“The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.”

–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Spencer Roane, 1821

Founder’s Daily Quote

You know what’s really sad? There are 535 “representatives” in Washington, DC who ran for office, are running for re-election, or will be running for re-election on the platform of “Reducing the Debt”. Problem is, it’s the fox guarding the henhouse – these same “representatives” are the ones who GENERATE the debt, in the form of creating offices, departments, czars, programs, benefits, and whatnot. None of them have yet to remove an office, department, czar, program, benefit, or whatnot in order to demonstrate their willingness to reduce the debt and, consequently, the size of the Government machine and the not insignificantly onerous rules regulations and requirements mandated by these areas on businesses and, therefore, the economy. No, they want to see MORE government, not less. They think We, the People, need to see more government in order to know that we are getting enough bang for our buck.

I would be quite happy to have less bang, less buck taken from me, and less government interference in the economic engine that is the Free Market system of the United States.

Not just the current administration, either – I’m looking back at nearly one hundred years of uncontrolled government growth. We can’t support or sustain this much longer without a crash waking us up, shaking us out, and breaking a lot of households. It will be devastating. Just imagine what happens when all the welfare recipients (deserved and un- alike) realize there are more of them than there are of the providers – and the benefits are no longer coming. That will be an ugly day.

Chat ya later…

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