Charlie
Graham
COLUMNIST
- Montgomery Advertiser, 30 Oct
2015, p. 8A
Presidents
come and go. Who makes a mark and what kind? There are always the die-hard
political party pleasers. Then we may be blessed with one that deviates.
The
Democratic platform routinely comes with promises of more government bloat and
overreach, inexorable debt and no intent to pay. Americans, other than those
living off of the government, care about the precipitous unfunded liabilities,
deficits and debts of government at all levels.
As per
our Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, in order to form a more perfect union,
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the
general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, we do ordain and establish this Constitution.
All
government officials take an oath to uphold the Constitution. Notice that the
Preamble states that all objectives and obligations apply equally to ourselves
and our posterity. Our posterity means all future generations of people.
Obviously the vast majority of our citizens and politicians feel that there is
no relevance between the framers of the Constitution and the current more
sophisticated society of today, and their asinine inference of extending our
implied covenant with future generations, is fatuously ludicrous.
An
interesting note revealed by columnist Steve Flowers recently is that our U.S.
Senator Richard Shelby, in each of his 29 years of tenure, has introduced a
bill that would mandate a balanced budget each year. Thanks to Democrats,
including the president, Congress can only muster budget parcel approvals and
raise the debt ceiling.
Constitutional
repudiation has been the accepted practice since the beginning of the War
Between the States. They had to call it a Civil War in order to give credence
to Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus through which he incarcerated the
majority of Maryland’s legislature, without stating charges, precluding a vote
to secede. He did the same with numerous newspaper editors who printed anything
anti-Lincoln. He went out of his way to refer to the South as states in
rebellion, which he felt allowed him to scratch habeas corpus and orchestrate
the war without Congress. The South did not rebel, it repelled.
After
the War most of the South became Federal chattel. It was stripped and decimated
by the War and placed under military rule for twelve years. Most prominent
Southerners fought in the Confederate military and were therefore denied any
voting rights or political activity. The federal government, carpetbaggers and
scalawags exploited and speciously acquired property.
I
don’t think that Northerners ever want to bother themselves by vetting the
changes in their lives since that epoch in history. They lost their individual
freedoms and states rights just as the Southerners did. All of the useless
constitutional rhetoric about the people delegating powers to the government
went up in smoke with each Union cannon blast.
Whether
they make sense or not, the political platforms of the parties have emaciated
our fiscal health.
It is
clear the legislative branch of the government should make all laws. But
currently our laws are made by Obama executive orders and the U.S. Supreme
Court’s bizarre applications.
You
can forget any wholesome consideration for future generations with an
advertised burgeoning $18.3 trillion debt which Truth In Accounting says
is actually $82 trillion. Our politicians don’t kick cans, they kick
snowballs.
Every
time that I read about another federal grant, I cringe with two thoughts. If
this money is needed here, why didn’t it stay here, and in consideration of the
national debt, how did it get appropriated?
One
thing is sure about this presidential election, if Democrats gain control of
one House or the White House, I doubt that divine intervention will be
efficacious.
Charlie
Graham writes from Prattville. His column usually appears on alternate
Thursdays. Send email to grahamchalie@gmail.com.
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