Government Kills

Death by Government:War

 The war casualty numbers listed below are not confined to the United States, other nations are involved and bear responsibility for those deaths regardless of the need for that involvement. The governments bear the responsibility for the deaths not only of their combatants but for the loss of civilian (non-combatant) life. Often referred to as "collateral damage", primarily unarmed, these civilians were left primarily to defend themselves, made victims by the governments engaged in war. Some fought and died defending themselves many were slaughtered in the middle of the battles waged by the governments engaged in that war.

 Governments often complicate or interfere with your ability or means with which you can act in your own defense. Their compulsion to have more control is putting us at greater risk. Governments have no right to deny the full ability of their citizens, their people to defend themselves against an aggressor force or criminal attack, not when so many have been killed by the actions of government. Regardless if the war is against an enemy government's military or the "War on Crime", if the enemy has a plan of murder, conquest or genocide, victims (citizens) have a right to use any reasonable and justifiable force to defend themselves and that includes the right to bear arms.

Casualty Estimates

Casualty estimates include all nations involved

1. World War I - Military Casualties [9,700,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [6,800,000-13,000,000]1,2 
2. World War II - Military Casualties [19,400,00-22,190,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [17,000,000-26,000,000]2,3
3. Korean War - Military Casualties [1,200,000-2,400,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [1,600,000-2,640,000]2,3
4. Vietnam War - Military Casualties [1,359,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [2,000,000]1
5. Totals - Military Casualties [31,659,000-35,649,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [27,400,000-43,640,000]

 Make no mistake, I believe in the military and support it. I also believe in the right of each citizen to act in their own defense. The first person on the scene of a crime is usually not the police, it is the victim. You have the right to defend yourself and that includes the right to bear arms. Do not be victimized by criminals or by governments that make promises they cannot keep. Defend yourself, the government; the police will likely only arrive in time to pickup the pieces.

(1) Wikipedia - (2) Encyclopedia Britannica 2011 - (3) Encarta Encyclopedia 2008

War

Sometimes a Terrible Necessity

 War is the unfortunate necessity forced on those seeking freedom or wishing to preserve it. There are those who would not consider war at any price. I would ask, are you the master or would you be the slave?

 I would think there are few who prefer being the slave to being free. I think there are few that would reject the liberties they have, liberties acquired through force of arms. War is a terrible and costly undertaking and should never be so undertaken without great provocation or great deliberation.

 War is a sometimes a terrible necessity if freedom is to be preserved or acquired. War is costly for life but to reject it under all circumstances is to invite the master in and to become the slave.

"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."                                       George Washington 

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."     George Washington

The Liberal

 What does Liberal mean, what a Liberal usually is to society and government is:
  1. Larger or more government programs.
  2. More controls on everything you do.
  3. Larger deficits for the government.
  4. Larger tax bills for the taxpayer.

 All of which is rested on the working class. This means you:
  1. Less money for gas to get to work.
  2. Less money to pay for heat.
  3. Less money to make repairs.
  4. Less money to pay for food.
  5. Less money to pay bills in general.

What do you want?

What should you get from government?

LIBERAL
More regulations

More controls

Less money

Fewer choices

Less freedom

CONSERVATIVE
Less regulations

Less control

More money

More choices

More freedom

Which would you rather be?

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."                 Patrick Henry

 You say tax the rich, I ask who made the wealthy rich? We did, we paid for their services, their products and their creations. We made them rich and our dollars keep them rich. We indirectly pay their taxes every time we pay our bills. The Liberals need more taxes to pay for bigger government; no matter who pays those taxes, the working middle class bear the brunt of it. Higher taxes mean higher prices from the rich, we pay.

Government

Too many Taxes - Too little Return

 Our current liberal led government seems to be fond of overindulgence by spending and controlling. It is, like most government glutted with paperwork, personnel and hot air. I may not be objective with the above statements, but there seems to be very little objective reasoning in our over power-hungry government. Greed, power and control remain the way. A phrase once used about government and attributed to multiple authors that should be applied but is little applied is, "That government is best which governs the least." That is not to say that no government would be best but rather that government should be a lean machine not a fat one. As it happens all too often the reverse can be applied to our government, "He who governs most governs worst." A government grown too large is a government which will lose the individual between the cracks as an individual lost in the vast, dense forest. As a result of governments canned solutions, we hear the stories of delays and refusals because a person does not fit the criteria. They need help but the government still takes their tax dollars and says they can't help, but when they are on the street it may help.

 Government often cares more for itself than the people. A case in point, government salaries, in a past administration, the president had frozen federal wages. A freshman politician sought to introduce a bill to freeze congressional salaries as well, he was promptly warned by a senior to keep his hand out of the seniors pocket. It seems to me it is our pocket that this senior is sticking his hand in. I say keep your hand out of our pocket.

 Big government is quite often a waste of money. The government produces little; it has little to sell, it takes the profit and still sends out a big tax bill. Grown too large it is a drain on the economy. Money is best spent in the private sector, where it produces more, resells more and makes a better profit. The profit then increased by reduced government drain, allows for increases in spending on private production. The increased production profit can then be taxed at a lower rate producing similar revenue for government.