Average Joe's State of the Union

AVERAGE JOE'S STATE OF THE UNION One nation, under God with liberty and justice for all. Words that once described our beliefs and the intentions of our founders, and is one of the reasons that people from around the world have come to this country, their pursuit of freedom. But, is it still the case in America, or have we become in slaved to the national debt and the wellbeing of our neighbors, next door as well as around the world. With Washington's latest agenda, we no longer are a society of free citizen's but, have become a nation of drones being instructed on our every move. They've even determined that the best way for them to protect us is by tracking us, meet your new big brother. Uncle Sam, must have gotten a roommate. Renewal of legally registered guns in Washington D.C. is the latest infringement on the rights of D.C. citizens. Not only, do they, the government, want to know what firearms you own but, they what to make money off of requiring a citizen to continually, every three years, renew the registration. Citizens have 90 days from a giving date based on your birth date to renew a gun license or the original license registration is void. The law abiding gun owning citizen becomes a criminal and their constitutional rights are apparently completely inconsequential. Gun owners, Christians and patriots are now considered extremist, in America. A war on liberty has been waged against Americans and the enemy is our own government. The "War on Poverty" began in the sixties for all practical purposes, around the same time as the national debt and they have both grown completely out of control. Helping people to help themselves, would be a novel idea. We once had programs like the "CCC", which was before my time, but the people actually worked for the money they were receiving from the government. We have become a nation sick with the bug of socialism, our government suppresses its citizens with laws that openly violate our Constitution and burden us with the responsibilities others. These charitable gestures were once handled solely by the church and the free will of the people. As our country moves further away from its roots and values our government has deemed it necessary, first in the 1930's with the "New Deal" and then in 1960's with the "War on Poverty", to act on behalf of the needs of the people, by providing services ranging from food and housing to healthcare, all with little regard for the cost of providing these services. In the current age of entitlements a citizen is even provided phone service and a phone, on behalf of the taxpayers, and the eligibility requirement is, already being on some form of assistance. It’s as though we what to make it as easy on folk’s as possible, not become all they can by keeping them dependent on the government, and our tax dollars which we barrow most of. I only hope some of you, actually will raise up your voices in protest, because we are quickly become a nation buried in debt and we aren’t even attempting to pay off any of it. This statement was made during a press conference on 14 November 2013, by the President of the United States, notice that he believes that the government exists to help you with your life. And I quote "I understand why folks are frustrated I would be to, because sometimes people look at what's taking place in Washington, and they say not enough is getting done that helps me, with my life. And regardless of what Congress does, ultimately, I'm the President of United States and they expect me to do something about it". In the first part of this statement, talking about people being frustrated with Washington, makes me wonder if he's referring to the fact that he's been misleading us for the past few years, to forward his agenda with healthcare and now we all know because the lies have been exposed. So, essentially what he's saying, is that if somebody was lying to him, it would be frustrating for him. I’d agree with that, if that was his intent, most people don't appreciate being lied to or manipulated. Moreover, people losing their insurance wasn't a glitch, but a feature of Obama care. They, the administration, have been misleading us about everything pertaining to the new health care law in order to get it passed into law, without an uncontrollable uprising by the people. At the White House, in February 2010, it was openly discussed that millions of Americans would lose their insurance, and the President, along with all his Democratic followers, who signed this bill into law, have simply been lying about the health insurance policies that would be lost, since that time. We the people have been manipulated and lied to in order to further the healthcare agenda. Selling maternity care and substance abuse coverage to everyone, so that the ones who need it but can't afford it can have it, is as stupid as thinking that I want to provide birth control for someone else to have sex. Has anyone ever heard of personal responsibility? I think the only thing the average person wants from this government, is for them to quit wasting money and imposing their will on the people, and for heaven's sake get a plan together to pay back the principle on the debt and quit barrowing money. The government doesn't exist to save us from ourselves, they are supposed to exist to serve and protect us, one from our foreign enemies and a few other mission's, only one of which they do well, but all of which, one can read about in the Constitution. Remember how the gas tax was to pay for the roads, the plan was that the people were supposed to be able to move freely throughout the U.S., with the exception, of private property, today well come to the toll road. What about the lottery, it was supposed to be used for the schools and the schools systems are for the most part broke, and yet again, it seems to me like the lottery's been doing pretty well, tricking the most vulnerable in our society into wasting what little money they do have. Which is ironic when you conceder many of these people are the same people, on assistance. It wasn't long ago that if you had ten dollars, you were literally worth ten dollars and chances were you were looking for work and not looking for a government check. But, in the twenty-first century, with the government as your safety net, the motivation to work is greatly diminished for many low income workers. As a matter a fact, the benefits that many are receiving are more than they could earn working, in some cases. Many adult's now hold jobs that pay a mere ten dollars an hour. It doesn't take a math wizard to figure out that they're going nowhere. Let's say, it's a painful situation, and yet that's the way many families are surviving. A government for the people by the people is no longer the case. Washington is comprised of wealthy lawyers and lobbyists, who have simply bellied up to the trough and whose favorite pastime seems to be spending and or misappropriating our money. What father would allow his child to borrow 42% of what they spend, yet, that's what Washington is doing. The irresponsible leadership is unbelievable, our President lies to the us, our Congress passes laws that are unconstitutional and haven't been read, and our Supreme Court doesn't know the difference between what’s right or wrong by the people and has no issue with violating the Constitution. The entire congressional body could not receive a lower approval rating, if they actually had people working on lowering it. Some of them pass the laws and then read them to see what they say, sure makes you wonder. We need a bold new strategy, to fight against the erosion of our rights, as a once free people with personal liberties given to us by God, not our government. I would contend that a new principle should be, "asked not what my government can do for me, but what can I do for myself".