Government Employees Live High On The Hog While Its Masters Live In Greater And Greater Squalor
We have written on here many times that no government programs create wealth. That every dollar spent is a collected tax on society. That means every dollar spent could have potentially been used to create the next Google or buy your next meal or new shoes for your children. That said, I am a firm believer in government services that work for the people. That includes social programs because we do live in a society. Freedom yes. Freedom to shun society? I don't think so. That was never the intent of our Constitution even though many want to bastardize its meaning to draw this conclusion. A society has common interests and goals. The only question is where do we draw the line of government services. We could all argue justice is best served by every single idea one can imagine in the form of a government program. Under that rule, we simply would not have the capital to sustain ourselves. We already have a socialist or semi-fascist government policy benefiting big business.
Some view any form of government as evil. As we have highlighted before, Thomas Paine, America's first progressive (often misquoted and misrepresented by less than progressive elements) said the only thing worse than government was no government. And, in fact, that is often what we see today. Where regulation has been dismantled we see the rule of law left to the vices of always fallible people. To businesses concerned first about personal gain at the expense of society. A reminder of why we have a written rule of law. A written Constitution. For were we not protected by either, we would have lost all of our liberties long ago. Frankly, I believe it has become apparent that not only do we need a constitution to protect our personal liberties, but we need an economic constitution protecting those considered the least in our society by elitists. Protection from the ravages of cronyism, corruption, sociopathic Wall Street-types and crooked politicians. We'll talk more about this in the future.
One timeless element that never changes is that concentrated power without transparency and oversight (effectively regulation of government) always results in evil. I don't care if that is the Catholic Church or the government of the most free society or your favorite charity. Even if its action is well-intentioned, all concentrated power without good governance will ultimately induce evil policy. That is why we have a Constitution. Good governance. Our government is such a mess because the American people have little oversight and transparency into its dirty little secrets. And because we trusted those who were elected to be the stewards of our country. Because the Constitution has become just a piece of paper rather than the rule of law in the eyes of crooked politicians. Instead, what they have turned our government into is a personal brothel. Now the cloak has been removed and we see the level of whoremongering that is government without transparency. With a dismantled rule of law.
The capital-producing economy - which pays for every single dollar the government and our banks rake in - has seen salaries and opportunity declining for decades. At the same time, the tax on society has increased astronomically to fund out of control government. And while the average American's wages have not kept pace, the federal government's wages are now double those of the private sector. The private sector who pays government wages. A clearly unsustainable dynamic.
The government in its current form has become an unsustainable tax on society. I told some friends who work for the government a few years ago that they should brace for potential standard of living reductions. It seems quite impossible to fathom but this situation must resolve itself. We now live in an economic model which bears more resemblance to the Soviet Union than the United States of yore. That is, the government provides the best job opportunities for average Americans and government-supported businesses (monopolies in every private sector industry similar in structure to state-run Soviet businesses) stifle innovation and competition.
There are two ways to remedy this situation. Or some combination of the two. Drastically raise private sector wages and economic opportunity or drastically lower federal wages. But, it will resolve itself at some point. The trend is clearly not sustainable.
Civil servants or our masters?
Link here.
Some view any form of government as evil. As we have highlighted before, Thomas Paine, America's first progressive (often misquoted and misrepresented by less than progressive elements) said the only thing worse than government was no government. And, in fact, that is often what we see today. Where regulation has been dismantled we see the rule of law left to the vices of always fallible people. To businesses concerned first about personal gain at the expense of society. A reminder of why we have a written rule of law. A written Constitution. For were we not protected by either, we would have lost all of our liberties long ago. Frankly, I believe it has become apparent that not only do we need a constitution to protect our personal liberties, but we need an economic constitution protecting those considered the least in our society by elitists. Protection from the ravages of cronyism, corruption, sociopathic Wall Street-types and crooked politicians. We'll talk more about this in the future.
One timeless element that never changes is that concentrated power without transparency and oversight (effectively regulation of government) always results in evil. I don't care if that is the Catholic Church or the government of the most free society or your favorite charity. Even if its action is well-intentioned, all concentrated power without good governance will ultimately induce evil policy. That is why we have a Constitution. Good governance. Our government is such a mess because the American people have little oversight and transparency into its dirty little secrets. And because we trusted those who were elected to be the stewards of our country. Because the Constitution has become just a piece of paper rather than the rule of law in the eyes of crooked politicians. Instead, what they have turned our government into is a personal brothel. Now the cloak has been removed and we see the level of whoremongering that is government without transparency. With a dismantled rule of law.
The capital-producing economy - which pays for every single dollar the government and our banks rake in - has seen salaries and opportunity declining for decades. At the same time, the tax on society has increased astronomically to fund out of control government. And while the average American's wages have not kept pace, the federal government's wages are now double those of the private sector. The private sector who pays government wages. A clearly unsustainable dynamic.
The government in its current form has become an unsustainable tax on society. I told some friends who work for the government a few years ago that they should brace for potential standard of living reductions. It seems quite impossible to fathom but this situation must resolve itself. We now live in an economic model which bears more resemblance to the Soviet Union than the United States of yore. That is, the government provides the best job opportunities for average Americans and government-supported businesses (monopolies in every private sector industry similar in structure to state-run Soviet businesses) stifle innovation and competition.
There are two ways to remedy this situation. Or some combination of the two. Drastically raise private sector wages and economic opportunity or drastically lower federal wages. But, it will resolve itself at some point. The trend is clearly not sustainable.
Civil servants or our masters?
Link here.
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