Posted by
Dr. K on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:13:32 PM
Institutionalized Incompetence
How much are American taxpayers supposed to suffer before clarity of thought can replace vague notions of change and the hope that things will turn out okay? Who are these people who profess to represent the American people? Who are these people who refuse to address fiscal responsibility? They never wanted to address the coming Social Security crisis. Instead they sought to grow government at an even larger and faster pace through more spending. They continue to claim they are fending off a Health Care Crisis, and will save money by spending more.
They aren’t even ashamed of the bald face lies they tell. They are assured in their governing arrogance that the policies they institute are absolutely correct and then fend off questions about fiscal responsibility with: “Well, something had to be done.” Really.
Government bureaucracy carries out all orders and most of the time no one knows where the orders come from. It’s okay as long as there are appropriations for the plan and its implementation. How long has this institutionalized incompetence been tolerated? When did it begin? Who took the money from the Social Security Trust Fund and replaced it with I Owe Yous? What did they spend the money on? Where did it go? Did Bernie Madoff get some of it?
Yet, we are to blame. Yes, we are to blame. We keep electing the same incompetents to office. Dianne Feinstein started a news conference not long ago by saying: “We in government . . .” She didn’t say as a representative of citizens in my district, she said: We in government. If that isn’t enough detachment from real American taxpayers and constituents I don’t know what else a person in government could say. This problem cuts across party lines. There are no fiscal conservatives anymore. For how much or how little would you sell your freedom? What part of stimulus is enough to give over even a small part of yourself, of your freedom, of your own initiative for the sake of government controlled funding?
Government will become ever more oppressive as it grows. The oppression of bureaucracy has its own inertia, departments must be fed by appropriations, more employees who produce nothing but bureaucratic busy work will occupy more of the productive capacity of the country. The result is indeed, elected and institutionalized incompetence. Forget about individual rights, remember you are just part of the revenue base for state and federal government. Ask yourself this question: Just what are you getting for your money?
From my Corner of Main Street, Rocky Ford, CO
Dr. K