Posted by
Jim Cathcart on Monday, September 15, 2008 7:39:12 PM
by Jim Cathcart
It occurs to me that as we elect Sarah Palin (at least that is the only name I hear in Talk Radio these days) we need to also elect a large team of people who can help implement the changes that McCain & Palin represent to America. The Reagan Revolution and Newt's Contract With America were wonderful enhancements to our society and it's time to do it again.
We need a national time to "reset and renew" our culture. We've not only drifted too far left, we've been in a bureaucratic free-fall for several years now. We need LESS government and we need it now.
I recommend that the Republican leaders join hands in ending the insanity and the careers of the perpetrators of our current situation. It is time to retire the hacks and career bureaucrats. If we were to dismantle the IRS, Social Security (as we currently know it), the condoning of Earmarks as a covert way to get your way, and many other government institutions that no longer serve us, then we would experience a level of freedom that would unleash untold economic growth.
It is clear that the American people are capable of enormous growth and advancement when left unfettered and given opportunities to take independent action. I'm all for cutting the cables that were once mere filaments (regulations and bureaucracies that started as short term solutions) and letting the marketplace grow our way out of these doldrums. Let's return to personal accountability and earned rewards (instead of entitlements) and let's dismantle the huge legal structure we have to deal with every time we consider a new action. Make our courts go to "100% loser pays" policies and stop lawsuits that don't even involve broken laws.
Tell people that they have to make better decisions or live with the consequences. No more bail outs, no more endless forms with dozens of places where signatures are required and initials as well. No more deep pockets strategies, no more excuses. Let the buyer and the seller beware of making bad decisions. Stop letting your kids get away with shirking responsibility. Grow up Adults!
It is dangerously close to the day when we become a socialist culture, so let's reverse course before we run out of self-made Americans with the strength and courage to live with their own accomplishments and decisions.
As Michael Josephson so eloquently states, "Character Counts". And character is never built by entitlements and excuses.
Get some sanity and personal responsibility back into our society.