Un-elected bureaucrats, the faceless horde, the Deep State, the swamp if you will, the little despots drunk with power and the ability to screw with people's lives, have risen up
When Ronald Reagan became president, Democrats complained about being surrounded by so many Reagan appointees. They had to be reminded that they lost the election. And so it is with President Trump, but this time the opposition is fighting for what they see as their very existence, the threat to drain the swamp where they have lived so long and have grown so comfortable. They don’t even smell the stink anymore. As long as the president was a Democrat, all was well. Dems have a long history of bloated government and despotic bureaucrats.
In New Mexico the Forest Service gated off a 23 acre tract of land preventing cattle from using a water hole. Why? And in Texas soon after, the Bureau of Land management tried to seize rich ranch land along the Red River. Few of us will forget the seizure of Clive Bundy’s land and cattle in Nevada, and the less publicized effort by the EPA to garnish the taxpayer wages of Americans without a court order. Or, we can review the IRS attacks on conservative groups like the Tea Party…all under the Obama administration.
These un-elected bureaucrats, the faceless horde, the Deep State, the swamp if you will, the little despots drunk with power and the ability to screw with people’s lives, have risen up. They believe they are the only legitimate government of the United States. Presidents come and go, but they are forever. They’re striking back at a president that represents what they see as the ‘peasants’, the hayseeds, the fly-over states, deplorables who dare to question their authority, competency, and legitimacy.
The ‘hillbillies’ turned away from the Democrat Party and the bureaucratic establishment, their self-interest, self-righteous, sadistic, and cynical bearing. They spurned their ‘business as usual’, their insistence on ‘that’s the way we do it because we’ve always done it that way.’
Democrats have lost the support of many middle-class Americans…the forgotten tens of millions. They’ve been working feverishly to open our borders in order to sprout new Democrats in need of their support and loyalty. They’ve colluded with foreign governments, played fast and loose with the law and now have purposely created a major diversion, one they will try to keep alive until the election in 2020. Americans have an acute sense of fairness. The same sense that drove the Japanese Empire into the ground after Pearl Harbor. What they see now is pure political theater. This impeachment is NOT about removing Trump. It is about preventing his re-election. The opposition has cheapened impeachment to a political circus, complete with clowns.
Making the government slimmer and more efficient is a three-front war. The bureaucracy, both civilian and military, and the legislature have become living and breathing creatures unto themselves. They have their own interests and selfish agendas. They have and continue to be engaged in undermining the President’s policies. Getting them to heal has proven to be a task requiring almost a war footing.
If there is anything the people have learned these past three years, it is that the Deep State does indeed exist and it’s not giving up without a fight.
James Madison said:
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” — James Madison, The Federalist, No. 47
The Bureaucracy and the opposition have indeed over-stepped their authority and squandered the trust of the American people.
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity.
County government seizes home over $8.41 in unpaid tax
When an 83-year old retiree paid his property taxes late, he miscalculated the interest owed to the county government.
All told, he was $8.41 short. Yes you read that correctly, i.e. less than nine dollars.
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So the county seized the home over that trivial amount.
Then they sold the man’s home at auction for $24,500, even though the house was worth about $128,000.
But the county didn’t just keep the $8.41 they were owed. They kept the entire $24,500.
Although this was the most egregious case, the man found out he was far from alone.
The county has been systematically robbing homeowners, selling their homes, and keeping the proceeds over much smaller tax bills than the homes are worth.
In case you’re wondering, the county in question is Oakland County, Michigan, which is part of the Detroit area, and one of the most fiscally vanquished municipalities in the country.
(Detroit even declared bankruptcy in 2013.)
This highlights a very important lesson: when governments are broke, they will plunder the wealth of their citizens in order to make ends meet, even if it means stealing a retired man’s home.
San Francisco commuter arrested for eating a sandwich
Maybe you heard that San Francisco recently announced they will no longer prosecute public urination, amid a homelessness epidemic.
In contrast, one rule they are still enforcing apparently is an ordinance that bans eating on public transit platforms.
A video went viral last week that showed a legitimate commuter who was on his way to work being arrested for eating a sandwich on a train station platform.
He is approached by a transit officer, who told him, “You are detained and not free to go. You’re eating. It’s against the law.”
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