Newt Gingrich: Rick Perry's book "almost came too late" [Forward to "Fed Up!"]
I wish this book had never needed to be written.
It almost came too late.
America is recklessly accelerating toward economic disaster. Fed Up! may be the last warning sign to the danger that lies ahead.
Rick Perry, Texas governor for the past decade, is uniquely qualified to offer a firsthand perspective on why the United Statesthe most successful civilization in human historyis being threatened with economic collapse.
First Principles
Faith, freedom, and free enterprise are the pillars of a strong, safe, prosperous society. Rick knows that when these principles are protected, America succeeds, and when they are undermined, America fails. But the Left has a different belief. The Left believes that most people are not capable of pursuing happiness and that a strong centralized government is best able to provide for them. While claiming compassion for humanity, the Left's policies are destructive to the human beings subject to themas we have had to learn painfully again and again.
The Left's self-serving solution to every crisis, economic or otherwise, and many of their own doing, is always the same: inflict higher taxes on Americans to create more government programs with more rules and regulations that result in less freedom, less innovation, less safety, and less prosperity.
The problem with the Lefts one solution, as Rick forcefully explains in the pages that follow, is that it doesn't work. It's never worked, and it never will work. The record shows it.
But what the record also shows is that when power and freedom are returned to the people, when people are rewarded for work, and when government holds the line on spending, individuals and opportunity thrive. We have seen that result most spectacularly recently in Texas, and in the mid-1990s with the Contract with America Congress, when I served as Speaker of the House.
The Texas Record.....
I think it’s good strategy to kick this stuff around. Let the voters know ahead of time what kind of people you intend to surround yourself with - VP, cabinet, press secretary, etc. It helps in the decision-making process.
It did come too late. Just look at the sheer number of conservatives here that yearn for an all-encompassing federal nanny-state.
When our own side finds nothing wrong with government control over all aspects of our lives... we are already doomed.
Face it, individualists in America are an extreme minority.
At best, we could try to gather in one area and declare independence (Maybe Texas). But that’s about it.
The rest of the sheep will live contented lives completely controlled by their shepard.