"Shut it down. Shut it down NOW."
--Telco Supervisor (Die Hard)
It should be apparent by now that Mitt Romney's statement last year understated our dependence problem and its various enablers. The circus taking place in Washington is instructive in that regard. Both sides of the aisle and the president himself are busy pointing fingers of blame for the federal government 'shutdown.' No one wants to be the seen as the one who shuttered any part of the State apparatus--however temporary it is likely to be in this case.
They think that you and I will nod our heads in agreement like robots. Making the federal government smaller is bad, we drone mechanistically, because we would rather be ruled than be free.
I long for the day when we see the opposite. When politicians no longer apologize for shrinking the size of government. Instead, they trip over themselves to take credit for permanently disposing of another portion of the State. And you and I, no longer willing to trade our liberty away, cheer.
We cheer because we know that we are transferring another increment of power from the State back into the hands of the people.
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The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.
~Cicero, 55 BC
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