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It seems the older I get, the more I detest politics and most politicians, particularly those in Congress. First of all, by what authority do they have to go traveling to other countries at taxpayer's expense and meeting with foreign leaders? Isn't that why we have ambassadors?
Then, if there is some kind of bill before the Congress, certain politicians have to attach some expenditure for a pet project back home. These are called earmarks, but nevertheless, they cost taxpayers. The worst of these is the one in Alaska to build a bridge to nowhere.
Further, these people want to pass more laws to "do good" but which really will be limitations of our freedom. What gets me, too, is the destruction of the tenth amendment, the one known as the States’ Rights Amendment. More and more, there are efforts to limit states’ rights and put more control in Washington.
From time to time, I come across some interesting papers which help to shed light on what is going on. Here is an excerpt from such document. Back at about the time our Constitution was adopted in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2000 years earlier.
He says, "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
He further said, "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence
From bondage to spiritual faith,
From spiritual faith to great courage.
From courage to liberty,
From liberty to abundance,
From abundance to complacency,
From complacency to apathy,
From apathy to dependence,
From dependence back to bondage.
A law professor in Minnesota, in 2000, said he believes the United States is now somewhere between number 6 and 7. More and more people are becoming dependent on federal help, so eventually we will all be back in bondage and the "Great United States" will be down the tube.
Now, we are in the throes of a Presidential election as a number of candidates from both parties run around the country promoting their causes in hopes of getting the nomination from their party. Many of the candidates are currently serving as U. S. senators. So if they are busy out raising funds and speaking everywhere how can they perform their duties as Senators? Also, why is so much time being spent on the firing of seven Federal District Attorneys? I read somewhere that Clinton fired a bunch when he took office and nothing was said.
Now, the recent collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis is creating more finger-
I guess you can see why I am so disgusted with politicians. All they really are interested in is preserving their power, in whatever way they can, and without regard to the preservation of our country and the Constitution. Oh well, at my age, I will be gone before this country collapses.