Government Citizen Compact 4-18-24

So, here’s the deal.  As Individuals we have free will and are completely responsible for ourselves.

We will need to provide ourselves with occupational choices we will do well and enjoy doing. We will need to ensure that we have clean water, food and shelter. If our paychecks can’t handle this, we will need a 2^nd job. We need to know how to know if our government is rotten or not. We need to elect  people who are not rotten or stupid. 

Government needs to listen to us citizens and not live in a bubble. They work for us and they need to know how to run a good economy to give us a chance to be self-supporting. If they fail, we need to fire them.

The players in every economy include families to provide food and shelter, a private sector of businesses to provide food, houses and needed products and a government to provide defense, infrastructure and the rule of law.

The Family is the basic economic unit of the economy. Individuals are responsible for themselves to become self-supporting. Families should help family members in need. Citizens are responsible for themselves and their families and their duty to be informed enough to recognize cause and effect with common sense.

The Private Sector is responsible for providing products and services needed by families and businesses. They produce food, houses, tools, appliances, clothing, home furnishings, medications and other products and services. They produce technology that improves productivity. Utilities provide electricity, natural gas and phone service. Railroads are unfortunately included in the private sector and are failing to maintain their equipment.

Governments need to attend to their economies. They need to maintain a trade balance and avoid war, unnecessary debt and inflation.

The best economic system is the Free-Market where prices are controlled by supply and demand. Managed economies don’t work as well.

Countries with a weak connection between government and citizens are vulnerable to failure.

Countries that impose abuse on citizens are vulnerable to citizen revolt at the polls or in the streets.

Governments are typically responsible for infrastructure to provide clean water, sewers, roads, bridges, highways and roads. Railroads are on their own, because they own the ageing tracks.

States provide laws, courts, prisons, records of licenses, economic development, harbors, highways, state roads and public colleges with few useful occupational courses.

Counties provide records of Deeds, voter registration, vehicle registration, leaky water and sewer systems, road and bridge maintenance, fire fighters, police and failing public schools

Cities provide zoning, road maintenance, construction permits, trash removal and police.

So, how are we doing?  In the US, we need to fire Biden and rehire Trump to close the borders, drill for oil and natural gas, build the pipelines, lower the cost of energy and reduce our trade deficit. We also need Republicans to have majorities in the House and Senate. 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader