Conservatives have forfeited their place at the policy table and we are going to have pay the price…We did not stand firm on fiscal nor social policy issues while we had the opportunity and the ability to provide ‘foundational direction’ to our country…and now, due to our complete failure to provide that direction, the left (ie: monstrous government control ideologues) has taken complete control of the executive, legislative and soon, the judicial branches of our federal government - we are now along for the ride…unable to stop the freight train that is a coming !
It appears that our country will have to hit rock bottom before we can turn the tide. I base this prediction on the fact that there has, throughout our country, been created a pervasive mentality that, accepts as fact, the government does indeed have all of the answers to the ills that beset us. Additionally, that we must not think or act as ‘we the people’ any longer but await the wisdom as spewed forth from our leaders in Washington – and that answer from Washington is ALWAYS spend more money and add more regulation! We have now ingrained into our society an entitlement expectancy that does not see nor perceive the danger of relying on a select few to rule their lives by the power of fiat.
A comparative analogy for what we have coming is the pain that we are currently experiencing within the housing crisis. We built up a mortgage process in our country that relied upon government intervention as well as incestuous relationships between the GSEs (Fannie and Freddie) and Congress. The housing bubble grew, market price appreciation skyrocketed, speculation flourished, from Wall Street to Main Street everyone was talking about the new paradigm that could continue unabated – risk was all but a thing of the past. All of this was being built upon shifting sand – financial chicanery using leverage, government induced excessive risk taking and easy monetary policy. And now we are paying the price for this governmental tinkering induced great recession – and again our federal leadership’s answer is more money and more regulation! Liberty and freedom be damned – it’s a crisis and only the wisdom of our government can fix it for us.
