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Health & Fitness

Time For A New Super Fund Cleanup

A couple months ago we were talking about the Sequester and how it would prohibit the Federal Government from doing its job. I was one of the people saying this was a 2% cut in the growth of government, not a 2% cut in actual government.

Somewhere down the road, we find the cash-strapped government, teetering on the brink of disaster due to this 2% cut in its growth, had enough money to provide 439 million dollars in Federal Bonuses to employees. The Federal Government found money to build a two billion dollar storage facility in Utah to store information taken from our telephone calls and internet usage. There was money for the IRS to spend 50 million dollars on seminars featuring goofy skits to entertain their employees. Yet, there was no money to leave the White House open to tours by students who had been planning for their visit. We now know the Federal Government does prioritize its expenditures. The priority is government first, citizens later.

I’m not too upset to find out the government had been keeping my telephone records. ... I always kind of expected this was happening at some level. I understand the government is tracking my internet searches, I have nothing to hide, and understand they are disregarding Constitutional Protections. I know the IRS takes their employees to expensive hotels to have seminars. I’m aware this Administration takes steps to prevent oil drilling on Federal Lands. I believe this Administration has been trying to take away my civil rights and use my tax dollars against my best interests. All these are things I’ve known or had a strong feeling about for a long time.

Here is what really upsets me: This Administration, and any other Administration who has taken part in these plots, doesn’t have the guts to come out and tell the public they, the smart people, are disregarding our Constitution for our own good. They know best and we just have to trust in their superior knowledge. Why are they not honest about this?

The reason we never get honesty: The American People would never allow these actions to happen. We may be divided into two political parties, but we all have a basic belief in the American way. We still believe politicians work for us and we are not their subjects. These Federal Agencies have to mislead and obfuscate to stay in business.

It is the time for Citizens to stand up and demand an accounting. We do need taxes to run the government, we don’t need the IRS to do it. It is time to do away with the IRS. Flat tax, National Sales Tax or a Lottery, anything but this out of control Federal Agency.

We do need energy. We don’t need the Energy Department. This waste of money and human talent was introduced to reduce our reliance on foreign oil. Since the inception of the Energy Department, America has become more reliant on foreign oil. This Agency is the poster child for the word failure.

Our kids need a great education, they do not need a Department of Education. First, there is no place in the Constitution for a Federal Agency dealing with Education. Look at the results from education before this wasteful Federal dalliance and look at results after. Wasted money, wasted human talent running this bottomless pit of expense. We owe it to future generations to do away with it.

We are finding out the system is rigged. There is a slow economic recovery, high unemployment rates and an expanding Federal Debt. Most of us have made sacrifices, cut back on non-critical expenditures and prepared for a lower standard of living. However, the Federal Government demands additional contributions to continue with business as usual. They make the public suffer anytime a cut is forced on them. For proof, talk to some school kids who wanted to visit the White House. You know…… the White House that belongs to them.

There is only one thing that scares our politicians, votes. Forget about President Obama, forget about your favorite Congress Person, they all have a clean paper trail. Let’s not waste our time trying to convict them or challenge them………let’s just replace them.

There was a Super Fund years ago to clean up polluted areas in this country. Time for a new Super Fund to clean up the mess in Washington.

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