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We ARE doing something: grassroots activism, Tea Parties, etc. and it is WORKING! Look at his and Congress' approval ratings. Forgive me for being a little bit optimistic but despite the *clear* ground he's gained in the past few months I believe that IF we continue to act then his agenda will collapse along with the dem's control of the House and maybe even the Senate. When that happens we can rescind all his prior progress and set this country back on it proper and successful Conservative Constitutional principles again.

Yes, I think we need to keep up the pressure. My concern is if they pass any of the big 5, will we really be able to rescind/delete the program? These programs/departments do nothing (or worse) except waste taxpayer dollars and never go away. Look at the Departments of Energy and Education for example. I suspect a great majority of all programs/departments/agencies in Washington D.C. could be rescinded/deleted and we would all be a lot better off. Government, as an overall system, doesn't work. Who was it that said, "The Primary purpose of the Federal Government is to provide for the National Defense?" Can you Imagine a Federal government consisting of the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Judical Branch and Just the Pentagon? - and NOTHING else. Now, that's what I'm talkin' about. . . Yeah!

My concern is if they pass any of the big 5, will we really be able to rescind/delete the program?

That is certainly a really important question. There will be enormous institutional inertia to overcome. And we have a pretty poor history of undoing this garbage ever, at least since Social Security was passed. Not to mention the Dept of Education, etc.

So my optimism isn't unbounded but we're on the right track. If we maintain the status quo, though, the end result will be to slowly, steadily slip into a socialist nightmare. We have to really *try* to overcome that inertia. I hope we're up to it.