Addiction

Our government has an Addiction. It is addicted to our money and it does not matter what level it is at. City, State and Federal government; all addicted to money. They do not care how they get it: taxes, fees, licenses and any other name they can come up with. Let them collect trillions; they will spend more than they bring in everytime. Let there be hard economic times and they will still spend more than they bring in everytime. What is it they say about insanity :" doing the same thing everytime expecting different results"
Now we see Obama changing the very fabric and form of our government. When asked, "What kind of government did you give us?", Benjamin Franklin answered " We have given you a Republic. Now go and see if you can keep it." We are a Republic of the people, for the people and by the people. Hence these truths came forth.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to serve these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
The people did not want bail outs, but the government ignored us. The people did not want to bail out the auto industry, but the government ignored us. The people did not want cap and trade, but the government ignored us. Our government has forgotten they derive their power from us not the other way around. Czars appointed with no checks and balances other than the Obama administration and the Democratic House and Senate, hence changing the very form of government. They say California leads the way often in our country. In the last special election, Californians stood up for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They sent the government a clear message: no excessive taxes, no excessive spending. It is time to cut the addict off. This Californian was proud of my fellow statesmen and women. Hopefully the rest of the nation will wake up and cut off the addiction. The alternative is waking up in a country of the government, for the government and by the government. Is this the change we voted for? Not I.

Gary Smith