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.