Conserving Capital Is A Capital Idea…

May 6, 2008 | Author dragonfly

The Role of Government

“Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin badges!” The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948

The people in the Capital of the United States of America and in the capitals of the states and territories are elected to conserve the American capital that supports the government that serves the people.

Civil servants manage that capital based on the guidance provided by the executive and legislative branches of government, but they can only conserve what the law allows. Many of our elected officials in Washington and in the 50 states are not even trying to conserve America’s capital.

Civil servants occasionally fall to their own greed and ego. Elected officials and their appointees do it on a regular basis. They feel that they don’t have to justify their greed and their egos. They hide bribery dollars in their freezers and complain when the FBI finds them. They carry on affairs with their lovers and appoint them to sensitive posts and feel fully justified. They support prostitutes in criminal enterprises that they are sworn to destroy. They coerce legislation for bridges to nowhere.

The list goes on. They “don’t need no badges!”

The Role of “We the People…”

Meanwhile the American people are struggling to pay their mortgages, buy groceries and gasoline, and create enough capital of their own so they don’t have to rely on the government.

Kevin and Cindy

Take Kevin and Cindy. At he young age of 60, Kevin fell to a disabling disease. Cindy, who was semi-retired, had to return to full time work to maintain a health insurance plan to cover Kevin’s substantial medical and medication costs.

Fortunately Kevin was granted Social Security disability benefits after 18 months and became eligible for Medicare. That saved Cindy the almost $300.00 she had to pay each month to have Kevin on her health plan. But their future isn’t all that rosey. Cindy will have to work for at least another five years before she can claim her retirement benefits at a level that will support the couple. If Kevin’s condition worsens, as it likely will, then the family may have to liquidate most of their meager assets and move him to a Medicaid long term care facility.

America is the richest country in the world and Americans, even those at the lower income levels, live better than folks in other parts of the world. Our elected officials, however, willingly waste the capital of the country on

foolish projects,
their own re-election campaigns,
prostitutes
their personal aggrandizement and securing their own futures,
kowtowing to business lobbies (like the oil interests) and rabid America haters in fringe groups (like those funded by George Soros) and, perhaps worst of all,
they use all of thier left over energy - and our financial resources - trying to defeat and embarrass those they do not agree with in other branches of government.

“We the People…” Deserve Better

Kevin, Cindy and the rest of us deserve better. If America’s legislators were honest in their dealings, they could allocate America’s capital to assure that every American is able to care for themselves and their loved ones when life delivers a surprise at their front door. They could allow us to control of the money that flows through our lives and care for ourselves without government intervention.

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