Watching the federal government has always been a depressing and maddening event, but I feel it is more now than ever. They've egregiously betrayed our trust. Of course, that is what they've always done.
We've seen bills passed with secret 3 am amendments (of the 300 page variety) that go unread while being passed with majority. These bills containing draconian legislation that erodes the very foundations of human life itself. It is forced rationing and hidden taxation under the guises of health reform and environmental protection. Through cap and trade, we bankrupt entire industries to provide for special interests, all while creating a credit swap market that will make a few, see Goldman Sachs and Al Gore, very rich. Through cap and trade, we see a hidden tax in the 50-90% rise in electric bills for people residing in states that depend on coal for electricity. All of this happens while companies like Entergy try and profit from the suffering of the middle and lower classes. Through healthcare, we see an overhaul of a system that has already been corrupted by regulation and special interests. We see an end to patient choice in insurance and a rise to mandatory coverage. In this travesty, we see the people who are the small business owners, those that would make between $250,000-$300,000 a year, targeted by tax increases that would force them to lay-off workers. All of this has been proposed though fear-mongering that exceeds that of our previous administrations.
We've seen an administration who singles out politicians and organizations which pride themselves in being defenders of the Constitution as right-winged kooks that will bring peace to its holy knees. If you are believer in the 2nd amendment, you are an insurrectionist. If you support a candidate that doesn't bow to lobbyist or mainstream Washington, you are a potentional domestic terrorist. If you hold the Constitution of the United States in high regard, you are being targeted.
We've seen economic policies passed that will eventually bankrupt us. With spending rising to unheard of levels and our national debt reaching $11 TRILLION (http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/usdebt.html), we've put a burden on our younger generations that maybe too much for them bear. We've watched the Federal Reserve print our dollar into oblivion and give money to foreign banks and governments, all while under no supervision. Though, fortunately, we have had some success bringing to light the disasterous monetary policies through Ron Paul's bill HR 1207, aptly named FEDERAL RESERVE TRANSPARENCY ACT of 2009.
We've seen a continuation of an utterly failing foreign policy, with expansions of the war in Afganistan and operations into Pakistan, with no signs of withdrawal from Iraq. We've seen increased pressure on the sovereign nation of Iran for dealings that are none of our business. We've continued to give money to the warmongering state of Israel, all while allowing them to starve the Palestinian citizens.
We've seen egregious violations of our civil liberties continue through warrantless wiretapping and indefinite holdings. We've seen increase in military style tactics from police on routine traffic stops.
And while all of this is happening, the American public sits back and watches, wondering what we should do. "What choice do we have," they scream as another liberty is taken. We have two. We can sit down and take it. We can allow ourselves to be ruled by a criminal organization that wants to take our money and tell us how to live our lives. We can allow ourselves to become slaves to the Facist government that plagues our very beings. Or we can stand up and say no more. We can choose to not participate in this fraud and waste. We can tell the government to go where all governments belong, in the firery pits of Hades. After that, we can withdraw from this wretched "Union" and establish our lives as independent and free people. We can live our lives no longer chained to the thieves and warmongerers. We can be free.
