Since when did Government coffers become an option for the bailout of private institutions? The last time I checked, the US Government is practicing the shadowy art, not of ninjutsu, but deficit spending. Now, let’s examine how this deficit was created. If you had listened to liberal talking points six months ago, you would have heard that two unfruitful wars are the main cause of our economic woes. The popular sentiment of today is that we have been borrowing capital from China to pay for oil from O.P.E.C. If you listen to the current presidential candidate from the Grand Old Party you would hear that wasteful spending associated with legislative sponsored pork-barrel projects are the cause of our financial woes. These messages resonate with their particular constituencies. The social utopian hippies that attended Woodstock would always love to make peace and not war. Likewise, the moderate to conservative listeners of the Grand Ole Opry like to hear that “Bridges To Nowhere” will not be how our government operates. However, let’s expose the great mystery that has plagued our government for almost 70 years. The problem with government spending is that the government is spending.

In the most direct way possible, I do not believe that government entitlement programs are what the Founding Fathers envisioned when drafting the US Constitution. Do you think that Thomas Paine would have been a supporter of the Welfare Program? Maybe Thomas Jefferson would have said that the recent Bailout was within the Federal scope of powers. Perhaps Benjamin Franklin would have voiced approval for Social Security. Then, John Wayne would have challenged Erik the Red to a deathmatch at Wrestlemania with King Kamehameha as the special guest referee. Wake up!

The brilliant men that fostered the idea of what would become America would hardly recognize it anymore. Precisely for the reason that the Federal Government is spending. These men envisioned a Federal Government that acted as an overseer of the independent states (defined as a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation) comprising the United States of America. My suggestion to you is to read the Decleration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America and make your judgement. Interpretation is a great thing, but read the words that are on the paper for what they actually mean and you will probably come to the rational conclusion that the governing bodies that we finance have acquired power in fields beyond their scopes and have a bad tract record when it comes to successful programs.

I think that the “Open Sesame” has occurred as the US has become more “developed” and that through this process we have become less like the Founding Fathers.  For the most part, the citizenry of the US does not practice individual responsibility.  Let’s face it, the Democratic Platform is to strip down the notion of the individual and replace it with a cradle to grave society where citizens depend on Government rationing of everything.  The current debate is over Health Care, Education, and Retirement.  These vehicles will be used as a tool for the reallocation of wealth.  In other words, the goal of the Democratic Party is a Socialist Society.  With socialism comes the end of the notion of Individual Freedom, which is the principle on which this country was founded.  Through the years, Socialists have tried to disguise the reason to attain a Utopian Society, the only problem is the theory of “To each according to his needs, from each according to his means” is that it negates true freedom.

I will therefore use this medium to be the Morgiana to a nation of Ali Babas and attempt to give you the constitutional truths that both sides (the forty thieves) will try and muddle.  Individual Liberty can only continue to exist if we stop expecting our ends and start earning them.  Let’s try and voice the opinion that if any form of Government is going to enact Health Care Reform, Welfare, or any other entitlement program, it should constitutionally fall in the individual States’ spheres of responsibilities.  If the electorate for an individual State approves the measure, enact it.  Do not let yourselves be fooled into thinking that the Federal system was established to be our end all, be all.