Saturday, August 29, 2009

Attention, Washington! The People have something to say

We are done.

The tax paying, hard-working, productive masses are finished. Game over. You will not do this to us anymore. Are you listening? Because we are heart and soul serious.

Both major political parties have completely lost their bearings. Somewhere along the way, whether through ignorance or evil intent, you lost your collective mind. You are like spoiled children, pampered and given your every wish, never scolded, never told "No." Your toys have grown too expensive, your behavior too outrageous. It's time for some discipline.

The Constitution of the United States makes it quite clear that the Federal government is to be the weakest branch of government. For decades you have grown the Federal government, from 6.8% of GDP in 1903 to a suffocating 45.19% this year! The weakest branch of the government is now spending (and borrowing) nearly half of everything that is produced in this country. NO MORE!

As of this writing, the U.S. Debt Clock shows that the Federal government has spent $8,522 for each and every citizen of this country so far this year. Each citizen holds $38,152 of the national debt. You have made promises that we cannot keep. You have contracted with us to provide certain services in exchange for the taxes we pay. But you have not funded your promises - rather you have wasted our forced contributions on frivolous pet projects, greasing palms and building monuments to your collective greatness. As of now, you have promised, for every citizen of this country, $191,893 in future entitlements that you don't have. Where do you think that is going to come from? The taxpayers are fed up with funding your vote buying programs. NO MORE!

When we first began to stand up and speak out you pretended we weren't there. We were told that the President was not aware of our protests.

After April 15th you said we were teabaggers - thought us foolish for protesting against taxes when taxes hadn't changed. You found us quite amusing and idiotic.

Then the racism accusations began to heat up - you said we were just angry because there was a black man in the White House. We were fools, thugs and angry mobs.

Throughout August, you have begun to realize just how serious we are, and how widespread is our anger. You have insulted us, shut us out of your town hall meetings and refused to listen to our message. You have belittled our righteous anger as "astroturf." You have implied that we are Nazis. You have forgotten for whom you work.

This movement isn't going to go away, it will only continue to grow. You have ignited the passion and unity of the American people as never before in history; this is not a passing fad. Like a California wildfire grown massively out of control, this is a wave that is sweeping this country, already much too farflung to be contained.

We, the good, decent and honest people of the United States of America, want our country back.

Yes, it's about taxes. And the healthcare bill. And Cap and Trade. And TARP, and the bailouts, and the phony stimulus package, and the corruption, and the cronyism, and the deficit and the debt, and so, so much more. It's about decades of watching a few hundred incompetent (or ill-intentioned) individuals systematically trample everything this country stands for. It's about being treated as irrelevant peasants - pawns in your power snatching game, as you fight for our votes with your lies and your bribes - all financed with our hard earned wages. Your partisan bickering and deceptive tactics do nothing for the good of the people or the nation - they serve only to exacerbate our problems and deepen the divisions among us. No more.

This is about putting the Federal government back in it's box.

This is about the greatest people in the greatest country in the history of the world. One country, one overarching theme: Liberty.

Game over.

We are done.

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