Sadly, the message from both parties, also known as the, " Establishment ", is that BIG Government has too much power and we need to shrink it.
So, the question is, Who is the Government?... " WE THE PEOPLE ", ARE THE GOVERNMENT!
WHY THE HELL WOULD ANY AMERICAN WANT LESS POWER OVER THE DIRECTION OF OUR REPUBLIC?
The only way to make government smaller is to privatize the services that have been paid for with our tax revenue. As long as the service is being provided by the government, " We the People ", can vote those bad apples out of office, however, once the service is put in to the private sector, " We the People ", lose all of our control to corporate board members, share holders & CEOs.
The next time you hear some uninformed American say, " We need smaller Government ", REMIND THEM THAT, " WE THE PEOPLE ", ARE THE GOVERNMENT!!!
PAY ATTENTION!!!!!
The idea that the government is the people was the foundation of the monarchy. The Soviet Union had the notion that the party was the people.
ReplyDeleteThe piece of the puzzle that's missing in your equation is property rights. Property means "say so."
If you have property rights then you have say so over something. If you had a property right to your body, then would have say so over what your body does.
We live in a physical world. The founders wanted a system in which individuals actually had control over things.
Unfortunately, we inherited slavery. The intellectuals of 1800s dropped discussion of property rights so that slaver owners could hold their fellow man as property.
But even despite this fault, the founders discovered that if you had a limited government in a system of property rights, then you will have an unlimited people ... and widespread prosperity.
The idea of an unlimited government that micromanages our lives ends up creating a limited people and poverty.