Posted by
Tom Richards on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:49:53 PM
"There are certain things only a government can do." --Barack Obama
OK, What things then? Can we get specific! Lets take a closer look. Can the Gov. only help the poor? No, the private sector and Church organizations do that well. In fact, better than the Gov. By far, with better local control and response. Can the Gov. run businesses. Obviously not after watching them try to run AIG. What a disaster. Can they run health care, or doctors. Looking at Medicaid, Medicare, and the poor way we treat our greatest hero's and Walter Reed, NOT. In fact, the Gov. has the temerity to tell a doctor that wants to charge a flat fee for ongoing preventive care as a brilliant way to advance service in this country, No, nyet, you can't do that. Can the Gov. loan money for from property?
They have tried, only ending in the largest collapse of an economic
sector in history. Lending institutions left to their own and the
normal rules that existed for decades would never have let it get this
bad. Never. Can the Gov. drill for oil? No, they can only stop us drilling. ( they seem to enjoy that too much). Invent drugs, making our lives better. No. They can only regulate it for public safety, but actually inventing, Hello... the private sector again! We all know Al Gore invented the internet, but truthfully, without the private sector creating what we have now it would still be some Acronym in the Army that no one knew how to use.
What can the Gov. do? Blow things up and kill people... i.e., the military, great. Very expensive and inefficient, but necessary. Arrest people for bad things, sure. Please do. Print our money, sure. Just don't print too much. That causes big problems, just in case you didn't know. Regulate commerce, protect our boarders, ( Hows that workin lately? ). Build bridges, roads? Well....I think they have to hire private sector people to actually do that. Point is, What the Gov. can do is very limited. but President Obama acts like everything that can be done by them, should be done. Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution is a mandate on limiting Government. And Freeing the people, they necessarily go hand in hand.
" There is a moral superiority to Freedom and Limited Government." Walter Williams
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