A Government for the People

These days it is hard to find honest people in Government. It seems like every time we have elections for President or Congress or Governor, the candidates always base their political platforms of of what positions will get them elected, instead of devoting their careers to serving their Country. And somehow, as time goes by, these people continue to get elected into office. Why is this? Well, I would say that it is because of the propaganda that they feed to the public. There are many good people who support President Obama because of the many campaign promises that he made on TV. Politicians like Obama rely on propaganda to rally support and further their career. They take advantage of so many different events in order to gain political support. For example, a few weeks ago I wrote an article here on the site explaining how politicians use the theory of global warming to take advantage of U.S. citizens. In order to get the economic stimulus bill passed, Obama and his supporters blamed the national deficit on former President George W. Bush. While President Bush did contribute to the national deficit, the Obama administration has only done more damage. Campaigning politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties will make empty promises in order to get elected into the desired office. For example, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson once made a promise to limit Texas Senator’s terms to two terms, but broke the promise on June 17, 2005 when she ran for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Now the Senator is running for Governor of Texas, and promising that if she is elected in 2010 she will introduce legislation that will limit the amount of time a Governor of Texas can serve to two terms. Politicians are constantly making empty promises in order to further their careers. Politicians like Obama promise to lower taxes, send us checks, and make life easy for everyone by giving us handouts. This is a trick that all too many fall for. Rather than voting for the candidate that will make the best decisions for the Country’s welfare as a whole, many Americans simply vote for the candidate that can make life easiest for them. It is a shame that our county’s leaders and potential leaders would take advantage of Americans in this way, but just as much so that there are so many American citizens who either don’t know or don’t care about our nation’s political direction in the slightest. We need to educate ourselves so that we will not be fooled by the propaganda that these people propose to us. After we start making informed voting decisions, and make them with the right motives, maybe then we can elect leaders who will work toward the benefit of the entire country. Furthermore, as Christians, we should always realize that we have an obligation to obey earthly authorities, as long as doing so does not compromise our faith. If our country is one day led into Communism, or some other form of tyranny, and our leaders tax us sore, they are still our authorities, and we must obey them as long as they do not instruct us to sin in some way or another. When it comes to taxes, I strongly disagree with taxpayers funding abortion and other sinful acts. So should I pay taxes if it means funding abortion? consider this passage of scripture:

And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?
Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a denarius.
And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Caesar did terrible things with the money he collected in taxes, yet Jesus told them to pay taxes to him, so shouldn’t we pay taxes to our government? We live in a great country that allows us to choose our leaders, and to have a say in the direction in which our country is led. We have the freedom to come together and worship God without fear of being persecution. But if we lose these privileges, we would still have a duty to be respectful to our authorities. Please post a comment with your thoughts.

Calvin