Oh for the love of Liberty!

Hello again. Today, I have chosen to discuss a few recent events, as well as my viewpoints on two political movements that are set to revolutionize the political landscape of our beloved nation. First off, the state of California held a special election trying to pass measures that would raise the already ridiculous taxes in the state. Every single measure was voted against by the people of California, except for the measure that would deny elected officials a raise in years where the budget has a deficit. Governor Schwarzenegger said in a press conference that he got the message, and he will make budget cuts. My suggestion is that he starts with eliminating some of following ridiculous budget items.
It is my personal belief that what goes on in state government is a microcosm of federal government. In this case, there are the tea party protestors who protest the ever expanding power federal government, and are sick and tired of greedy politicians who care only about winning elections, and the California people shoot down every single tax increase handed down to them by the legislature. Has Washington got the message? People don’t want more government, they want more personal liberties, and they want those liberties defended. Government has no business running auto makers, banks, insurance companies, or states.
On the flip side, the voter turnout was less than spectacular, so why do I predict that the federal government will run the state of California, and set a terrible precedent for the end of individual state rights? It’s simple really. If California, a state that voted for Obama to the tune of 2 to 1, adopts more conservative fiscal policies. The Democrats would lose 56 electoral votes in a winner take all state, a crippling blow to the party. With put the usual support of that state of California during the presidential race, the party doesn’t have a leg to stand on. If the Obama administration could manage the dealings of state problems similar to how he dealt with the auto industry, he could exercise executive control of the states, and essentially guarantee all of their electoral votes. But how? How about a bailout!!!
Despair not fellow Americans, there is hope. Montana, Utah, Texas, and Nevada are adopting a law that would exempt any gun manufactured and sold within the border of their respective states from federal regulation. While many would write this off as just a gun law, I see this as the first step in reclaiming individual state rights. When Thomas Jefferson first laid out the frame work of our nation’s government, the local governments had the most legislative power, while the federal government had only ten powers. Today it’s become quite backwards, which leads me to my next point.
The reason corruption has taken over in our society, especially in our government, is because we have let the minority dictate the language of all of the arguments. We should call progressivism what is really is, progressively socialistic. Socialism in America has been tried before. When Jamestown was first settled, the leaders decided at first that everyone would contribute to a common store, and everyone would take what they needed from it. The settlement almost didn’t last the winter. What then happened was that the leaders decided instead to adopt the “He who does not work, does not eat” approach. Socialism destroys entrepreneurship, innovation, investment, risk, initiative, all of which has made our country to prosper for over 200 years.
There is however, another political movement that champions fiscal responsibility, national security, and some good old fashioned common sense. Enter Libertarianism, a political movement championed by people such as Penn Gillette, and Glen Beck. I personally have my own reservations about Libertarianism, but that’s for another time. Imagine how much better our country would be with a 3 major political parties. You have the Democratic-Socialist Party who pushes for liberal social policy and socialistic economic policy, the Republican Party who pushes for conservative social and economic policy, and the Libertarian Party who has less liberal social views, but less stringent economic opinions. Good things come in threes when businesses compete for consumers dollars. Only good can come from having three major political parties compete for taxpayer votes.
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“I personally believe that Thomas Jefferson intentionally put the word ‘pursuit’ in front of happiness when writing our Bill of Rights because if we had a right to happiness, we wouldn’t know what it was.”
Yours Truly