The American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet
#329
This essay was written several years ago but the situation is still pretty much the same today.
"Putting Numbers & Common Sense in Perspective"
There
is a small church outside of town with less than a thousand members,
about 537 to be exact.
The reason I know it's
537 is because there's a small town
just South of us that
has a population of 537.
Sort of like "Hick Town
USA". Blink and you will miss it.
You know 537 is not a
lot of people, then when you divide them in half,
say like 268 on one side
of town that works for the egg factory,
and 269 on the other
side of town that works at the lumber mill
the numbers really do
seem small.
Of course we do have
a few larger cities close by with populations over 50,000.
Day-to-day the people
in the larger cities don't worry
about the small towns
coming in and overtaking them through land-grabs,
annexation, raising their
taxes,
or taking over their
schools.
No, it's pretty quiet
around here.
You
know, come to think of it,
these are exactly the
same numbers we have ruling our federal government.
We have 537: 435
members in the House, 100 Senators, 1 President, and 1 Vice President,
which makes 537.
Then we have pretty much
an even split of 268 Democrats and 269 Republicans.
Just think of it, we
have 268 Democrats who want this or that,
and 269 Republicans who
did, or want this or
that. Of course,
when the national TV
media say the words "Democrats" it implies millions,
or many more than just
268 people.
The same thing applies
when they say "Republicans Rule",
rather than saying 269
Republicans rule.
I guess they want to
imply that you and I are out numbered.
Sorta like making the
Indians think there's more soldiers inside the fort
than there really are
and they won't attack.
You know, there's strength
in numbers.
It makes them think the
whole Country wants this sort of thing
and the whole country
is obligated to pay for it.
And politics pretty much
remain the same, legal or not (Constitutional).
We cowardly refuse to
face down 269 everyday common people.
Oh, you say not everyday
common people?
Trust me, they
are human.
They crawl into their
pants one leg at a time just like we do.
Just because you go to
church, it doesn't make you a Christian,
nor does going to McDonalds
make you a hamburger.
And believe it or not,
being elected or appointed to a government office
doesn't make you GOD!
The
estimated population of the United States is 283,838,662.
There's an estimated
132 million taxpayers.
The National Taxpayer's
Union says taxes have gone up 175,000% in the last 83 years.
The U.S. National Debt
is over 5.7 trillion dollars.
Newly elected Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton has to rent a 7,909 sq. ft. office
for $514,148 per year
at the taxpayers expense.
The taxpayers will also
provide her husband "Bubba" an office for $350,000 per year.
Other past examples of
brain disorders include: