The United States federal government is storming into
another term of gridlock and grinding, halted leadership. On national media
outlets, “Passers-by” and “Average Joes” in Main Street have complained about K
Street and the Beltway. While whatever Wall Street wages should hang on their
own heads, the concentrated majority of voters chose to send back to Washington
the same divided government which the press, the political class, and the people
vilified. The voters complain about the current state of dysfunction, yet they
sent it back to govern once again.
another term of gridlock and grinding, halted leadership. On national media
outlets, “Passers-by” and “Average Joes” in Main Street have complained about K
Street and the Beltway. While whatever Wall Street wages should hang on their
own heads, the concentrated majority of voters chose to send back to Washington
the same divided government which the press, the political class, and the people
vilified. The voters complain about the current state of dysfunction, yet they
sent it back to govern once again.
The problem is not government. The Congress, President, and
Judiciary are manifesting the same stop-gap, stalling checks and balances which
the Framers intended. The problem is “us”, in that voters want what they want
from the state, but they do not like what the federal government wants, which
is more of our money and freedom.
Judiciary are manifesting the same stop-gap, stalling checks and balances which
the Framers intended. The problem is “us”, in that voters want what they want
from the state, but they do not like what the federal government wants, which
is more of our money and freedom.
The United States of America (not a united federal
government) is defined by E Pluribus unum¸
“out of many one”, not one government, but one people. The rancorous division Washington
springs forth from two clashing visions of this country’s future: a divided
electorate of givers and takers, or a united nation committed to individual
liberty and private enterprise; a country where government is preeminent, or
one where the citizen, endowed with natural rights, chooses his communities and
values without impressing them on others.
government) is defined by E Pluribus unum¸
“out of many one”, not one government, but one people. The rancorous division Washington
springs forth from two clashing visions of this country’s future: a divided
electorate of givers and takers, or a united nation committed to individual
liberty and private enterprise; a country where government is preeminent, or
one where the citizen, endowed with natural rights, chooses his communities and
values without impressing them on others.
Wisconsin, Indiana, and Kansas have chosen a vision which
sees the citizen, not the state. California is choosing more government. What
about you?
sees the citizen, not the state. California is choosing more government. What
about you?