I’m not suggesting that our current government even approaches the evil represented by these tyrants and their corrupt regimes but the very fact that some recent, highly questionable, activities makes one think of such things is disturbing.
Consider the following four current government scandals:
- Fast and Furious
- Boeing
- Gibson Guitar
- Solyndra
In the cases of Boeing and Gibson, the government has employed “strong arm” techniques in an attempt to silence political foes, i.e. Republican supporters and to shore up Democrat supporters, i.e., labor unions. In both cases their actions are almost certainly harassment if not outright unconstitutional bullying. In any case, if the government prevails in crippling the legitimate business activity of either this large corporation or this relatively small musical instrument company, the net result will be not only a loss of jobs but, more importantly, fear struck in the hearts of other companies that they better toe the line. It’s ironic that this is occurring at the hands of an administration attempting to convince the public that it is pro-job growth.
The “Fast and Furious” and Solyndra cases are both the result of incredibly poor decisions made by the administration, and that’s putting it in the nicest possible terms. Considering the recent revelations that billions of dollars have been wasted in providing illegitimate unemployment benefits and that nearly one trillion dollars were wasted in the last “stimulus program” that didn’t stimulate anything except the bank accounts of the administration’s political allies, you have to question the administration’s true goal, particularly since they seem to show no real concern for the fact that our country is hurtling along the road to bankruptsy as our national debt soars above $14 trillion.
I don’t like scary thoughts but maybe we had better heed the ghosts of the past.
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