One of the pillars of conservatism is ownership. What you produce is yours. It belongs to you. Sure, you pay your taxes with the general goal to have services provided by the government (defense, roads, schools), but what you produce is yours. Your employer (even if it is yourself) has provided you with some payment for the goods or services you provided.
But, somewhere along the way, our congressional representatives have forgotten that they are supposed to work for the people. The money the government receives in taxes is not theirs. Even members of the presumably conservative Republican party are now failing to recognize that the money the populace earns belongs to the populace.
There is a serious problem when more and more of our leaders think that all of the money earned belongs to the government.
"It's not your money." Those words should set us on alert.
But, somewhere along the way, our congressional representatives have forgotten that they are supposed to work for the people. The money the government receives in taxes is not theirs. Even members of the presumably conservative Republican party are now failing to recognize that the money the populace earns belongs to the populace.
There is a serious problem when more and more of our leaders think that all of the money earned belongs to the government.
"It's not your money." Those words should set us on alert.
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Indeed. That was a good look at the mentality inside the beltway, in case there were any doubts. They don't think of it as our money, and thus have no qualms when it comes to spending it however they want.
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