, power and control away on the dotted line and they will show us the money.

If we truly want the power of government back in the hands of the people it is time to show the Feds the door. We have got to say no to every penny, nickel and dime that the Federal Government hands us. JUST SAY NO TO THE MONEY!$!

Next: Part IV Revolution!