Leading from Below

In the private sector if a business wants to continue to operate they have to earn a profit. And if they don’t, they have three options. Increase sales, reduce costs or increase sales and reduce costs at the same time. So why is it that the politicians aren’t willing to reduce spending as well as to increase taxes?

·         First, they have convinced you that you won’t have to pay for the increased costs of government programs. And they are driving a wedge between you and the wealthy. And now the President is trying to convince you that the millionaires and billionaires in America will end up paying for new programs and costs – but if you investigate these claims you will see that the M’s and B’s don’t have enough wealth or income to pay all of these costs.  You know, I think the Administration has a bridge they want to sell to you. That’s right you are going to have to pay for all these additional costs if not now then sometime in the near future.

·         Second, they are counting on you giving up the fight to lower taxes they said they wouldn’t raise to cover the additional programs in the first item above. Plus it won’t only be taxes. Once the government has taken the wealth of the M’s and B’s they know you don’t have the ability or the willingness to resist and fight them as the M’s and B’s did. So they will find ways to take more and more of your wealth and income. By the way these types of things have happened in the past. See the examples of totalitarianism throughout history.

·         Third, the politicians want to spend more money (all government spending is basically used to buy more votes so the politicians get re-elected) and know that you will vote them out of office if they are totally honest with you about what they want to do or spend funds on. Politicians treat you as if you were a mushroom – they keep you in the dark and covered with manure – and then they do everything they can to tell you how great everything is.

What can you or should you do?

·       The way you and your family and friends vote in the upcoming US Elections in November is critical.

·       Contact your US Senator and have them demand that the US Senate introduce and pass a balanced budget bill. The US Senate has refused to introduce and vote on a budget bill for three years. The reason for this is that the Senate doesn’t want their members on record as in favor of increased spending. The US House has passed a budget bill and the President will ultimately have to sign a mutually agreed upon bill.

·       Look at the proposed direction of the US and realize that America will not become stronger by continuing to give more and more money to those who don’t or won’t work.  This only makes people weaker if they are not expected to work. It produces planned dependence. The US becomes stronger when we have stronger people. Contact your US Senators and US Representatives and express your views about this

·       Do the same things at the State and Local levels if the same problems are occurring there. One of the reasons there may not be a problem in these areas is that most, if not all, states have balanced budget requirements where government cannot operate without a balanced budget.