Politics
is for those who show up. Lots of people
don’t. Those who do show up can be
divided into categories. It takes time
and study to figure out how politics works and most people don’t have time to
do this unless their work exposes them to how government works. Government was
designed to be limited, but is now involved in everything. For those of us who try to keep up with it,
it’s like living through the “blitzkrieg”.
Political
Party activists include a few are aspiring candidates, some are “Robert’s Rules
of Order” wonks, some are campaign workers, some are fund raisers,
cheerleaders, worker bees, etc. Those
who believe in government are usually Democrats and those who believe in
limiting government are usually Republicans.
Those Republicans who believe in government we call RINOs of Statists,
(Republican In Name Only).
The Party
crowd has been tightly controlled by the “establishment” elected officials and
their minions. They believe the Party
exists to support the establishment candidates and little else. It is more of a social organization for the
worker bees who give their loyalty and look for loyalty in return, but often
don’t find it. Parties should be more
involved in debate, positions on issues and resolutions from Party meetings,
but it isn’t. Parties could sponsor
opinion polls on their websites to find out what the voters think, but they
don’t.
Government
Watchdogs are the sceptics and react to news reports and announcements of
decisions that smell fishy and ask questions.
When they don’t get answers that pass the smell test, they start digging
out all the facts they can get from open records requests and other sources.
When I see dumb decisions coming from City Councils and County Commissions and
School Boards, I can trace these back to the State Legislature for enabling
legislation and in most cases to the Federal Government for UN Agenda 21
implementation.
I prefer
to view government as a utility. We pool
our tax money to provide roads, bridges, storm sewers, reservoirs, sanitary
sewers and water treatment plants to handle the basics used by 100% of the tax
payers. The federal government should
provide for national defense and the few “enumerated powers” granted in the US
Constitution (as written). The free
market and private sector should take care of the rest. Families should take
care of their own family members.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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