Government done right

[rojawe]

> The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775 - they've had 234 years
> to get it right; it is broke, and even though heavily subsidized, it
> can't compete with private sector FedEx and UPS services.
>
> Social Security was established in 1935 - they've had 74 years to get
> it right; it is broke.
>
> Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - they've had 71 years to get it
> right; it is broke. Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - they've had
> 39 years to get it right; it is broke. Together Fannie and Freddie have
> now led the entire world into the worst economic collapse in 80 years.
>
> The War on Poverty was started in 1964 - they've had 45 years to get it
> right; $1 trillion of our hard earned money is confiscated each year
> and transferred to "the poor"; it hasn't worked.
>
> Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - they've had 44 years
> to get it right; they are both broke; and now our government dares
> to mention them as models for all  US  health care.
>
> AMTRAK was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right;
> last year they bailed it out as it continues to run at a loss!
>
> This year, a trillion dollars was committed in the massive political
> payoff called the Stimulus Bill of 2009; it  shows NO sign of working;
> it's been used to increase the size of governments across  America  , and
> raise government salaries while the rest of us suffer from
> economic hardships. It has yet to create a single new private sector job. Our
> national debt projections (approaching $10 trillion) have increased
> 400% in the last six months.
>
> "Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009 - -
> after 80% of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign
> companies, and dealers nationwide are buried under bureaucratic
> paperwork demanded by a government that is not yet paying them what was
> promised.
>
> So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that each
> and every  "service" shoved down our throats by an over-reaching
> government turns into disaster, how could any informed American trust
> our government to run or even set policies for America 's health care
> system - -  17% of our economy?
>
> Maybe each of us has a personal responsibility to let others in on this
> brilliant record before 2010, and then help remove from office those
> who are voting to destroy capitalism and destroy our grandchildren's
> future.
>
> I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
> government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretense of
> taking care of them.   



 

-- Thomas Jefferson

[Johnny Bravo]

Fantastic post......Thanks rojawe!