Once Freedom Was An Expected Purpose For Our Government
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
In a few short days we will be celebrating the day the Declaration of Independence was signed by our nation’s founding fathers. They fought, sacrificed and pursued fervently an ideal that government’s role was to not impose tyrannical control over citizens.
It should also be noted that the citizens of the country, back then, weren’t going to tolerate the new government, they were involved in bringing forth, to get away with being an all-controlling institution, forcing excessive taxes and mandates into their daily lives. It took a serious sales job to convince state legislatures to buy into and accept the notion that a federal government wouldn’t be a problem or crush freedom. Supposedly, our U.S. Constitution was designed to offer us an assurance that we would be free from an over-reaching national government. A whole set of negatively-constructed amendments were quickly added to the Constitution in order to provide further constraints on those involved in serving “We The People” from government’s nuisance.
Looking around our circumstances today – it would seem that those at the helm of government don’t grasp the concept of the oath they swore to uphold (you know, the one about the U.S. Constitution). Imagine that this simple resolution, offered in the 2011 Nevada Legislature couldn’t even get a vote in committee because it would put the majority party in a bad light, since a number of their members would vote against passage.
The champions of growing a more intrusive government (at all levels of our lives – local, state and national) justify their actions as more caring and vilify those unwilling to accept the benevolent goodness they bestow, using the money they confiscate from those who have earned it. There seems to be an expectation (fostered through ceaseless public propaganda) that government should take care of our every need and in return we only have to surrender our freedom and bow before those who are only doing what they are doing for our own good – or for the good of the children.
It’s hard to consider this reality without also drawing to mind the wisdom of Ben Franklin when he said…"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Not that many years ago there was an organized and systematic push back against the federal government’s over-spending, over-regulating, over-doing in general… Those ideas need to be dusted off and re-launched with a dedicated commitment that we just aren’t going to take this crap any more.
In a few short days we will be celebrating the day the Declaration of Independence was signed by our nation’s founding fathers. They fought, sacrificed and pursued fervently an ideal that government’s role was to not impose tyrannical control over citizens.
It should also be noted that the citizens of the country, back then, weren’t going to tolerate the new government, they were involved in bringing forth, to get away with being an all-controlling institution, forcing excessive taxes and mandates into their daily lives. It took a serious sales job to convince state legislatures to buy into and accept the notion that a federal government wouldn’t be a problem or crush freedom. Supposedly, our U.S. Constitution was designed to offer us an assurance that we would be free from an over-reaching national government. A whole set of negatively-constructed amendments were quickly added to the Constitution in order to provide further constraints on those involved in serving “We The People” from government’s nuisance.
Looking around our circumstances today – it would seem that those at the helm of government don’t grasp the concept of the oath they swore to uphold (you know, the one about the U.S. Constitution). Imagine that this simple resolution, offered in the 2011 Nevada Legislature couldn’t even get a vote in committee because it would put the majority party in a bad light, since a number of their members would vote against passage.
The champions of growing a more intrusive government (at all levels of our lives – local, state and national) justify their actions as more caring and vilify those unwilling to accept the benevolent goodness they bestow, using the money they confiscate from those who have earned it. There seems to be an expectation (fostered through ceaseless public propaganda) that government should take care of our every need and in return we only have to surrender our freedom and bow before those who are only doing what they are doing for our own good – or for the good of the children.
It’s hard to consider this reality without also drawing to mind the wisdom of Ben Franklin when he said…"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Not that many years ago there was an organized and systematic push back against the federal government’s over-spending, over-regulating, over-doing in general… Those ideas need to be dusted off and re-launched with a dedicated commitment that we just aren’t going to take this crap any more.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 6/30/2011 6:14 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: Government Nevada Congressional agenda
Categories: Government
Tags: Government Nevada Congressional agenda
Great statement Doug. I whole heartedly agree with everything you said.--Eric
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