Stage Two of This Disease!

In continuation of yesterday's discussion, today we look at stage two of what topples government. Stage two of this disease is titled, "Undisciplined pursuit of more!" Applying that to today's government would suggest our current national debt. We've overreached our monetary supply by offering unsustainable entitlements to our citizens. On our current fiscal path we're posed to leverage our freedom as collateral to pay our debts. We've created this giant ponzi scheme and unless some strict financial discipline is applied quickly, this house of cards will tumble down.

This infection is caused by filling seats of influence with career politicians, void of fiscal restraint and business knowledge. They realize human nature lends itself to entitlements, people love something for nothing, and will vote to keep it. Imagine if you raised your children with no restraints on their wants; What do you suppose the outcome would be? I'm pretty sure the monster you'd create would look similar to those in America with their hands out, looking for what's owed them.

It's just common sense that business, government, and families, for that matter, live within their means. Yet we stand here today with a climbing debt that has just equaled our country's financial output. If you bought a car that's payment equaled your total income, how long would that scenario last? No money for food, gas, insurance, housing, or anything else, but you have a great looking car. The same logic applies to our current debt. The current logic applied by Ivy League degree holders. I've said it before, too bad they can't teach common sense in our learning institutions.....

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the rest of the founding fathers saw this country expanding and increasing not as an end goal, but as a residual result of an inevitable outcome, of pursuing the core purpose that this nation was founded upon. Later generations forgot this lesson. In fact we've perverted their ideals. We're a country that is likely to die of indigestion from too much entitlement rather than from too little. A great tell tale sign of trouble is when citizens confuse rights with responsibility. We have a responsibility to help our fellow man, but it's far from a right to expect it.

Our lack of leadership is to blame. Becoming a politician has evolved into a career, not a service to the public. We need representatives from the private sector who serve their term then return to private life, just like George Washington. The wrong leaders allowed to usurp their power, can most certainly do our country harm, Choose wisely!

God Bless!
Capt. Bill