We Are From The Government And We Are Here To Help

In my healthy opinion, one of the most dreaded statements we can hear our Government make is "We are from the Government and we are here to help!". With the new stimulus package President Obama signed into law, our Government arrived noticeably and loudly on the scene ready to help! Government helps by throwing lots of money at any problem! Bless our Legislators hearts, this is the only way they know to help! You can bet your last dollar, that our President will have a ready pen to sign bills into law. What about trying a new tact? Let's sail a new course by actually passing laws that would actually help?

How about stopping the flow of companies out of our County? These companies lay (fire) workers in order to move to Mexico or some other third world nation where they can get cheaper labor and more profits. This practice has come about with the help of our Country signing into law NAFTA. The North American Free Trade Alliance! If free trade exists , then why stay in the United States and pay higher labor charges? If we do not have free trade, then we could charge tariffs which would level the playing field. Companies would then stay.

Another proposal might be enforcing our immigration laws and installing more protection on our Mexican border! I live in Texas...luckily I do not live near the border of Mexico. This area is a war zone where people are getting killed daily by the drug outlaws. Apparently, our Government chooses to ignore this problem. I wonder, if our Legislators lived in towns like Laredo, El Paso, Del Rio, or any of the other small Texas border towns whether they would be carrying guns and clamoring for protection? Oh, yeah! If you disbelieve what I am writing, just visit Rio Grande City, Presidio, or Eagle Pass.

There are many more situations like above where our Government could actually accomplish good, but I am saving those for later.

By the way, the following is the current stimulus law. I just don't see any of my ideas listed? Do you? I guess, I had better buy another gun, because in Texas and other border states, life is going to be pretty rough!

Dave