If you skipped huddling around the TV last night for the
State of the Union address because you’ve heard it all before, plus you were
just busy with life, well… so did I. Putting the real world on hold to watch
the fantasy declaration of “utopia’s-on-its-way” just isn’t efficient.
My truck radio was tuned in though. And driving kids to and
from ball games with me negotiating control of the dial allowed me to hear what
I’d forebodingly anticipated. Later, reading the President’s remarks on my cell
phone made sitting on sticky steel bleachers (that exacerbate parents’ sore
backs) that much more uncomfortable. It was all confirmation that we HAVE heard
it all before – how more government is supposedly the answer. But the extreme
hubris and naïveté that emanated from that speech was something new and
alarming.
Ronald Reagan said the nine most frightening words in the
English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Well, last
night’s promise to grow even more unaffordable, unsustainable bureaucracy
confirms we need rescuing from government like never before.
Consider all the “help” a bloated bankrupt federal
government has given us…
In an attempt to “fix” our health care system, government
has taken away our health insurance and forced us to buy worse plans we don’t
want and can’t afford.
To “stimulate” the economy, government blew a trillion
dollars on a failed stimulus scheme that sunk us deeper into such a pile of
debt that our great-great-great grandchildren won’t be able to pay it off. And
our government still wants to blow more money we don’t have on “investments”
that will incur more deficits year after year.
To “lead” us to energy independence, government throws
billions at bankrupt boondoggle green energy gimmicks that conveniently reward
campaign donors. Meanwhile, the President stymies development of conventional
resources that we actually use and he kills a pipeline that’s guaranteed to
provide jobs and reliable energy.
To “create” jobs, government has created more burdensome
regulations and requirements and sat back to watch as a record number of
Americans simply quit the workforce and gave up trying to find jobs that
government can never create.
Speaking of which, while claiming to be concerned with job
creation for American workers, our government is trying to ram through amnesty,
which will result in a flood of foreign workers competing with Americans for
the few jobs there are.
These examples prove that growing government isn’t the
answer; rather, it’s the problem. It’s tempting to tune out rhetoric like last
night’s naive promises that this time will be different, but we must not ignore
it! Between the hubris of an executive branch governing by fiat, to the
arrogance of believing it can spy on citizens’ communications and unleash the
IRS to harass people who happen to disagree with the President, it’s now more
important than ever for us to press in and pay attention.
Why? Because we’re obviously on a dangerous path, but “We
the People” don’t have to be “We the Sheeple” and just get shepherded towards a
fundamental transformation that’s against America’s will. There’s another way!
This nation can shine again with the elbow grease we as individuals can
provide! But we mustn’t let a statist-leaning government dull our dedicated
efforts. So pay attention. Get involved. Understand the way words are
manipulated by politicians who practice to deceive, so that we can DO something
about it. For instance, proving he’s immune to irony, the President used the
phrase “fairness and equality under the law” at the end of last night’s
address. This is the same President who has been arbitrarily amending his
signature legislation, Obamacare, practically every other day to give breaks to
his cronies and leave the rest of us without “connections” out in the cold. I
guess some of us are less fair and equal under Obama’s laws.
The last thing we need right now is more “help” from big
government. In this mid-term year, we need to send new leadership to D.C. to
get government back on our side and off our aching backs.
Thankfully, November is just around the corner.
- Sarah Palin
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