Jinxed Universe

I have been reading about the Revolutionary War, I have come to some surprising results in that our forefathers broke from England mainly over being over taxed. It started out that because of the French and Indian War, England had incurred a large debt over maintaining the Colonies. As, one tax law was passed the people revolted and refused to pay, so England would repeal the law and come up with some new idea to get repayment from the Colonies for this debt. Each time a new tax law was passed, the Colonials would refuse to pay, and make a stand against these taxes.

As I read this, I was amazed at how much crap we have put up with. How many times we just have to "grin and bear it." For example, doesn't this Obama redistribution of wealth thing seem horrendous to anyone else but me? I just don't understand why we are so complacent and just roll over for the government. Don't we have a say in any of this? Lately I have seen two instances where the federal government actually listened to the voice of the people and voted against a law that actually was going to pass.

Are we to busy with our lives to be involved in government? Here we are going to vote on Nov. 4th, and there are some Utah Constitutional Amendments being proposed and who out of us all knows where they stand? Are you for or against? Most everyone I talk to just trusts the government and votes yes to them all. Or when was the last time we ever heard of the people voting out a judge, are we up on if they are good or not?

I know that sometimes being a member of a group like the NRA, who will push for laws that its members agree with, can be good. But, I feel like each individual person needs to make an effort. We need to be like our founding fathers and be involved, stand up and don't be afraid to say, "No." I asked some of my family and friends what they would do if all the sudden Pres. Obama passes a law banning all firearms. Would you give them up? Mostly, I got hums and haws and no clear, "yes" or "no" answers. If that ever happened, I wouldn't give mine up. I would do as our predecessors before us and say, "NO!!!!"

This is just one example, but I just want you think of how far you would let things go. Where is your line in the sand? Has the government already crossed it, or how close are we to crossing it? I believe many of us have a wide line and we are in the middle of crossing it and are just letting this line get wider. Personally, with this bailout bill that was just passed. I have hit the point where I believe that the people running our government are out of touch with the people. That they are looking out for the dollar signs everywhere and are ignorant of what we the people desire.

We as the people need to make sure that EVERY one of our voices are heard. We need to make sure that we are emailing, calling and letting our representatives know where we stand and how they need to vote to stay in office. Like I've said, when two crappy bills have been put to a vote, they were shot down, because the American people disapproved of the bills and were active in letting their representatives know that.

This is OUR nation we live in, we cannot blindly elect people. We cannot blindly let these people run our country. I believe that the reason we are in such a bind right now is because too many of us are ignorant and blindly are willing to elect any schmo that promises a better life to these all too important positions.

Here is something to chew on.

Bailout type	Cost to taxpayers (Source: Reuters)
Financial bailout package approved this week	up to or more than $700 billion
Bear Stearns financing	$29 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalization	$200 billion
AIG loan and nationalization	$85 billion
Federal Housing Administration housing rescue bill	$300 billion
Mortgage community grants	$4 billion
JPMorgan Chase repayments	$87 billion
Loans to banks via Fed's Term Auction Facility	$200 billion+
Loans from Depression-era Exchange Stabilization Fund	$50 billion
Purchases of mortgage securities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac	$144 billion
POSSIBLE TOTAL	$1.8 trillion+
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PER U.S. CENSUS	105,480,101
POSSIBLE COST PER HOUSEHOLD	$17,064+