Like A Whipped Puppy

As a nation, we are taking the governments watering down of personal responsibility very well. We have elected a leadership cadre that is determined to stop people from feeling bad about their decisions and eliminating all pain associated with poor judgement. If you over extended yourself by buying a house you cannot afford, its okay, the government will change the laws to make sure you come out ahead. If you have overcharged on your credit cards, you are going to be off the hook to the bank because the banks is at fault for the overspending you did to enjoy yourself in the good times. It is like the ant and the grasshopper all over again.

At the same time, the government is punishing anyone who has attempted to take a risk and try to create a better life for themselves. There will be higher taxes if you make too much or the punitive taxation of bonuses. Talk about the jokes on us. We put these thieves in office but as the song goes "just like the old boss", we traded a poor attempt at a conservative administration for a powerful liberal dictatorship. Talk about poor decisions but at least I take responsibility for not getting out there and voting more often. I left that to the group that won.

So instead of crying over the incremental loss of freedom, we are doing something about it. There are the tea parties that happened on theft deadline day. The local radio station has gathered enough signatures to recall the Toledo mayor. My lovely wife has even talked about running for office. Something needs to be done to reverse the descent into complete loss of responsibility. It may take a while but if you can turn the local governments from the dark side, it will send the message, "We are fed up and not going to take it anymore."

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