Tag: Limited Government

We’ll Never Limit Government

It has begun!  The media sideshow…..the media circus that we lovingly call our election process……

If you are a conservative then you will be bombarded with the promise of a “limited government”……that evil brought to you by those no good liberals…..

Guess what!  That “limited government” is a pipe dream….a slogan for the mindless to nod in approval…..as government is today…you will NEVER have that elusive fantasy of a “limited government”…….

Why?

 

We’ll Never Limit Government Unless We Ditch Foreign Intervention by Justin Raimondo — Antiwar.com.

Do We Need Limited Government?

College of Political Knowledge

Is it a smaller government or a limited government?  Which is the one that all conservs are screaming about?  One day it is a smaller federal government and the next it is more limited government……which shall it be?

Let us look at limited government……by definition our government is a limited form of government…..the real definition, not some tag line in a candidate’s debate performance or some PC slogan that misinforms the voting public…..in today’s political world it is the later….for not one of these people has any idea of what is meant by “limited government”.

Limited Government is a precept of constitutionalism. It states that a government’s power over its citizens has limitations. The governmental authority is prescribed, restricted, and limited by law or by the constitution. An individual’s rights and liberties are protected against governmental power even if that power is exercised in the name of a majority of people. In a limited government, there exist minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy.

The type of federalism that we have was the founders brain child and by the very definition it is a limited government….hence the three branches….that are employed to keep this government from over extending its reach and thus keeping the size of government contained…….

What all these yahoos are yelling about is SPENDING…not necessarily the size of government….although they try to equate spending with the size….I wish that were possible I would be a well hung political historian….

We cannot call a government limited if one part accuses another of intruding into the lives of the citizens while they are intruding into the lives of citizens……it is that simple.  One cannot oppose the government for imposing ….say health care and at the same time you propose to keep women from their personal decisions…..and then call yourself a warrior for a more limited government….sorry….. just not kosher.

Let’s Have “Limited Government”

Daily Agitator

Recently a reader, Terrance of Right Libertarian, (wordpress blog) had a rant on his site about abortion and Planned Parenthood and while we may not agree on a whole lot….he did give me an idea……for that I say thanx…..

We hear this daily and over and over during successive news reports…..so much it is quickly becoming nauseating……it is used for budget arguments….war arguments…..it is a useful slogan…..but sports fans, what is meant by the term?

First of all, as I understand it, is a government in which anything more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is generally disallowed by law, usually in a written constitution.  Is that the way you understand it?

And then I found, “American Conservative Values….which states……

People who believe limited government are people, everyday people, who don’t want every aspect of their lives controlled by the government.

But is government intervention into a persons choice limited government?  How about telling people who is to be your nuptials partner?  How about which religion is evil and which is good?  Maybe what is proper reading material?  We could go on….but you have the idea…

So, what constitutes “limited government”?

I have said on many occasions….it is either all in or all out…..meaning either you want the government to make your decisions for you or you do not….and that means every decision…..not just the ones that you feel strongly about…..

If you are unwilling to butt out of everyone’s business, then please STOP using the term “limited government”……..So like Terrance I want to say STOP using the term you know it is a LIE…it is NOTHING but a slogan that has NO foot in reality!