The Problem in America

With all this talk about Tyranny, crime, corruption, and worse going on in America, seemingly without any obvious or viable solution, I have come to the conclusion that the federal government itself is the problem.

Now, I'm not suggesting it's possible we can get rid of it but let's at least recognize what the real problem is.

The federal government takes massive amounts of our hard earned money and provides, really, nothing in return. 

In short, the government is that Hyper Obese Aunt that comes by on holidays (Every night in the case of the feds) and consumes massive resources without returning any value, while getting in the way of people trying to move from room to room.

James Gregory Lays it out for us in his piece - Everybody has this one relative.

The vid is 8:43.  You may want to watch after reading the rest.

Yes, we all do have that one relative.  In our case, his name is Uncle Sammy and he is way past his expiration date.

Let's break it down by branch.

Legislative - Congress is a collection of corrupt imbeciles, owned by the lobbyists, intent on either serving said lobbyists, or coming up with legislation so they can feel like they're actually doing something.  Well, given everything they touch turns to shit, we can scratch them off without any more thought and be light years ahead of the game.

Judicial - Ha ! Let me know when the justice department does anything useful.  Given we now know about all the corruption and crime in America justice and Intelligence agencies, let's just say we wouldn't be any worse off if we just forget to keep the payroll system running for all these people.

Executive  - Oh, please don't make me split my sides.  Let's just rename this branch as the Money Laundering branch serving all those who are in the Big Club.

Do you know about the big club?  Go to youtube and search "George Carlin - It's a Big Club".  Pick the longer running version. Lots of language there as a warning for those sensitive to such.

Alright. SO, what can we do with Uncle Sammy?  We can't fix him.  He's got to go but that's not an option,  just a fun academic fancy.  Just for pretend then, let's imagine how it might go down.

Let's look at what the federal government does that provides any value at all.  National Security, Social Security and Medicare for Seniors as obvious examples.

We can assume the states will take up the slack on things which actually do provide value, so let's chart that out.

National Security Well, the feds suck at national security.  Not only do they suck at it, they're going for the Guiness Record of Suck.  They spent 20 years, trillions of dollars, lives and limbs of "our best" Americans in Afghanistan, and the sacrifices of their families at home, as but one example and what did we get in return.  The taliban is not only still in control of the country, but we gave them billions of high tech modern weapons and loads of cash stolen from America's hard working stiffs when we left.

Ditto Iraq.

Let's not dwell on this.  Too much pain for great people in America who were involved.  They have my sincere condolences.  We had a family member in Iraq and a friend in Afghanistan.  Fortunately, they returned.  These people who were there and elsewhere get more respect than I can put into words.  They got None from the federal government.  The feds pay for everything for an illegal, but won't even cover a wheelchair ramp for an injured veteran.

Along with this, they have thrown open the borders to every potential welfare queen, terrorist, disease carrier, and at the least - new democrat voter.  We are importing what will destroy our country and culture.

Let's put the military in charge of Security. Each state will contribute a share of their GDP toward that. 

Any states not holding up their end of the log might get a visit from some Great Americans. Possibly. Maybe.

The states will receive their share of whatever SS and Medicare money that the feds haven't stolen yet based upon their census numbers of Legal citizens.  They will take over collecting and investing for SS, but according to how it was originally designed, which means it will always be in the black and flush with money. Ditto Medicare. 

Now some incidentals.

Space exploration.  Private enterprise has pretty much already taken that over. Done.

Interstate highways and affairs. States take care of all the roads in their state and anything else involving multi-state affairs.  Git R done.

U.N.  Eliminated.  Let the world's countries figure out who they're going to go to try and extorte money from.  Ain't going to be us.

Diplomatic Relations? Eliminated. Look at all the foreign aid (stolen and laundered money) we won't be puttin out.

Someone can't take care of their own country? Well I guess the country wasn't worth the paper their borders were printed on were they.  Go ask someone else for help.

Immigration.  This will be returned to the point that immigrants must be sponsored by a natural citizen or group and must have employment as soon as their feet hit the ground.

We'll turn off all benefits for anyone here illegally.  They'll deport themselves.  No lawyers, trials, judges, ICE, no nuthin.  Bye Bye Jose and don't let the cactus hit you on the ass on the way out where you can reapply to immigrate when you're back in your country.

FBI? CIA? NSA? DNI? DHS?  Don't need em.  They're both corrupt and incompetent. Someone commits a crime. So what?  Crime happens all day every day.  Deal with it.

The rest of the federal agencies?  Do an internet search on federal agencies and come make your case for why any of them deserve being funded any more.

So, why do you think we still need the federal government for anything?