30 years ago there were no FEMA programs to pay out to victims of natural disasters - a noble idea if we weren't $21 tril in debt. Folks in D.C. are becoming multi-millionaires. Paul Ryan has just passed a budget bill with a trillion dollar deficit -- and NO additional border security. The betrayals by our elected reps is palpable.
I am in mourning. I would give up my SS & Medicare to save the country - trust in the Lord. But D.C. would take mine gladly while preserving them for others - to be determined by D.C.
America today... The Lord can miraculously save the country still, but it would be painful... especially to those whose G*d IS the government.
We can save the country. I don’t know what the first step is but I’d start with we all have to recognize human frailty. You take any random group of 100 people picked from the phone book and some will be very humanistic caring people and some will be total scum but most will just be average people living their lives trying to avoid harming others while providing for and protecting their families.
When you start to dole out power over the citizens you begin to entice the worst elements in some people. It is impossible to expect the millions of clerks and bureaucrats are actually altruistic humanists with only the common good in mind at all times.
From this it evolves to where not just are decent people with the power become indifferent or worse, but to where the worst people are attracted to the positions of power. Just one example: the plain fact is that police and prosecutors are going to know more about drug smuggling, drug dealing, drug networking, drug sourcing, money laundering etc than almost any other person/profession. So who is more likely to be involved in drug crimes - the typical person or a person in a position of authority? This is not to condemn law enforcement it is just to make the point about the risk of power. We must always remain suspicious of government and always vote to limit their power and expand our freedom. We have created a wonderful system of checks and balances, even police departments have internal affairs and citizen oversight. But I am sorry to say I believe they have all become decayed for a variety of reasons.
You mentioned FEMA, and my response is the Cajun Navy. We have to stop thinking that taxes are a form of charity. They are not. We must do our part, and we must stop asking and stop expecting that our tax dollars are going towards any real social good. We have been spending more and more money every year in every city and state and in the country and the same problems persist and even get worse. The definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.