Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Really? The best our nation can put up for election to the highest office in the land are these two elderly men?
How did we get here politically? Fear. I believe that, for decades, we’ve all been the unwitting participants in a social experiment that has crept into most levels of government. Think about the timeline of your life to this point. How many times have you handed over some kind of freedom in return for a promise that the government will protect us from a fearful circumstance that they are touting? Such protections always bloat the government and are rarely paid for, but instead increase spending and put more burden on taxpayers while often not delivering on their original promises.
Here’s a national example. After 9/11, we had good reason to fear terrorism. One of the government’s answers was to take the freedom of transportation across our country and turn it into a nightmare with the institution of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This agency basically projects the attitude that we need to fear each other. When you travel on a plane, you are now treated as though you are a criminal until proven innocent by a myriad of obstacles including removing certain clothing, shoes and full body scans. After that, you are allowed to travel. The fear of the infinitesimally small risk of an incident on an airplane has caused us to hand over our freedom. We could go on about the Patriot Act and other results of 9/11, but there is only so much room for this column.
During the great recession of 2008, we were fed the fear of economic collapse. If the government did not help the auto industry, we’d be sent back to the dark ages. So they opened the checkbook and helped selected giant private industries while turning a blind eye to small businesses who were also struggling. Did that promise end up mattering to those who lost their livelihoods and financial freedoms when GM shuttered their Janesville Assembly Plant anyway? At a national level, to be fair, most of those loans were paid back by the automakers. But since when does a government decide which industry is too big to fail and then still allow them to throw people out of work while using taxpayer dollars?
Covid-19. In Wisconsin and even in Rock County, all power to impact commerce, leisure and religion was placed in the hands of unelected health officials and administrators who were following “guidance” from more unelected Federal officials, the CDC. What happened is unelected government officials, with lack of meaningful oversight by local elected
representatives, took over all aspects of your work, worship, public discourse and even health care. This is not how this is supposed to work.
Rock County residents are forced to endure ever-increasing taxes foisted on us by public officials, many of whom offer you only the fear of what bad things will happen if they don’t get the money from your pockets that they feel they need, more than you. To change the trajectory, we need to face the (sometimes) irrational fears we’re presented with and take back our freedom to vote, not just for the most polished and well-known candidates, but for those who will actually seek to protect our financial and personal freedoms. Fear or freedom. It’s your choice.
Announcing a NEW video from RCF!
If you are interested in the advice of someone who has experienced the tyranny of North Korea, and now the perilous freedom and liberty in the United States, please listen to our interview of Ms. Yeonmi Park earlier this year. Go HERE to listen to her amazing story and advice to all Americans. You will not likely forget her story, nor how important your freedoms are, if you take a few minutes to listen. Please share this video with others who you feel may benefit.
