Entitlements are the new addiction epidemic in America

Friends, Americans, Patriots-
Social programs and government subsidies are about nothing more than control. As well-intentioned as many of them may be they do nothing more than hinder achievement and crush the human spirit. Why do we need the federal government to subsidize the local governments? The local governments are more than capable of taxing their residents for the services that they provide. I guarantee you that the local governments would become much more streamlined and budget conscious if they had to raise all of their budgets locally instead of getting subsidies. This would also allow for the voters to decide what their tax dollars were best spent on in a more up close and personal manner. The Constitution was designed specifically to keep the federal government strictly limited and to give the power for any action outside of the very specific enumerated powers to the states. The type and scope of social programs should be dealt with on a state government level. The genius of this design lies in the fact that if you don't agree with your states programs you can choose one of the other 49 states that best suits you. When everything is decided on a national level you get a horrible "one size fits all" solution.


The federal government shouldn't be subsidizing any form of transportation, period. Do they subsidize the payments on my minivan? No, and they shouldn't! Every single thing that the federal government sticks it's nose in turns into an overbloated money eating monster. You could probably feed every truly needy person in the country for a year with one weeks worth of the waste and fraud from just one of the wonderful social programs this nation has become addicted to.

The fact that Montana receives $1.83 for every $1 collected is absolutely disgusting. We should all be ashamed. I will say one thing in our defense though, this state would be extremely prosperous if it wasn't for the federal government. What are Montana's biggest assets? First and formost the people second the abundant natural resources and third is the scenic splendor of our state. The people will always find a way to survive but we are no longer able to harvest, mine, or otherwise benefit from the resources that belong to us. Who knows best how to manage Montana's resources? Montanans? or a beauracrat in D.C.? As for the scenic splendor, the fed has seized or deemed as "protected" much of those assets so Montana no longer has control of it's scenic splendor. That means we don't have a say in the tourism therein. If Montana had control of it's resources do you think we would need that extra 83 cents? I don't think so. If Montana had control of it's resources do you think we would have an unemployment problem or a hunger problem or a school funding problem or a highway funding problem? I don't think so.

 If our federal government operated only within the parameters set forth in the Constitution there would never be a debt problem. Free markets, free speech and free people that is the real solution.