Governance versus Politics
Posted by JaxGary 10 years, 2 months ago to Government
Now that the 2014 mid-term election cycle is behind us we see the early stages of the 2016 presidential election, we should consider the desired role of government. Do we want a government that protects the people or one that rules over them? Do we want governance or politics as usual?
Governance is simply fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to their office; and restricting ALL of their official activities to doing only those things. Our founders thought the only proper role of government is to protect the people and the property owned by them. Government exists to do only those things for the people that the people cannot do for themselves. Governance is the essence of preserving individual liberty and freedoms.
Politics, on the other hand, is a system of coercion that concentrates power in a few individuals so they may exert that power over others to achieve whatever personal goals those rulers have established for themselves. Politics is most effective in state and national government as the body of elected officials have the legal authority to lay and collect taxes and then use those revenues to reward their friends and punish their enemies. Politics is antithetical to individual freedom!
There are really only two choices; a government that protects the people or a government that abuses the people.
The American people need to recognize politics for what it is – an abusive power grab by elected and appointed elites who believe only they are smart enough to make decisions for the average person. The reality is that no government system or form can endure unless the majority of the people support it. Why do so many Americans today support a corrupt system that takes from some and gives to others while burdening all?
Our economy in in total shambles compared to where it was shortly after the industrial revolution when we produced more than half of the manufactured goods in the world. The dollar has lost almost all of its value in the last hundred years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI inflation calculator, it would take $23.62 today to purchase what could have been purchased in 1913 for $1.00; an inflation rate of 2,362%! Another way of looking it is that only 3 cents would have bought in 1913 what $1.00 will buy today. A penny had real value at that time.
Politics has created government growth resulting in an out-of-control behemoth that currently has an insatiable appetite for taxing and spending. Today Congress, as an institution, is only respected by a single-digit percentage of Americans who think they are doing a good job of governing.
My question is why any American thinks Congress is governing!
Governance is simply fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to their office; and restricting ALL of their official activities to doing only those things. Our founders thought the only proper role of government is to protect the people and the property owned by them. Government exists to do only those things for the people that the people cannot do for themselves. Governance is the essence of preserving individual liberty and freedoms.
Politics, on the other hand, is a system of coercion that concentrates power in a few individuals so they may exert that power over others to achieve whatever personal goals those rulers have established for themselves. Politics is most effective in state and national government as the body of elected officials have the legal authority to lay and collect taxes and then use those revenues to reward their friends and punish their enemies. Politics is antithetical to individual freedom!
There are really only two choices; a government that protects the people or a government that abuses the people.
The American people need to recognize politics for what it is – an abusive power grab by elected and appointed elites who believe only they are smart enough to make decisions for the average person. The reality is that no government system or form can endure unless the majority of the people support it. Why do so many Americans today support a corrupt system that takes from some and gives to others while burdening all?
Our economy in in total shambles compared to where it was shortly after the industrial revolution when we produced more than half of the manufactured goods in the world. The dollar has lost almost all of its value in the last hundred years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI inflation calculator, it would take $23.62 today to purchase what could have been purchased in 1913 for $1.00; an inflation rate of 2,362%! Another way of looking it is that only 3 cents would have bought in 1913 what $1.00 will buy today. A penny had real value at that time.
Politics has created government growth resulting in an out-of-control behemoth that currently has an insatiable appetite for taxing and spending. Today Congress, as an institution, is only respected by a single-digit percentage of Americans who think they are doing a good job of governing.
My question is why any American thinks Congress is governing!
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You’re quite correct ‘bout politics. It’s pure force. There are only four issues involved in any political question:
1—Who gets to hold the State gun (who will be the State “leaders” -- decided in “elections” or by bureaucratic appointment)
2—At whom will the gun be pointed (who will be the victims of State confiscation of property, health, life, freedom -- decided by the House & Senate … & lately, by the President)
3—How much property will be stolen from the victims (decided by House & Senate)
4—Who will benefit from the theft (decided by House & Senate)
RE: “My question is why any American thinks Congress is governing!” … ‘cause we’ve all been indoctrinated for generations by State-controlled schools and media. We do not need those either.
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That's exactly how I think of it. I think of a bank account as insurance. I say insurance b/c the value decays in a predictable way, unlike other assets, which change due to market conditions. The banking system provides liquidity, and I pay for it. I don't keep a significant share of our net worth parked there.
"Why would I be willing to exchange my work today for dollars if the buying power of those dollars diminishes over time?"
The reason is you're either planning to spend it soon or you're going to put it in some other store of value. You're correctly saying you lose some value as you walk from the person who gave you the money to the person you're going to give it to. I say money isn't necessarily free. There are costs of protecting it and remitting it.
I do agree that it is a human right to create/use whatever media of exchange people want.
It's much cooler up here -- but the better jobs are more likely to be found down Phoenix way.
To govern means to control. Early tractor engines had a "governor" to control and limit the maximum RPM. That device on our old Allis Chalmer tractor was troublesome and could interfere with starting. Seems that system today is either gone or controlled by electronics.
We can surmise control has always been the charge of governments, thus they are handed the powers of Force over the very "citizens" they supposedly "protect". IOW by accepting being governed we humans concede our sovereignty to... other humans! Paradoxical, huh?
So Power corrupts until once again the Government must be overthrown, only to be replaced by yet another government. Go figger!
Sans government, there can be no more edicts by Rulers, so humans organize (Voluntary) entities such as cooperatives, corporations, associations, whatever, to accomplish desired objectives for themselves. Alway6s such entities have freedom of entry and exist, thus very different from governments from which there is virtually no voice and never an escape hatch!
The ways we are ruled in this "free country" are countless. Papers please!
sucks!!!
Hey, it's always that way. People sluff off everything and allow themselves to be Ruled. It's so easy to figure out!
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