National Debt is Not ...

Seems the only solution politicians have for our growing national debt is to cut the guns or butter from our national budget and raise our taxes. In other words, the out of control spending approved by both democrats and republicans, with alarming frequency, must be paid for by direct cuts to citizen benefits. Is this the fair or correct thing to do ?

Has anyone noticed that the most prosperous and growing part of our economy is the federal government ? Pay, job & retirement benefits in government service now outclass most civilian occupations. Instead of reducing our military or the entitlement schemes, people were forced to pay into , shouldn't we look inward at the waste and fraud within the infrastructure of the federal government.

A tour around Washington D.C. is always an impressive experience. But what product or service is being produced in those massive great, grey buildings ? How do all Americans benefit from the policies & activities brewing in those huge buildings ? The correct answer is mostly none. The great scheme of the federal government is to collect taxes and use the money to fund agencies. First, these agencies must take a hefty cut for their salaries, offices, and perks. Then, these agencies find some arcane mission which either interferes with capitalism, promotes the nanny state, or seeks to influence voter blocks. Most of these agency goals are wrapped in volumes of gobble gook, legal, and government speak which have no constitutional justification. Since the FDR Administration the growth of the federal government has been practically unchecked. It seems every cockeyed idea to insure an "everyman" social and economic equality has resulted in some alphabet government bureau.

Beginning with American Indians, Americans of African descent, the poor, and illegal aliens, officials in Washington D.C. have somehow developed the myth that government can provide equality, human dignity, and correct the wrongs of history if they just spend enough money and fart out a few more laws. Despite trillions of wasted taxpayer dollars this concept has been proven wrong time after time. The idea of people helping people through family, social, charitable, and church has been displaced by the heavy hand of government interference. Actually, the intrusion of government has destroyed the basic family unit, sucked the initiative out of generations of Americans, and colored capitalism as an evil force.

How do we stem the uncontrolled spending and begin to cure the national debt ? As voters and citizens we demand an outright defunding and eventual closure of many useless federal agencies and activities. These would include; Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, Dept. of Labor, Dept. of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, (Most) Foreign Aid, The Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Trade Commission, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mac, National Science Foundation, Small Business Administration, Corporation for National & Community Service and others. What these agencies do is either downright useless or can be better handled at the state or local level of government. Very few democrat or republican federal politicos will agree to these cuts because they derive their power and prestige from these bloated bureaucracies.

The only solution politicians seem to have for the deficit is to punish citizens. They want to raise our taxes, reduce federal benefits we spent our working lifetimes to pay for, and lower the quality and extent of our national defense.

The National Debt is not the fault of it's citizens. It is the fault of politicians and a their corrupt culture more interested in the pursuit of their personal power then a responsible accounting of their misuse of the national treasure.

I would like to someday tour our nations capital and enjoy the view of museums and monuments and see fewer and fewer giant grey buildings full of bureaucrats wasting our tax dollars. The most acceptable way to effect meaningful change is the vote. Do your vote and your collective voices to seek an end to the national debt and it's root causes. The national debt is only our fault if we continue the insanity of electing and reelecting the same flavor of politicians who created the financial nightmare we are presently enduring.