The constitution is a limit on government
“The constitution is a limit on government.” - so to uphold the constitution is to uphold it’s limits on government. Wouldn’t that infer that politicians should then look for ways to limit government instead of expanding it?
My National Debt
As of writing this the U.S. National Debt is $15 trillion. $48,593 per citizen (ref). As there are four in our family, that’s $194,372 of debt over my head that I pay interest on every year. At a weighted 4.7% APR, that comes to $9135/yr ($761/mo). That’s not paying down the loan at all, just paying the perpetual ever increasing interest to the loan holders.
When finishing school and getting married, my wife and I stayed on a tight budget for a few years sacrificing simple things to get out of debt. We put half our take-home income into getting out of $80,000 of debt in student loans and credit cards. Now we pay interest on a ~$200,000 forced national loan that only grows (fast), and which we have no hope of ever paying off.
Budget Cuts
Freedom is not the right to do what you want, but the liberty to do what is right.
—(unknown)
The government cannot give anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
A Father/Daughter Political Discussion
(an email forward from a friend worth sharing…)
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very Liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words a “redistribution of wealth”.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the Lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that She was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends, because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, ‘How is your friend Audrey doing?’ She replied, ‘Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over.’
Her wise father asked his daughter, ‘Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA, and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.’
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, ‘That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair!? I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!’
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently,
Welcome to The Republican party.
