Posted on 09/06/2006 10:16:15 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Freedom is a fragile thing. A candlelight in a windstorm, if you will, requiring constant vigilance to preserve. It is never safe, as the old saying goes, as long as the California Legislature (or Congress, for that matter) is in session.
That is because the ruling class, that is, elected officials, bureaucrats, and their allies in the private sector, get money, power and prestige from bigger government, and bigger government is an anathema to freedom. Therefore, those who are in charge of protecting our freedom, (i.e. government officials) have a vested interest in taking it away. Human nature being what it is, everyone, including those in government, act to enhance their money, power and prestige. The less freedom you have, the more power the ruling class has.
Let’s take a look at what the collectivists in Sacramento did this past week to infringe on your freedom, and enhance their power.
First, SB 840 by State Senator Sheila Kuehl, a socialist from West Hollywood. SB 840 would create a “single-payer” medical system (that single payer being the government) so that “everyone” would have “medical care.” Of course everyone means everyone, whether they are in this country legally or illegally, and whether they can afford to pay for it themselves or not, or whether their boss is already paying for it. Essentially, you or your boss would pay a tax to the state, and in return, you would get medical care.
The key problem is what kind of medical care you would get. It would be rendered by government bureaucrats who have lifetime jobs from which it is impossible to fire if they accidentally killed you while rendering the care. And if the government ran out of money, they could just tell you the care is not available. Or, you would pay taxes for bureaucrats who earn six or seven figure salaries, never see a patient, and who just sit around all day and try to figure out how not to give you medical care. Government created the problems in medical care. Creating bigger government will only make the problem worse.
Next, State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez “attempted” to stop global warming by presenting AB 32. If California doesn’t stop greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (like carbon dioxide, which is what we breathe out when we talk), the whole world will collapse into a molten pool of hot lava (or so Nunez contends). So let’s create a large government bureaucracy, which will write a whole bunch of reports and regulations (which, by the way, kill trees, trees which would absorb carbon dioxide), and the world will be safe again.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but poppycock. The only GHG we need to stop is from blow hard politicians who think they can control the weather and the rotation of the Earth. This is just an intrusion into our freedom.
Next, Assemblymember Sally Lieber presented AB 1835 to increase in the minimum wage. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a large chunk of the hourly workers who get minimum wage are teenagers. So your son, the one who takes his car out Friday night, and doesn’t tell you where he is going, just got more beer money. Other than that, a lot of other people are going to lose their jobs, because the small business that hires them can’t afford to keep them. Thanks a lot California government.
This is just a few of the bonehead ideas that have come out of this Legislature under the guise of helping and protecting you. The worst part of all is that each of these rules, regulations and bureaucracies will take more of your freedom, and hand more control of your life over to government in America, which is supposed to be the guardian and beacon of freedom. Thank God the Legislative session is over.
Politicians and voters.
I have been, as a Californian, following the actions of the socialists in the Legislature -- the socialized medicine effort, another total socialist power grab, will be vetoed by Arnie, thank God!!! If we still had a socialist as governor, it would become a DISASTEROUS reality and the FOR SALE sign would go up on my home IMMEDIATELY. If it were not for the recall of the arch-criminal Gray Davis, our state would be in TOTAL control of socialists. And don't forget to VOTE for Arnie !!!!
It is our only hope in the short term.
The best politician is someone that would rather cut government and downsize his elected office so that he can return back to civilian life.
Dhimmitats want California to be a Soviet Union with sunshine..
"Dhimmirats"
Right! But just to nip that problem in the bud, we have the Soroseans producing propaganda like the "TICK", "TICK" commercial...aimed at the 7-16 year old audience. You start ta thinkin' it's a conspiwacy!
...you people in California are screwed - too bad you're taking the rest of us with you. :(
The fact that the Ca. Dems are led by the homoxsexual lobby and that as many as 7 bills were put forward as ones affecting schools, the economy, and building permits via bidding on new construction shows how the Kuehl lobby plus the Hispanic lobby is changing the nature of Ca.'s as well as America's traditions and legal positions. Arnold should be prompted to veto as many of these as possible.
Pray that California's current political situation is not a preview of our Federal Government in 20 years!
According to Sen. Dennis Mountjoy last week, the GLBT lobby introduced no less than 140 bills--at least 10 of those are sitting on the Governor's desk for signature.
My friend, we are doomed.
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