Tuesday, March 27, 2007
liberal government
“The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institutions and monied incorporations and if this tendency continues it will be the end of freedom and democracy, the few will be ruling and riding over the plundered plowman and the beggar . . . I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to trial and bid defiance to the laws of our country. I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies” Thomas Jefferson
Our country was founded upon the classically liberal position that government is designed to protect our life, liberty, and property. We are not created for our government. Our government was created for us.
The politicians should begin their days with a pledge to the people who “elected” them. The politicians’ only purpose, if they have any, is only to secure our rights. We would benefit from a reawakening in this country where we rediscover the principles of liberty and freedom from coercion.
We could stop relying so much on hope and start insisting on some action. The 4th sentence of the Declaration of Independence reads
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends; Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” It would be hard to find a more apt description of the US government these days, or a more appropriate remedy for this oppressive regime, increasingly hated and feared by the citizenry.
We hear how we have the best gov’t ever but how would you prove such a thing? Consider the Exxon Valdese case; twenty some years after Exxon’s carelessness destroyed the livelihood of many Alaskans they are still appealing the ruling against them. Meanwhile those affected are still without a means of earning their living as they had and the responsible party; Exxon, is still fighting against taking responsibility for their negligence.
It has become government policy to ignore the bottomless gulf that separates the poor from the wealthy. The central theory in today's corporate-governed world is that the rich people make the world go round and that is all that matters.
Our country was founded upon the classically liberal position that government is designed to protect our life, liberty, and property. We are not created for our government. Our government was created for us.
The politicians should begin their days with a pledge to the people who “elected” them. The politicians’ only purpose, if they have any, is only to secure our rights. We would benefit from a reawakening in this country where we rediscover the principles of liberty and freedom from coercion.
We could stop relying so much on hope and start insisting on some action. The 4th sentence of the Declaration of Independence reads
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends; Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” It would be hard to find a more apt description of the US government these days, or a more appropriate remedy for this oppressive regime, increasingly hated and feared by the citizenry.
We hear how we have the best gov’t ever but how would you prove such a thing? Consider the Exxon Valdese case; twenty some years after Exxon’s carelessness destroyed the livelihood of many Alaskans they are still appealing the ruling against them. Meanwhile those affected are still without a means of earning their living as they had and the responsible party; Exxon, is still fighting against taking responsibility for their negligence.
It has become government policy to ignore the bottomless gulf that separates the poor from the wealthy. The central theory in today's corporate-governed world is that the rich people make the world go round and that is all that matters.
