Quote: | Posted by Barry
-----a fact that makes some of us somewhat paranoid about what the Government will do next. What the Government gives, the Government can take away.
Vigilance is the answer---------and action when the Government looks to abuse or overstep it's vested power. (key word here is "vested"---i.e. given
by the People) |
Glad to see that you admit "paranoia". "What the Government gives, the Government can take away.", almost sounds biblical, and sounds a little like
religious fervor. And I guess we should all become "vigilantes" lest the boogey man government comes to get ya.
Don't worry about big business and the Koch brothers because they are our friends (even though we do not vote for them and they do not get their power
by our consent) and only want the best for us all as they are not at all concerned about self-interest for their own benefit and nor do we have to be
on vigil to make sure that they do not overstep their legal power, but, the government, for whom we all vote, they are out to get us all. So, be
wary, be vigilant...be paranoid.
BTW, the government gets its vested powers by way of the Constitution. And, the biggest and best means to guard against government overstepping or
abusing its vested powers is thru separation of powers and the power of the vote...set out in the Constitution (not in any corporate bylaws). The
Constitution, the thing that is the backbone of our government, the government, the leading officials for whom we all vote and that thing that you are
spreading paranoid fear about. In a sense, it's like spreading self-hatred.
You know, that kind of messaging only serves to redirect the public's attention away from the real culprits of bad in our society such as racial
hatred, assault on the vote, expensive healthcare, predatory lending to students, Wall Street out of control, failing infrastructure, the un-American
unpatriotic behavior in the House of the uncompromising undemocratic racist faction Tea Party entirely and solely responsible for legislative
gridlock, failing infrastructure and the single most devastating and damaging scourge to our society, the lopsided inequitable disparity of income and
wealth in this country.
You've fallen right into the hands of the Koch Bros. and Wall Street doing their bidding and their leg work for them.
[Edited on 3-5-2015 by MitchMan] |