Patriot,

The Republic, despite its flaws, has endured
nearly 250 years of bad governing, financial bubbles, collapses,
and of course, wars -- many of which were undeclared.

The genius of the U.S. Constitution's
framework has kept power relatively balanced, even following
times where the executive branch seized too much power over the
daily lives of Americans.

Arguably, we are living through a time of an
unprecedented power grab by the executive branch and its
bureaucracy, and it remains to be seen how balance is restored on
the other side of the Coronacrisis.

What I do know is Americans must reduce their
expectations for what government can do for them.

The more that is asked of government, the
more liberty is lost.

Nor will it ever be a good idea to let
government seize control of major swaths of the economy like they
did to the banking sector in 2008 and the health care system in
2020.

We are much worse for it, and I suspect more
and more people are starting to realize what a mess we're in now
because of our dependency on government.

My column this week is about the many ways
big government has betrayed a trusting public since the beginning
of the "progressive" era and how a truly free society is the way
out.

-Ron






Reduce Expectations of Government

Inflation was an unwelcome guest at this
year's Thanksgiving gatherings. According to the Farm Bureau, a
traditional Thanksgiving meal cost 14 percent more in 2021 than
the same meal cost in 2020. Many families went without certain
Thanksgiving favorites - or limited their guests - to reduce
costs in hopes of saving Christmas from the Grinches at the
Federal Reserve. Sadly, these efforts will not guarantee that
children's Christmas wish lists will be fulfilled because the
government-caused supply shortages have even impacted Santa's
workshop.

Some pundits have suggested that the way to
cope with higher prices and reduced availability of goods is for
people to "lower their expectations." These pundits have
unwittingly stumbled into the truth: The American people should
lower their expectations of government.

Since the Progressive Era, many Americans
have looked to the government for economic security. The result
has been a welfare state that undermines private charities,
families, local communities, and the free market. Development of
entitlement mentality has contributed to the moral crisis facing
the country.

Parents who expected the government to
provide their children with a quality education are discovering
that government schools are more interested in indoctrinating
children in Cultural Marxism. The expectation that the government
ensures everyone has healthcare has resulted in bankrupt
entitlement programs that are major drivers of the nation's
fiscal crisis. It has also led to Obamacare, which has made it
more difficult for many Americans to afford quality health care.


There may be no better symbol of the folly of
looking to government to provide security than the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA). For twenty years, this agency has
subjected Americans to incredible violations of their privacy and
property rights as well as their basic human dignity. Yet
federally funded tests of the TSA have found TSA screenings are
ineffective at stopping would-be terrorists! It is not just the
TSA. The entire unconstitutional surveillance machine created
after 9-11 has done nothing to increase our safety but has done
much to decrease our liberty.

The trillions spent on foreign wars make
Americans less safe by increasing resentment of American foreign
policy. Our foreign policy that enriches the military-industrial
complex and its paid propagandists is another major factor
contributing to a massive fiscal crisis.

A major expectation that people need to
reject is that the Federal Reserve can produce stable prices and
full employment. For fifty years, America has had a pure fiat
currency. The result has been a steady erosion of the dollar's
purchasing power, an increase in economic inequality, a
boom-bubble-bust business cycle, and a steady growth of
government fueled by the Fed's monetization of debt. Despite the
Federal Reserve's record of failure, Audit the Fed legislation
that would allow the American people to learn the full truth
about American monetary policy, continues to be blocked in the
U.S. Senate.

In contrast to the welfare-warfare-regulatory
state, a free society will exceed the people's expectations. A
free market, featuring a currency chosen by the people, not the
government, can meet all people's demands for quality goods and
services. Private charities could effectively and compassionately
take care of those needing help without creating an entitlement
mentality. Schools would view parents as customers and so would
not use the classroom as a vehicle to undermine the parents'
values. We can always expect authoritarianism and poverty from
big government and peace and prosperity from liberty.

For Liberty,

Ron Paul

Chairman

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