I'm here from the Government, But NOT to Help You

In the last year we have had 3 maybe 4 major catastrophes worldwide. Hundreds of thousands are dead and hundreds of thousands more injured, hurting and displaced.

There’s a phrase constantly repeated among victims of these crisis.

That phrase? We are disappointed with the response of _____________ to the victims of __________________.

Those blanks include US Government and Rita or, FEMA and Katrina

However, the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita reveal a press corps at an emotional state of development more akin to rebellious teenagers than rational adults. In other words, there is little hesitation on their part to challenge President Bush's authority, but when he fails to provide the security and comfort they privately desire, their response is outrage and disappointment.

or, The Indian Government and The Pakistani Earthquake.

Frankly speaking, I am disappointed with India’s response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan

Now that Wilma had hit Florida, just wait for the phrase, We are disappointed.

If we have 50 more catastrophic events in the next 10 years these same pundits will be saying the same things.

Government has little power to really be of any real help. Governments are not designed to bail everyone out after every calamity.

People of the world must soon discover that we are on our own, that no one is coming, that government help is illusory. This is not a new understanding. It's a natural cycle.

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.

These nations have progressed through the following sequence:

* From Bondage to Spiritual Faith
* From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage
* From Courage to Liberty
* From Liberty to Abundance
* From Abundance to Selfishness
* From Selfishness to Complacency
* From Complacency to Apathy
* From Apathy to Dependency
* From Dependency back into Bondage

Alexander Fraser Tytler, 1748 - 1813
Scottish professor of history at Edinburgh University, a.k.a. Lord Woodhouselee
The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic, published in 1776

I don’t know when we came to the place that we decided collectively to put all our faith in government. “My hope is based on nothing less than republicans and democrats.”

Well, bad news. No one is coming. You are on your own. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Go ahead, be disappointed. It doesn’t matter. The illusion is over. The wizard of OZ has no power to do anything for you. It's time to grow up and take responsibility for ourselves.

If we cede power to the government to help us they will also dominate us.