Government Involvement in Our Lives

I had been busy the last few weeks making sure I was qualified for the ballot by getting all my petitions in line for the nomination and signature-in-lieu processes, so while I kept tabs on what was going on I didn't have much of an opportunity to sit down and look at anything in depth.

That little break of a couple weeks from micro-intensity seems to have give rise to a more singular direction as I started to look for something to blog about. It had been there before, but had moved to the background of my thoughts as each issue took to the forefront of my attention which each morning headline.

Just as Albert Einstein looked for his Unified Field Theory or "Theory of Everything" I was again finding links in every subject I considered blogging about today.

Quite simply, when applied to issues ranging from health care to banks the common thread is the government. The government has become involved in every daily life decision an individual makes and must therefore be considered in every decision. Some of those decisions are based on social policies such as drug laws or medical care and some are based on fiscal policies such as capital gains taxation, but more often it is a combination of the two where the government uses fiscal (taxation & penalties) to drive an individuals behavior in a direction the selected few deem "correct" in its drive to define and expand the use of the term "the common good" and create a homogeneous society.

In their effort to create this society they have appear to have used 1950s television families as the model for that homogeneity be it "Father Knows Best" or "Leave it to Beaver" or possibly "Happy Days".

The United States was not founded or intended to be a place of uniformity. It is a place where individuals are can dream their own dreams, create their own creations, establish their own destiny. Be dynamic and free without the fear and control of government busy bodies.

Our governments (Federal, State, and local) should exist only for issues related to common defense, protection of individual rights, and enforcement of individual responsibilities. Any policy or legislation developed to give any individual or group specific benefit inherently takes away from another. In giving or burdening any class of individuals with special benefits or penalties through taxation, entitlement, or "rights" it creates the reverse for those outside that classification thereby creating derisiveness, divisiveness, and ultimately corruption.

When elected to Congress I will use this gauge in analyzing all legislation brought forward. This becomes the true measure of whether a bill has merit. Does the bill protect individual rights and freedom with out impinging on other individuals? Does it give without take? Is it supporting one person or group's ideals at the expense of others?

In a bit of a preemptive postscript for those who look at this and think "Wow, what about those who are in trouble due to their own decisions or outside influences?" I do understand and am compassionate to circumstances that arise for individuals where they need help. In the cases where disabilities or illness occur or where risks and decisions didn't pan out. I also understand that government sometimes needs to be provide some safety nets where voids exist, but these must be meted out with extreme discretion with a transitory involvement goal. Permanent involvement by government has a tendency to indoctrinate individuals into a special class/interest all to themselves.