In her State of the State message on 1/19/11, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley echoed Ronald Reagan's sentiment that "as government expands, liberty contracts." The role of government, she said, is "to secure the rights and freedoms of our people." It was "never intended to be all things to all people."
Right on, Governor!
Unfortunately, there are many from the President on down the line that would heartily disagree with the Governor. They feel the federal government should be involved in every aspect of our lives, from cradle to grave. Just look at "ObamaCare" as a shining example of government essentially taking over approximately one-sixth of our national economy.
Balderdash! Horse hockey! Nonsense! Leave me alone!
Over the past two years, the federal government has gone way too far into controlling the private lives of citizens and private companies, too. Of course, that takes money...lots of money. As a result, we have a budget deficit that will essentially cripple our children, grandchildren and those that come after them. Can you really fathom fourteen trillion dollars? I can't imagine what that really represents. It's even more impressive to see it in numerals:
$14,000,000,000,000
And don't forget, as Ronald Reagan told us,
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
We spend too much trying to be all, to all...and all that spending is about to economically ruin a once great nation.
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