Posted on 04/19/2010 5:20:19 PM PDT by Whenifhow
Why are so many Americans concerned about what this administration and Congress are doing? Those in the Democrat/Progressive Party would have us believe that people are not losing their freedom, and President Obama is not spending us into bankruptcy. If that’s correct, why are so many Americans taking to the streets to voice their concern?
As we know, the purpose of legislation/bills is to create laws which the American people and American businesses are to abide by. More laws = less freedom and less free markets. Also, bills nearly always come with a price tag. Take, for example, HR 1388 (the Volunteer Act)… it’s price tag is about $10.44 BILLION — for “volunteerism”; not to mention recruiting our children for a government National Civilian Community Corps. I digress…
If this administration and Congress are not doing anything to take away our freedom and spend us into oblivion, let’s look at the facts on that.
We’ll take a look at the number of bills from each Congressional Session since 1993 up through our current Congressional Session, listed by year, session and number of bills respectively:
1993 – 1994: 103rd Congress = 1977 Bills
1995 – 1996: 104th Congress = 1817 Bills
1997 – 1998: 105th Congress = 1966 Bills
1999 – 2000: 106th Congress = 2229 Bills
2001 – 2002: 107th Congress = 1513 Bills
2003 – 2004: 108th Congress = 1659 Bills
2005 – 2006: 109th Congress = 1746 Bills
2007 – 2008: 110th Congress = 1922 Bills
2009 – 2010: 111th Congress = 8970 Bills
Eight previous sessions of Congress (103rd – 110th), going all the way back to 1993, averaged about 1853 bills per session.
The 111th Congressional Session under President Obama isn’t even finished yet and they’ve got 8970 bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Over 4 times the number of bills of any prior session.
Is it any wonder that clear-thinking Americans see their freedoms being taken away? They understand that this President and Congress are making an enormous power-grab on every aspect of our lives and our free markets. And they understand that this President and Congress are purposely leading our beloved country into bankruptcy with spending that will enslave us and generations to come.
It doesn’t take a mental giant to see this, which is why it is perplexing that the Democrats/Progressives cannot see it.
If you go to this link: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billsearch.xpd?q=111+congress
and select the congressional term (in the pulldown) and also type that into "Search For:", then look below the line and it tells the total number of bills for that congressional term. It covers every congressional term from now back to 1993 (the 103rd Congress).
Wow. The number of bills are amazing. Great link, thanks. Im passing this on to my email list.
Thanks for doing the research. Hopefully, the word will get out.
I am my own government.
“it is perplexing that the Democrats/Progressives cannot see it.”
Because giving people the power to steal from their neighbor gives them the power to steal from everyone.
Damn.
Government has gone wild at all levels. I went to start a fishin biz part time. Spent 20k on boat and tackle. Sent off to Taxahappy for a liscense. When I got it back..You can only catch fish nobody will eat unless you have another liscense. A Restricted species permit that you can not get if you have not already been in the biz! Insanity rules at all levels.
You uncaring eeeeviiil individualist you! /s
Let them eat cake and all that.
But I know that our wonderful, great, BRILLIANT founders challanged us to keep our democratic republic, if we could.
And we can.
And if we get the right people in office, we can turn this around.
If we do not keep our democratic republic, we will sink into the oblivion of socialism, civil warfare, tyrants, etc.
Just think of the demise we would be in as Americans without that little bit of government action to save us from ourselves.
We have to realize that without all this interaction by government things would be MUCH worse and if they do get worse government will step in to fix them again.
It's a busy world in government.
people tell me to stop sounding like chicken little...”the sky is falling”.
later, thanks
I fear your optimism, as that of many in America and here on FR, may be all for naught.
To support this, I offer you the time frame of 2000 - 2006. We had control of the WH, the House, and the Senate, but DID NOTHING WITH IT. All in the name of "bipartisanship".
Sure, I think we could regain the House and Senate. Hell, I would even go so far as to say we can retake the WH in 2012. But will it do any good? Somehow, I can't be as optimistic after the example I listed above.
I fear the America given us by our Founding Fathers has been long gone, given a long line of attacks, abuses and usurpations by both Democrats AND Republicans. In fact, dare I say the first major attack on the Constitution came from a Republican - Abraham Lincoln. Slavery was clearly a state's rights issue. Things have only gotten worse since then, aided by FDR's New Deal and so on.
Hopefully this frustration is felt by all, including those who are running for office, and that things will be different this time around. It had been a LONG TIME coming when the Contract with America turned things around, and I do not think they were prepared to use their power wisely.
Now-I think they are. But I want a WHOLE NEW GROUP in there who are not yet corrupted by the system/
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