I Protest!

Like many working slobs, I couldn't squeeze in a vacation day to congregate with my fellow tax payers and protest the absurd government spending levels. But I wish I could have been and will make every effort for the next one, as hope there will be many until something changes.

If I was there, I might have a sign reading "Socialism or Bust" or something. The level of spending is grotesque. Obama got voted in on the heals of "Bush over spending". Now Obama is spending 3X. It is unsustainable. Something will give, and it will be inflation and taxes. The bubble has to be corrected, and spending to fill the pot-hole will not last. It will correct in one way or another. Maybe there has to be a way to let us down easy, but we have to go down to get back to normal growth.

The scariest part of all of this spending is that much of it will never go away. How will you take away the entitlements that are being created? Imagine trying to take away "free health care" if it is enacted. You think it's hard to fix social security? Image telling people, "As of July 4th, 2013, you will need to have your own health care because we have eliminated government health care." Who will run on this platform? Ron Paul? Yeah, that didn't work out too well. Future candidates will look just as crazy when they propose eliminating government health care.

So the spending is here to stay. And inflation will come. And taxes will rise. And there is little to be done until it all comes crashing down. I hope that day never comes. Or maybe I do so that after the crash, maybe we can return to the foundation on which our nation was based. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. No free rides.

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