Politicians

The tendency of politicians to become spendthrifts is a serious threat. Most politicians promise free stuff and promise to “protect us” and avoid hard questions.  They are coached to “not offend anybody” and avoid controversial issues and this makes them useless and dangerous.  Politicians run on issues they cannot control, or don’t need fixing.  In Georgia the favorite issues are “gun rights”, “religious freedom” and the “right to life”. Politicians don’t even respond to questions about real issues they would be able to fix if they wanted to.  US politicians allowed government to implement UN Agenda 21 and denied knowing about it or lied saying it was “voluntary”.

Politicians never mention deregulating education or healthcare to lower their costs and reignite innovation. Politicians never mention reigning in the unlimited power they’ve handed to the state and municipalities to overspend, over-borrow and price gouge to drive up costs. Politicians believe that elected officials should make whatever decisions they want to make with no regard for the voters. But voters are annoyed that they don’t get to vote on the big tax giveaways these local officials grant and their lack of interest in leaky water pipes, leaky sewer pipes, sink holes, sewer spills, pot holes or gridlock.

Politicians think they need to spend all of our tax dollars on public schools, public transit, indigent healthcare and “economic development” and fail to maintain basic infrastructure.

Politicians like to increase the value of our homes, so they can get more property tax. The conundrum is that while we are happy to see our home values go up, we are less excited about having our property taxes go up. The abusive side of this upward spiral of home values is that many citizens find they can no longer afford to live in the city.  Cities have lots of low paying jobs, but those who work at these jobs need to move to the exurbs where housing costs are more affordable.

The problem voters have with property taxes is that we see too much waste in government-run systems like schools and transit.  We see higher education costs, but fewer useful skills being taught.  We see empty transit train cars and empty buses. We see government selling Bonds, knowing that this is like a mortgage loan and will cost double after you add in the interest cost.  We know that new $5 million school will really cost $10 million and the kids graduating lack the skills to be admitted college. We know that ridership on public transit will always be so low that the cost of running public transit is 500% more than its revenue and is a really bad deal for taxpayers that lasts forever.

Each legislator is quick to jump on whatever “band-wagon” the Governor and the Leadership wants without considering errors in the Bills and unintended consequences that will surely occur. They do this to “get along”. They don’t want to be branded as a pariah.  They don’t question the sustainability or suitability of any Bill.  They are more likely to oppose a Bill because it is proposed by another legislator they consider a rival or an enemy, not because it is a bad idea.

Most of our politicians in Georgia need to be replaced and I suspect that most of the politicians in all the other states need to be replaced as well. I know most of the politicians we have in the federal government need to go. Obstructing the Trump Agenda is sovereign suicide.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader