It’s not often I read a post which I believe echoes the sentiments of the majority of Americans.

This, however comes as close as I think I’ll ever get:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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.

We, the little people want you, our elected leadership to do just that, and only that.

form a more perfect union.
establish Justice.
insure domestic tranquility. *
provide for the common defense.
promote the general welfare.
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves** and our posterity

Those are the things that are charged in the preamble to the constitution, from which you derive your authority to legislate.

We don’t want you wasting your time, or our money making proclamations which do not serve us–for example, things like recognizing “Cuba solidarity day,” Honoring Arnold Palmer for his distinguished career in the sport of golf and his commitment to excellence and sportsmanship, Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, National Day of the American Cowboy, Congratulating Albania and Croatia on Talks with NATO, et cetera. If you come across a resolution or proclamation that sounds good, but has no real impact on our lives, don’t bother with it.

We, the little people, are paying you for a service. The service you provide as a member of the legislative branch is to work as hard as you can to make our lives just a little bit better, within the bounds of the constitution. We don’t want you to use the money we give to the government to “create” jobs, as a capitalist democracy, we want you to encourage the free market to create jobs.

We, the little people, don’t want anyone in our nation to be denied basic needs of food, water, shelter, and clothing. We would rather donate our monies to charities that can assist those less fortunate, than to an enlarged government bureaucracy that does the same thing, just not as effectively.

There’s more at the link.

Written by Sue

2 Responses to “This Weeks Favorite Read”

1. Guss says:

   May 27, 2008 at 4:41 am

   In my humble house, my better half and I are more than willing to pay more in taxes if it will feed a hungry child or pay some poor person’s tuition to college.
   We are free to leave anytime or change it through our vote. That’s just the way it is in this wonderful country.
   I just happen to care about my neighbor but then, I’m a liberal.
2. ~J~ says:

   May 27, 2008 at 6:58 am

   I think we all agree with you there, Guss. The writer of the quote was saying we should do it ourselves, though, instead of using the government to do it since the government will not return dollar for dollar what is put in for that purpose. We have those pesky bureaucratic salaries and buildings etc to pay for from it.

   On the other hand, I’m like you in this area. When you and I were growing up we saw neighbors in action helping other neighbors.

   This still happens to a certain extent, but I just don’t see today’s charities capable of sending money directly to the needy every month so the needy can live a decent life.

   I just wish we could trim the fat from the government programs and do more with fewer bureaucrats. That way more money would be in the pipeline for the truly needy.