We Have What We Asked For...

A little over 200 years ago, a group of Americans set up a government that would represent the people. Really, it is quite amazing that this republic democracy has lasted as long as it has. But this week, we can see that, although laws are constantly being passed without regard of the Constitution, we still have a ruling body that represents We The People.

Is it any wonder that our national ruling body can't make the hard, responsible decisions needed to back away from this debt crisis when The People don't want to make their own hard, responsible decisions in their own lives? How often have your heard yourself say, or hear someone else say, "there should be a law about that"? Really, though, more of us should take responsibility for our own actions instead of making laws about every little last thing.

We have a people very apathetic about our government. Well, it seems like we have a government quite apathetic about its people.

We have a people wanting government to regulate and rule everything. So we have a government that regulates and rules everything...even without passing laws (hello FDA, TSA, Dept of Ed, FCC, etc).

The problem with wanting someone else to be responsible for personal choices, like education and health care, is that you lose freedom. You become bound to what they think is best. You are bound to their expertise. You no longer have the opportunity to make it better...or worse...for yourself. You lose the opportunity to have a choice in the matter.

We asked for it. We will have to pay for it. And it will hurt. It will hurt financially or it will hurt revolutionarily. Or probably both...

And the sad thing is that this has been going on for years, even decades. Actually about a whole century. So we can't wholly blame our generation, nor our parent's generation, nor our grandparent's generation. We just get to be on the side where everything is beginning to fall apart. Lucky us.

So, this is just a rant. I have no solution. Except one. We The People need to change. But it's a far-out solution. We need to take personal responsibility serious again. We need to learn and understand what liberty and freedom really mean, and what it really takes to have it. We need to really understand what the early Americans fought for. Really, they fought hard for less than what we deal with now. Responsibility is one big part of that freedom equation. Just like when you were young, your parents would give you more freedom if you showed responsibility and were trustworthy. We need to stop passing the buck onto the government and take more personal responsibility for ourselves. And it's gonna have to take over 175 million Americans to make that change.

But in the end, majority rules. So, right now, we've got what we asked for.