Government

There are two schools of thought on the government. One is that it is good and provides valuable services. The other is that it is a necessary evil that can't get out of its own way. I tend to agree with the last one there, I don't care for the government, especially the federal government.

Whatever operation the government is in charge of doesn't work as well as it would if it were held privately. That is a fact, there is no disputing it. The DMV, IRS, FBI, you name the federally funded government organization and we can walk through it and see plenty of slacking off and mediocre work. The Post Office, permit office, tag office, wherever you go and have to deal with the government the service is going to be slow and poor. That is because there is no incentive to work. They don't care if you come back because you have to, they are the only show in town. They don't need your business because you have to pay for them with you tax dollars anyway. Take anything in America, give it to the government and they will run it into the ground.

There are things that we need our government to handle. The police force, military, constructing roads, schools, and other necessary services are good for the public. Somehow we need to create incentive laden programs to get government workers to perform better. The benefit to working for the government is a decent wage, good benefits, and job security. I think the majority of people who go into these positions are lazy and scared of not making it so they fall back on the government security blanket of their job. That is ok, there's nothing wrong with having a secure job, but there needs to be more accountability so the government services mirror the private ones.

So I don't like government services. And so that also means I don't like increasing the government to handle more and more things and create more and more layers of bureaucracy and more taxes to pay. I, like most people, am not a fan of taxes. I prefer to shrink government and government spending and lower taxes. I want to push some of the services the government wants to provide to the private sector. Let's cut the cost of our taxes so we'll have more to spend and less government oversight watching what we spend it on.

I don't like the government creeping in on my business. This is the land of the free, and I don't need to be scared that if I make one wrong move Uncle Sam is going to be breathing down my neck. There's already enough corruption, we don't need to have bigger government and make it easier for that corruption to effect our daily lives. That is why it is so important to protect the 2nd amendment. Our founding fathers gave us the right to bear arms because they didn't want a government persecuting its citizens. We can create a militia and fight back against a corrupt government. Don't be naive and assume that will never happen, we already have a terrible and detached federal government right now. The Constitution of the United States starts out, "we the people". That means the people, the public, run this country. We certainly don't need to expand the government to where there's more people working for it than themselves.

I believe shrinking the federal government and lowering taxes is going to be the best step to take to get our economy back on track. More government programs just lead to more taxes and less jobs for the American people, not to mention the terrible service, mishandling of money, corruption, and greed that will take place if we allow the government to grow into an insurmountable force.

JB