"You have some people, very sincere, who philosophically just think the government has no business interfering in the marketplace..."
Yeah, people who believe that smaller government is better government, less taxes encourage more spending and growth. But that doesn't really fall in line with your socialist agenda does it? How is this governmental intervention not legalized federal theft? It is redistribution of wealth taken from all and given to some, the recipients of which the Government decides. As Frederick Bastiat said,
"...the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime..."
Another person who thought the government shouldn't be involved in the marketplace was John Locke, whose opinions and theories heavily influenced our Founding Fathers in the writing of the Constitution. Their assertion was that the role of government is to protect (not interfere with or intervene in) the God-given right to life, liberty, and property.
The American people are right to worry about this package. In light of where the government is taking this money from, we deserve to know precisely what they plan on doing with it and why. Make an argument to us that your billions of dollars are not pork. We should be worried that politicians are taking advantage of the economic climate and the fear of Americans to push their own agendas and skim off the top... Even Rahm himself said it:
"...it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before..."
This seems like a good reason to watch CSPAN more often..."...it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before..."
Has Schumer never heard of Thomas Jefferson? If good ole TJ were here today, he might say something like:
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."So whether or not you believe the American people (the "governed") have any interest in what is going on in the government and where all this money is going, your responsibility as the Government is to ensure that they have easy access and ability to find out what the Government is doing with their hard-earned money. The sheer brashness of this comment makes me sick. The American people are not an endless resource of money that you can utilize for your pet projects, arrogantly assuming that you don't need to be accountable to the electorate.
Seems Obama is talking out of both sides of his mouth.... I already found it hard to trust him, but in my opinion, he isn't getting off to a great start. New Sheriff in town is takin' everyone's money and deciding how to distribute it... Where is Robin Hood?
Another thing hidden in the bill is new health provisions written up by Tom Daschle. Restrictions and controls and penalties for doctors, a new powerful appointed body....? Does this bother anyone else?
And even though Senator Leahy's "truth commission" sounds dangerously Orwellian, maybe there should be an outside governing body keeping the government in check and disseminating true information to the "governed." Problem of course is that everyone has their price...
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