Our presidential elections should be about substance, not demagoguery, inuendo or classless attacks based on lies, distortions and falsehoods. We are better than that. Great ideas are what built this country from the start. The founding fathers had seen what happens in a top down monarchy government and wanted something better and more free. The system they came up with, a constitutional republic was different than any other government on the planet and was based on the assumtion that man was free first and mutual free exchange was the best system of managing our affairs. In the process they allowed for government to provide for the common defense as well as the rule of law and private property. In the process they put in place checks and balances which were intended to keep any one branch of the goverment from getting to powerful over the rest of government and the process should proceed slowly.
We have lost our way. We have allowed our Congress to become permanent residents of Washington DC instead of the citizen legislators the founding fathers envisioned. We have allowed the Executuve branch to run roughshod over the Constitution with czars outside the purview and oversight of Congress and the use of Executive orders that counter the will of the people. We have allowed the Executive Branch under whom the Attorney General works to selectively enforce laws they agree with and not enforce laws they don't agree with, completely turning the Congressional lawmaking authority on its head. We have allowed influence peddling on Captal Hill and a revolving door from Congress to lobbying. Congressmen and women have gotten rich by special favors and sweatheart deals not available to the common man.
This election is shaping up to be a turning point where we talk about big ideas. The Republicans will be talking about big ideas, fixing our problems and taking us to the next level. All the Democrats have is race baiting, scare tactics, tax more, spend more and demegogueing everything said on the right. It is time we stuck to the big ideas and not get dragged down in the gutter with the liberals and progressives. We get the government we deserve. We deserve better.
We have lost our way. We have allowed our Congress to become permanent residents of Washington DC instead of the citizen legislators the founding fathers envisioned. We have allowed the Executuve branch to run roughshod over the Constitution with czars outside the purview and oversight of Congress and the use of Executive orders that counter the will of the people. We have allowed the Executive Branch under whom the Attorney General works to selectively enforce laws they agree with and not enforce laws they don't agree with, completely turning the Congressional lawmaking authority on its head. We have allowed influence peddling on Captal Hill and a revolving door from Congress to lobbying. Congressmen and women have gotten rich by special favors and sweatheart deals not available to the common man.
This election is shaping up to be a turning point where we talk about big ideas. The Republicans will be talking about big ideas, fixing our problems and taking us to the next level. All the Democrats have is race baiting, scare tactics, tax more, spend more and demegogueing everything said on the right. It is time we stuck to the big ideas and not get dragged down in the gutter with the liberals and progressives. We get the government we deserve. We deserve better.
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