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Which Poster Was Free?
My congressman sent me a poster! Lots of politicians have done this, Chairman Mao, for instance. But if you’ve ever studied the Chinese “cultural revolution” you know that they paid for their posters, as I’m paying for mine. The Chinese paid with their lives, their intellectual and artistic “supreme-a-tons”, and their freedom.
What I find most disturbing, though, is the content of my gift. Mr. Stupak wants to be congratulated for all the jobs he has “created” in the legislature. This is hard to swallow, because government creates nothing. They redistribute jobs as they redistribute wealth…without our consent. His “Economic Recovery Report” is propaganda. It is false. And I paid for it. (Says so, on the front.)
According to the text on my poster, Mr. Stupak has been responsible for 1,950 jobs in the first district. My family has been in the restaurant business for years, and employs far fewer people. However, selling hamburgers actually fulfills a need. In the free market, if nobody wants to buy shoes, the shoemaker begins making belts, or saddles, or whatever people need. The hamburger business doesn’t need government assistance because people actually want hamburgers. When government “creates” jobs, or even “retains” jobs, they are messing with the natural inclinations of buyers and sellers. They are prolonging obsolete systems and processes. They are encouraging stagnancy in the minds and prospects of employees. They are limiting consumer options. They are the problem.
Many of the jobs Mr. Stupak claims to have created were funded through government grants. Grants are stealing. That used to be my money! Taking somebody’s money is stealing, right? My mom said so. She didn’t think it was better if I gave the stolen property to another person. It’s still stealing.
Mr. Stupak, I don’t want you to take my money to tell me how wonderful you are. I don’t want to pay for industry and jobs that are no longer viable. I want to be free.
Tags: Bart Stupak, Economy
A good retort to Barf Stupid.
I have received many responses to my comments to him. All of which never gave me a direct answer. They were all smoke & mirriors. I think you will be a great replacement for him in the House.
Linda,
I love how you think like I do!
Christine
Hey I got the same bill. It said that stimulus money was used that I will be liable for annual handouts through taxation to organizations and pet projects that don’t come back to my community. Last time that happened we sent the British packing with their tails tucked. This is the type of social climate where only the most adaptable person will survive…not the strongest. If one is strong but stupid, they might as well buy a grave stone. The patriot movement is by far the most adaptable. No restrictions. Stupak represents the strong, yet stupid sector of politics. They have a set of rules they will not violate. Darwin even had a name for an organism like this. Genetically inferior! Only the most adaptable will survive. Stupak represents a zombie mentality…walking in one direction with no clue and with his hands out and not caring who he destroys as long as they are alive. Thankfully political zombies have a devastating weakness. The truth…and the overwhelming force of the conservative infantry. And if the exercize of diplomatic Amendments fail to bring representation of our Constitution, then the patriots will shove a gun barrel up their ass. Yup…It’s legal!