Obama demonstrates the evil
of big government
Townhall – Larry Elder – 6/13/2013
The scandals surrounding the
Obama administration come down to one common theme -- that the ever-growing size and scope of our federal government gives it
enormous power over virtually every aspect of our lives, power that in the
wrong hands can be used to reward supporters, exact revenge and punish enemies.
In education, health care, transportation, energy, disaster relief, welfare,
commerce, work and salary rules, and on and on, the federal government plays an
outsized role completely inconsistent with the Founding Fathers' notion of
a limited government that allows maximum personal liberty.
In 1900, government at all
three levels -- federal, state and local -- took about 10 percent of the
people's money. It now takes nearly 50 percent.
Let's agree that neither
side trusts "the other side." Let's agree that neither side thinks
much of the goals and motives of their political opponents. Let's agree that
the bigger the government, the more money and power it takes from its citizens.
So where does this leave us? It takes us back to a founding principle of this
country: limited government. By reducing the size of government, we limit the
amount of damage "the other side" can do when in charge.
It isn't that smaller
government is more trustworthy or transparent. Among other attributes, a
smaller government allows the commander in chief to focus on job one --
protecting the American people against enemies. For both Obama-haters and
Bush-haters, a smaller government reduces the amount of influence and control
the "wrong side" has over the other -- a win-win.
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