Government vs Private Sector

It shouldn’t be a surprise to see government employees voting for Democrat Socialism. Democrats want to grow government and diminish the private sector. Democrats have supported nationalizing the US oil companies like Venezuela did. I expect all government employees to be democrats and believe at least half of them socialists.

I had always believed this was true and continue to see evidence that it is true. In 1980, I attended my first “greet the candidate” meeting in Salina Kansas. There were 3 rookies running for the State House. The room was packed with State employees, who want to ensure that these candidates would fight to get them a lot more tax money. It was a scene out of “Damian and the Lepers”.

Most candidates for elective office are “Statists”, who believe in big, expensive government and want to expand it to solve every problem under the sun. They produce legislation that is supposed to fix the problems, but the often make the problem worse. They are at the beck and call of their campaign contributors who want their businesses protected and advanced.

US GDP is $20 trillion, but the total of all government budgets is $6 trillion; that’s 30% of GDP and it should be less than 20%. Democrats think government is a jobs program and have loaded the US up with expensive government employees with generous pension plans. This needs to be stopped and reversed using “Lean Management” techniques we use in manufacturing to continually lower costs and improve quality.

The waste won’t be stopped as long as legislators are “Statists”.  Those few legislators who are not “Statists” are harassed, ignored and sabotaged by the rest of the pack of “Statists”. This can change, but it will require the removal of special interests from making campaign contributions. I believe only registered voters should be allowed to make political campaign contributions and only for candidates who appear on their ballot.

There are 22 million government employees in the US. The federal government employs 2 million excluding the post office and military. Most government employees are teachers, police officers, fire fighters, clerks and bureaucrats.

There is an additional universe of Non-Profit NGOs who get their budgets from federal grants.

The US has 120 million voters and 60 million are Democrats, Dead People and Illegal Migrants. Socialists have been in charge of US education for 40 years and our brainwashed young people are voting for Democrats.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader