I’m so effing pissed at the absolute stupidity of the American population. And the ones that replied to my first posting of this…. what do you say now??
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I’m not sure what to do now…… probably start getting paperwork for political & religious asylum in Canada ready.
Sometimes you just have to hit bottom before seeing the light…..
I’ve seen on my facebook feed that Republicans in general want ‘limited’ government and the removal of all socialism. They don’t define what ‘limited’ government is, nor socialism. With it looking like the Republicans will retain majority in the Senate and House of Representatives, they can pass whatever they want. Should the Republicans get sufficient majority in both Houses and the White House, their plans could make some headway.
Should that happen, I’m planning on making the ‘Freedom Caucus’ look like radical left wingers with my emails to Congress, and a whole new definition to the word ‘bitch’. I’ll be telling them, it’s time to put up or shut up. They have control, either do what they say they’re going to do or get out of the way for the fools they are. When your Senators are Grassley and Ernst and Representative, Blum, it won’t be too difficult. Just send a majority of this post with reminders every month. I’d give them 16 months to get moving, with the changes to take effect by the close of the 2018 Congressional session, or be primaried from the Right.
If they want ‘limited’ government, it should be limited at the Federal, State, County and local levels, IMNSHO. Same for ‘socialist’ programs/laws/whatever. Privatize it all. If you’re going to do it, do it right. Do a clean cut, none of this phased stuff. On x date, all of this stops.
Ok, let’s make a list of socialist programs sponsored by various government bodies and bodies that are an ‘overreach’ of government responsibility. I’m sure I’m forgetting many programs and that some of these programs overlap or are a subset of others, so please add them in the comments.
Ag subsidies to not plant or to plant certain crops, etc
All gov’t sponsored research
ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
BBB (Better Business Bureau)
CDC (Center for Disease Control)
CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program)
City/County Ambulance Services
Constitutional Amendments (amend/repeal): 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, 26
Community Health Clinic
County Hospitals
County Sheriff Departments
CPA (Consumer Protection Agency)
CPS (Children Protection Services)
Crop Insurance
DEA (Drug Enforcement Admin)
Dept of Agriculture
Dept of Commerce
Dept of Education
Dept of Energy
Dept of Health Human Services
Dept of Housing & Urban Development
Dept of Interior
Dept of Labor
Dept of Transportation
Dept of Veterans Affairs
Disabled Services
Education Accreditation Boards for all forms of education
Elder Services
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
FAA (Federal Aviation Admin)
FCC (Federal Communications Admin)
FDA (Food & Drug Admin)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission)
FEC (Federal Elections Commission)
Federal Reserve
Federally backed Student Loans
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Admin)
Fire Departments
Flood Insurance
Head Start
Highway Patrol
Interstate roadways (hey this was thought up for quick military xport, commercial entities took over for commercial gain – make them pay a toll to use the military highway or turn it over to private companies.)
IRS (internal revenue service)
LIHEAP (Low Income Heat Assistance Program)
Medicaid
Medicare – I’d demand refund on premiums paid to date (minus any payouts that aren’t more than what you paid in)
NASA
Nat’l Hurricane Center
Nat’l Institute of Health
NCUA (Nat’l Credit Union Insurance)
NEA (Nat’l Endowments of the Arts)
NEH (Nat’l Endowment of the Humanities)
NOAA (Nat’l Oceanic & Atmosphere Admin) – Including their satellites
NPR (Nat’l Public Radio)
NTSB (Nat’l Transportation Safety Board)
NWS (Nat’l Weather Service)
OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Admin)
PBS (Public Broadcast Services)
Pell Grants
Police Departments
Public garbage removal system
Public Libraries
Public Parks (city, county, state & federal)
Public Roads (city, county, state & federal) – including snow removal, traffic lights, and street lights
Public Schools (daycare, head start, preschool, elementary, secondary, and colleges)
Public Sewer systems
Public Transportation
Public Water systems
SBA (Small Business Admin)
School Lunch Program
SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission)
Section 8
SNAP (Food Stamps)
Social Security – I’d demand refund on premiums paid to date (minus any payouts that aren’t more than what you paid in)
Tax Codes – only flat tax of 5% to the Feds (how they’re going to pay for Defense, State, Treasury, Homeland Security, Justice, Congress, Courts (Fed, State, County), Executive Office (Fed and State) is beyond me)
Title 9
Tort Reform
TSA
Unions
US Forest Service
USGS (US Geologic Survey)
Welfare
WIC (Women, infants, and children)
They also think that there are too many regulations restricting the growth of businesses.
Ok, let’s get rid of:
Building codes
Child labor laws
Discrimination laws
Fire codes
Health inspections of ‘public’ entities
Labeling requirements
Labor Laws
Licensing requirements (medical, pharmacy, engineering, pilot, driving, teaching, nursing, marriage, hunting, etc)
Minimum wage
Pollution rules
Safety Regs
Zoning laws – I really, really want to build an open shooting range next to a daycare facility with a bar & grill on the other side – just think how convenient it’d be to pick up the toddler and walk next door to pop off a few rounds before heading over to the bar & grill for grub and beer.
The fed is to give land held in trust to the state that the land is located and the state is to sell that property and the property it holds in trust, dividing the proceeds of the sale with equally among the ‘legal’ residents of said state that is over the age of 18. The county sells county properties and divides among residents of said county, same for cities/townships.
So, how long will it take for everyone to become Millionaires and everything is Peaches and Cream? Or, how long before 1792 re-occurs because our rivers are burning, our skies look like 1880’s London from all the pollution being spewed, people dying from work accidents, people dying from treatable health conditions, people dying from lack of food, clothing, and/or shelter?
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