Modern Politics
How does one‘s political ideology develop? Is it regional or maybe familial? Is it personal experience or educational? Does the frequency of reading the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble, Bill of Rights and the Constitution in pact a person’s views? How does religion factor into one’s political views?
My earliest impressions of American and world history consist of the thought that we were fleeing tyranny, that the federal government was formed to protect rights of the States, defend the United States of America from international threats, and to regulate interstate commerce -- a small federal government protecting the States’ independence. In reality, this is long gone as the destruction of State Rights began with Abraham Lincoln and continues to be chipped away each year. For me, this ongoing destruction of State Rights has not changed my political outlook and I do not fear saying mistakes have been in the past that threaten the makeup of our country.
When I started this post several days ago, I wanted to truly dive into the history of the destruction of State Rights and the ongoing growth, but I realized over time that my thought process will actually take days so I am giving you a shortened version at this moment.
I fully support a national prolife amendment as this right is given to us through our declaration of independence, “…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..” Frankly, if our Supreme Court would grow up, it would realize that a woman’s “right to choice” does not overrule the right to life each individual possesses. I believe this is a situation similar to over rights that have been denied to various individuals throughout the history of our nation and could be and should be resolved by the courts admitting they overstepped. Will this happen… probably not in my lifetime. Given the fact it is unlikely this will happen, a national amendment is the next best thing although I doubt seriously it would pass with the 2/3 majority vote as necessary. Given these two facts, I would be most satisfied with the Supreme Court at least reversing the anti-life rulings and giving each individual state the right to govern this issue.
Universal healthcare is an issue I cannot support. Try as I may, I cannot see giving the federal government more control over individual lives. It is bad enough that the federal government has first rights over my paycheck, but to give the federal government – a government that cannot protect the most defenseless among us – control over healthcare scares me. Maybe, just maybe in the beginning the federal government will not try to define what healthcare we have access to, but I know in the long run it will. Government dollars always come with “strings”. Accept this money and you must meet certain conditions. This thought process has given us many “federally mandated” laws. The nationwide drinking age of 21, the nationwide smoking age of 18, the growing nationwide seatbelt laws… Can you see the requirements that would be attached to federal health dollars with Universal Healthcare? Let’s try a couple on for size, given the fact we are facing a shrinking workforce. All pregnant women will be mandate to undergo testing and if the unborn child has certain disabilities or will not meet a government defined quality of life, that child must be aborted. People over a certain age or who do not meet a certain quality of life must be “euthanized.” Please don’t tell me I have a wild imagination, because we only have to take a serious look at the socialized countries throughout the world to see that this is the world we are headed for.
For the poor you will always have with you… this is our call, from Christ, to serve the poor. This does not mean we need to pawn the poor off to the government. This means we must be actively involved with caring for the poor. Maybe all of us, as individuals, should be more concerned with caring for the poor without the aid of the government instead demanding the government care for them. Honestly, if people were so concerned for the poor they would be in the trenches caring for the poor and setting up private organizations to care for them instead of demanding that an incompetent government needs to care for them. Let’s be realistic here, we have a “Social Security” program that is failing! Something must be done about this situation before Social Security alone bankrupts our country, because we have people who did not plan for their retirements and expect Social Security to care for them – Social Security, a short term program that was originally intended to help the poorest of our country during war time.
My earliest impressions of American and world history consist of the thought that we were fleeing tyranny, that the federal government was formed to protect rights of the States, defend the United States of America from international threats, and to regulate interstate commerce -- a small federal government protecting the States’ independence. In reality, this is long gone as the destruction of State Rights began with Abraham Lincoln and continues to be chipped away each year. For me, this ongoing destruction of State Rights has not changed my political outlook and I do not fear saying mistakes have been in the past that threaten the makeup of our country.
When I started this post several days ago, I wanted to truly dive into the history of the destruction of State Rights and the ongoing growth, but I realized over time that my thought process will actually take days so I am giving you a shortened version at this moment.
I fully support a national prolife amendment as this right is given to us through our declaration of independence, “…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..” Frankly, if our Supreme Court would grow up, it would realize that a woman’s “right to choice” does not overrule the right to life each individual possesses. I believe this is a situation similar to over rights that have been denied to various individuals throughout the history of our nation and could be and should be resolved by the courts admitting they overstepped. Will this happen… probably not in my lifetime. Given the fact it is unlikely this will happen, a national amendment is the next best thing although I doubt seriously it would pass with the 2/3 majority vote as necessary. Given these two facts, I would be most satisfied with the Supreme Court at least reversing the anti-life rulings and giving each individual state the right to govern this issue.
Universal healthcare is an issue I cannot support. Try as I may, I cannot see giving the federal government more control over individual lives. It is bad enough that the federal government has first rights over my paycheck, but to give the federal government – a government that cannot protect the most defenseless among us – control over healthcare scares me. Maybe, just maybe in the beginning the federal government will not try to define what healthcare we have access to, but I know in the long run it will. Government dollars always come with “strings”. Accept this money and you must meet certain conditions. This thought process has given us many “federally mandated” laws. The nationwide drinking age of 21, the nationwide smoking age of 18, the growing nationwide seatbelt laws… Can you see the requirements that would be attached to federal health dollars with Universal Healthcare? Let’s try a couple on for size, given the fact we are facing a shrinking workforce. All pregnant women will be mandate to undergo testing and if the unborn child has certain disabilities or will not meet a government defined quality of life, that child must be aborted. People over a certain age or who do not meet a certain quality of life must be “euthanized.” Please don’t tell me I have a wild imagination, because we only have to take a serious look at the socialized countries throughout the world to see that this is the world we are headed for.
For the poor you will always have with you… this is our call, from Christ, to serve the poor. This does not mean we need to pawn the poor off to the government. This means we must be actively involved with caring for the poor. Maybe all of us, as individuals, should be more concerned with caring for the poor without the aid of the government instead demanding the government care for them. Honestly, if people were so concerned for the poor they would be in the trenches caring for the poor and setting up private organizations to care for them instead of demanding that an incompetent government needs to care for them. Let’s be realistic here, we have a “Social Security” program that is failing! Something must be done about this situation before Social Security alone bankrupts our country, because we have people who did not plan for their retirements and expect Social Security to care for them – Social Security, a short term program that was originally intended to help the poorest of our country during war time.
posted by Anastasia at 20:42
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