Why the Federal Government Fexes Iverything

All it takes is the desire to oversee a problem... to find solutions. To FIX EVERYTHING. But ultimately this spoils the people it attempts to serve, raises unqualified people into positions of oversight, and places your personal freedoms and individual liberties at risk.

Why would the Federal government look at the medical and health care spending in this country, purportedly one sixth of the American economy, and decide that it needed to become involved in it? Because that's a lot of money that they didn't have enough control over. Where there is money, there is opportunity, especially if you can elevate yourself into authority over its spending. By regulating and controlling a thing you do not necessarily enhance that thing, but you ALWAYS place yourself into a position of personal benefit. You want to release a new drug? You want to offer a new treatment? You gotta talk to me first. Maybe you would like to make a small contribution to my favorite organizations or political campaign?

Government involvement may not always equal corruption, but corruption absolutely requires involvement. Electing good representatives to provide fair oversight might work in the first few years, but where there is money, people will line up to get access to it, and often pursue extreme measures to ensure that they get to the front of the line before they kick the door closed behind them.

The Federal Constitution was designed to ensure that WE THE PEOPLE recognize our authority and ultimate oversight of ALL of it's actions. Everything that the Federal government does, it does IN OUR NAME. If you believe that we are doing illegal or unjust things, you probably are correct. It is in our best interests to be engaged in understanding what the Federal government is involved in. It is therefore also in our best interest to keep the Federal government involved in as FEW things as possible so that we have a reasonable chance of providing our Constitutionally defined requirement of supervision.

Allowing the Federal government to grow, to gain control of more and more aspects of our daily lives means that we yield our control to people who actively pursue ways to benefit from their positions of power and authority. The creation of executive-branch departments isolates the rule-makers, the regulation brokers from our authority and oversight duties. Be careful what you ask for. More Federal government control equals less freedom and individual choice for you and me. If you truly want equal opportunity then you need to consider how political power most frequently results in unequal advantages for contributors and friends (otherwise known as "cronies") of the politically powerful.