Politicians Are Buying Off
America With YOUR Money
By Ron Ewart
In the Seattle Times August 19th, the headline reads:
From sports complex to roads, lawmakers' pet projects on rise
From 1989 to 2007 (18 years) the "earmarks" by Washington State lawmakers have risen exponentially - from $7,500,000 in 1989, to $154,000,000 in 2007. Since Democrats are in control of the Washington State Legislature, that $154,000,000 went to mostly Democrat districts. Yes, both parties are guilty of this abuse of your taxes. I applaud the Seattle Times for running this expose, as rarely as such articles appear in the left-leaning mouth piece of the Pacific Northwest.
Here are a couple of excerpts from the article to illustrate what we are talking about:
"And in Tukwila, Washington, the state plans to spend $10 million on a road needed for a proposed 490-acre development. The developer is a large contributor to Democrats and has donated to the Senate committee chairwoman who helped get the money."
"Since 2005, lawmakers have spent or allocated nearly $270 million on earmarks in the capital budget, which funds construction projects. That's more than was spent in the previous 15 years combined."
If you think this robbing of the public treasury for special interests, lobbyists, and political contributors is limited to Washington State, think again. Legislators in Washington DC, and every state of the Union feel empowered to do whatever they damn well please, because no one is holding them accountable.
Also from the Seattle Times article:
"On a national level, earmarks for such projects as "the bridge to nowhere," a proposed $223 million span to connect Alaska's mainland to Gravina Island, home to 50 people and the Ketchikan airport, have sparked outrage and efforts at reform."
Outrage? Where? Considering the response to our pleas for support, it is no wonder that politicians get away with it. Who is listening? Why should you care how government spends your money? Why should you care that the politicians, who supposedly represent you, find all sorts of creative ways to steal money from you for their own self-aggrandizement, their re-election and their favorite contributors, using a plethora of your taxes on your hard-earned wages? I know! You think that maybe if you stick your head in the sand, the problem will go away. But it won't. It will just get worse, and it is.
But, here is the real reality:
"YOUR MONEY IS GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR POWER OVER YOU: The first power that government has over you is YOUR perception that YOUR money is their money. The second power that government has over you is by using the money they take from you by force, against you. The third power that government has over you is that you will religiously obey their laws, or by God, they will make you wish you had."
"Only when the people realize that their tax money is being used to environmentally enslave them; only when the people realize that their tax money is being used to "feed" a growing population of other people dipping their bills in the government "pig trough" and those "takers" voting for those very same politicians who take our tax money by force to keep the "trough" full; only when the people realize that our government is using our tax money to merge America into the one-world-order; only when the people realize that the only way to stop this insanity is to resist government in every way possible and withhold their tax money on a grand scale, will principled changes ever occur."
"When you know all this, freedom could be in your grasp."
Ron Ewart
But we wonder if anyone is listening, or even cares?
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Ron Ewart is the President of:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL LANDOWNERS
P. O. Box 1031
Issaquah, WA 98027
Phone: 425-222-4742 or 1-800-682-7848
Fax: 425-222-4743
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