The majority of Americans are sending a message to the Washington elite, restore government to what it is suppose to be. The government was never meant to be everything to everyone, the main purpose of government is to provide for the common defense and good of the people. Look at what the Preamble to the US Constitution says: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." I am not sure that the governing elite understand this concept anymore, but worse than that many citizens of America don't understand that concept either.
For some reason domestic tranquility and general welfare have been convoluted to mean that the government is suppose to give people everything they need or want from cradle to grave. Provide for "common defence" does not mean that you are not responsible for taking care of yourself. That term did not mean that the government would have the resources to promise that you would never be the victim of a crime or that everyone would have a personal guard at all times.
Domestic Tranquility was used to refer to maintaining order and control crime and warfare from within the country, remember that during this time there were groups of people who would desire to see the government overturned, that is not so much different from today. The common defence( please note the old English spelling) was to secure our country, from countries and people that would attack us from outside the borders, again not some much different from today.
I think it is important to note that the writers of the Constitution also understood that people would work to become successful. The Blessing of Liberty and Posterity, simply put the citizen could pursue wealth through hard work and effort. The government would do nothing to hamper the the individual who was legally pursue the dream of life, liberty, and posterity.
Now that the lame duck session of Congress is in, maybe the American people can prevent any major legislation from moving through the Congress, that is pushed by liberal politics. Hopefully, government of the people, by the people, for the people, will be true again. Less government and more freedom will result in a stronger America and American economy.
Couldn't have said this better myself! The shame is that kids today are not "taught" what the constitution says; but instead what the liberal educators want them to think is says. It's up to parents to teach their children about what "government" is really about...and that WE are responsible for giving them the "permission" to do what they do on our behalf...What surprises me is how many times I hear, "Let the government pay for it"...where do folks think that money comes from and who do they think the government is??? Hmmmm.
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