American National Politics and Observations
The political scene has been interesting to start this election year and has caught my attention as it does every few years or so. What I find common is the same old party politics at the national level. Candidates seem to promise the world based on what they think we want to hear. My biggest concern is that I see that more voters are casting their ballots in favor of big government. I have two questions for the members of iMatthews.com. How do we get our local young people educated about the freedom and liberty that our Constitution was designed to promote? And secondly, DO they understand that much responsibility comes with that freedom?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Everitt on -
Todd... I have been a Fiscal Conservative all my life... (Well, at least since I was 18). It is sad that in 2008 I have to explain what being a Fiscal Conservative means. It is certainly not mentioned in school whether it's in a History, Government, Math, or Economics class. I am almost 63 years of age and I have decided that the following is true...
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury by who they vote for. From that moment on, the majority will vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations have so far always progressed through the following sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith
2. From spiritual faith to great courage
3. From courage to liberty
4. From liberty to abundance
5. From abundance to complacency
6. From complacency to apathy
7. From apathy to dependence *
8. From dependence back into bondage"
This observation was presented by Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, about the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787. He was referring to the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier.
I do not dwell on this, and I do not let it drive my life. I don't even see it as negative... It just IS. I live and stand by my Fiscal pholosophy. I vote and contact all my elected officials at every level. I speak out. It's what I can do. Two-and-a-half generations have grown up with an increasing cradle-to-grave mentality. I find very few who will give up their 'piece of the Government pie'. Afterall... it's FREE, right?
I have written dozens of editorials on this very subject. I will continue the good fight forever... which is how long I expect to live! So far, so good!
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Michael Everitt~
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Permalink Reply by Todd Whitehurst on -
Great Michael! You need to write an article for the magazine on fiscal conservatism in our business section for Matthews Mint Hill Magazine.
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