I will be printing several copies of this letter and handing them to blue dog democrats in congress.
ASSAULT ON LIBERTY
Over one hundred and fifty years ago, a very wise man wrote this, “I heartily accept the motto, - ‘That government is best which governs least.’ ” Further on he adds, “Government is at its best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.” That wise man was Henry David Thoreau from his essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.
Ladies and gentlemen, this piece of legislation is the crown jewel of inexpedient government. First off it destroys trees (where are all the environmentalist protesters now!). But in all seriousness, it destroys life (mandating abortion coverage). It destroys liberty (placing the government in a position to decide the fate of our own flesh and blood). It destroys happiness (eventually forcing the 85 percent of people happy with their health insurance into a government run monstrosity). This bill is like a kernel of un-popped popcorn just waiting to explode into a bevy of unintended consequences and costs. I here today can predict what some of those costs will be. Billions of dollars will be spent on both sides to defend and attack this unconstitutional piece of drivel. Billions will be spent to build jails to hold millions of people, like me, who will exercise his duty to disobey the mandates of this unconstitutional bill.
This bill is not about health care! Just as Cap and Trade legislation is not about the environment! Both are about government power and control. Both seek to control every aspect of individual American lives. This congress is pressing an agenda of soft tyranny. AND THIS WILL NOT STAND! Tone deaf legislators beware … WE WILL THROW YOU OUT! YOU WORK FOR US! VOTE FOR THIS BILL AND WE WILL FIRE YOU!
Thoreau continues, “this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate. The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished.” And allow me to add my own words. Looking at the modern day inexpedient government and its burdensome enterprises … It cannot run an efficient rail system (Amtrak) … Conrail does. It cannot run an efficient postal system … Federal Express does. It cannot run an efficient health care system. Medicare is fraught with fraud and abuse. It cannot run a retirement safety net system … Social Security is bankrupt. Nearly everything the government undertakes becomes more inefficient. The claim that this bill is deficit neutral is an absolute lie!
Thoreau goes on to quote one of my favorite Chinese philosophers … NOT THE DICTATOR AND MURDERER AND WHITEHOUSE FAVORITE MAO TSE TUNG … but Confucius. He says, “If a State is governed by the principles of reason, poverty and misery are the subjects of shame; if a State is not governed by the principles of reason, riches and honors are the subject of shame.” It is quite clear today that the government has sought to shame the citizens that produce wealth. This government seeks to take from the producers and give to the non-producers. The State has clearly lost its reason.
It is not just the right, but the duty of every red-blooded American to commit to an act of civil disobedience. Do not bend to the will of the Statist!
copyright 2009, J.J. Moore
