I am excited about what happened on Wednesday. The people came out to let Washington know that we have had enough runaway spending. It takes courage to stand up for what you believe, but the American people are a courageous people. A friend of mine tried to get a count, but stopped counting when she got to 300. We approximated the turnout to be around 350. That is a great turnout of courageous people for a cold rainy day.
I would like to commend our local media for reporting on the Tea Party. I know some of the national media missed the point of the Tea Parties. They thought it was all about taxes. That is part of it. Maybe there are going to be tax cuts for many Americans, but then from where is the money going to come. Tax increases are coming. A nation cannot spend trillions of dollars without raising taxes to pay the bill. Are we going to pretend we can afford the bill and create the illusion we have the money by printing more? Wait we have already done that. Are going to borrow from other nations raising national debt to massive levels? Oh, we've done that, too. That is why people came out on Wednesday. These are people who care about their children and grandchildren. They do not want to leave an inheritance of debt. These were democrats, republicans, and independents that recognize politicians on both sides have spent our money and the money of future generations. These are people who want their voices to be heard.
What do we do now? We continue to speak. We inform our neighbors; they be not see the same news we do. We write our elected representatives know how we feel and if they do not listen we vote for people to replace them. We write to the news media and tell them what really happened on tax day. If we continue to speak out, someone will listen.
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Our government was created to be for the people and by the people. Guess what you are the people. Our first amendment guarantees our right of free speech. The founding fathers wanted a safe guard in place in case the government ever did anything outrageous. They wanted individuals to be able to rise up and say, “This is wrong.” As I watched the spending that has been going on in recent times, I must say, “This is wrong.” I am only one person. I want to hear what other people are saying. I posted three questions to our Facebook page. Why are you coming to the Tea Party? What do you want to see changed about our current economic policies? What do you think each American can do to take our country back? Please give your feedback through this page by posting a comment or going to the “Let Your Voice Be Heard” page. You can also post to our Facebook page, http://apps.facebook.com/causes/256648/25879405ion (see discussion topics). Our monetary deficit is not the only deficit we have here in the United States. One of the other deficits plaguing our nation is a trade deficit. This means we are importing more than we are exporting. We have become reliant on nations like China who are exporting more than they are importing. We have been able to loan our country money because they producing things that other countries are willing to buy. When our jobs are bureaucratic positions we will not be able to produce. The government is not the place to create jobs creating a society where private businesses can create jobs leads to a productive society. If we reward those who do not work through are social programs, we will not be a producing society. If we are not a productive society, we are allowing our selves to be controlled by those who do produce. Those who work lead. To discourage work and create non-productive jobs is to hand influence over to those who are willing to work. We are a city on a hill shining light on the nations. Let's not hand over our influence. We as a nation have compiled a mountain of debt of over $11,000,000,000,000. According to the US Census Bureau there are 306,162,496 people in the United States (www.census.gov). If the national debt was $11,000,000,000,000, that would be $35,928.63 per person. As I said above, the national debt is OVER $11,000,000,000,000 the debt is OVER $$35,928.63 per person. My child who was born in October was born in debt, because she and the others in her generation will have the responsibly to pay this tremendous debt we have acquired. Is this right? Aren’t we supposed to leave an inheritance for our children, not a giant pile of debt? We can turn this around, by changing our ways. When we a mass a mountain of personal debt, we start spending within our means, pay down the debt, and never spend above what we can afford again. The same is true for our national debt. Let’s send a message to our government, “Put an end to deficit spending.” It is time for our nation to balance its budget. Yesterday, I was watching a DVD with my two year old. The narrator said, throughout the show, that he was just the narrator so he couldn’t get involved. At the end of the show, the narrator saved the day. When questioned about getting involved he said that sometimes you just have to get involved. |