I have heard from a number of people lately that there seems to be a firearms shortage in America the last several moths. Personally I am not a hunter and have no passion about the 2
nd amendment with the exception that the Supreme Court ruled after two hundred years and has said Americans can own firearms. Although, there appears to be a lot of
politicians that don't want Americans to possess guns. There is a huge movement to change the law of the land so the government can limit citizens access to guns.
What really got me thinking lately is the financial melt down we are going through. I think the bottom line is that we have been robbed by a number of different sources. Large corporations, mortgage companies, banks, stock brokerage, insurance companies, legal and illegal
immigrants, etc As I began to start thinking about it, it occurred to me that we pay taxes to be protected from bad forces. We have laws and our governement is suppose to protect us. If my neighbor steals my property I am to call the police (government) and they are going to take the proper actions to retrieve my property. We pay taxes for services but most importantly for law and order; to be protected.
Well the way I see it, we were not protected. The government let their people get robbed. We pay large amounts of money in taxes and apparently it didn't protect us? A few bad apples, some who paid large amounts of money to a number of politicans in what we can campaign contributions were able to take advantage of the system and rob the American people. What surprises me the most is that Congressmen Pelosi , Franks and Senator Dodd, Reid, Durbin and Obama.... no we promoted him, are still running the show. Well in fairness to President Obama, he was a freshmen Senator and busy running for President. I have met him and I personally like President Obama and believe we should give him all our support and see what he does as our leader. He inherited a lot of stuff and a bunch of people I would not want to be on a sinking boat with. Politics is a game and to a certain degree those who get elected have to play it.
I guess I understand why there is a run on guns in this country. Our current government doesn't seem to possess the ability to protect us. They allow our citizens to be robbed and have done very little to protect us. I guess we will have to see if other people are brought to justice when the dust settles.
So I guess I wonder.....Why do we pay taxes?