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A power to advance the public happiness involves a discretion which may be misapplied and abused.



James Madison, Federalist 41



Sunday, January 31, 2010

Aratus of America: A Real Conservative Opinion

WARNING: Do not break the law before, during, or after reading anything I mention.


Conservatism will outlast celebrified pundits. Any attempt to smear us through them will ultimately fail. We are larger than puny views of Glenn Beck, or the comedic sportscaster parading around as a serious journalist. It is absurd for anyone to even suggest, compare, or draw a parallel between those tyrants Beck referenced and our current political arrangement. We should only hope that those tyrannies never rise again, because you know who will be there to save the world again. The American people, I am sure, would prevent anything of the sort from being erected on this soil.


Since the federal government was created, the only question that remains, and will continue to remain, is how much power, as citizens, do we relinquish to it. It is clear to this citizen, at least, that the amount of power has increased well beyond the limited scope of constitutional boundaries, and has steadily outgrown its ability to sustain its expenditures.

This situation did not just suddenly appear with a new administration; it has slowly crept in and assumed a life of its own. The nature of the problem is a bloated bureaucratic machine, always clamoring for more resources because they do too much. Influential careerists, administering multitudes of agencies, control personal fiefdoms that provide special services in return for favors. This is why they tend not to share information with each other, because they compete for resources and use the information they acquired. It is time to send some of those salaried pensioners back to their respective states; maybe they can help out, or are the only jobs worth having in the federal government.

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