Do You Ever Wonder Why?
FVI Federal Committee Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:49PM My mind has been full of questions these last few months and I realized that they all relate back to one basic question: Why is the Left so obsessed with taking over the USA and remaking it in their image?
In all of human history, the American form of government has no equal. Due to the Founders’ knowledge of history and learning from its lessons, they were able to avoid many of the problems of previous civilizations. They made every attempt to strike a very delicate balance between too much government and not enough. Conservatives like me tend to think that they did a pretty good job of striking that balance.
It is quite evident that they really did think of the USA as a series of sovereign states, wherein the real power resided. The states were, in turn, linked together by a Federal government that would coordinate efforts and provide for a common defense. To demonstrate the regard the Founders had for state government, they actually thought that a person might spend time in office at the federal level in order to get enough experience to be worthy to hold office at the state level.
If these intentions of the Founders had been followed what a different country we would see now!
It is also because of the system set up by the Founders that the potential for individual achievement was unleashed. I believe that the unleashing of individual potential is what we call “capitalism.“ Before the Founding, most of human history consisted of captivity, subjugation and suffering for the majority of people (except for those in power). As a direct result of the freedom to try and succeed (or fail), to freely associate and to rise above one’s humble origins, America quickly went from a backwoods colony to a rising presence on the world stage.
About a hundred years ago, the first real hint of socialism showed up and it has become a huge presence in recent decades. Today, the Left is very influential, as evidenced by our vastly stronger and ever bigger central government and its myriad rules and regulations over all of our lives.
What I wonder is, with the large number of other countries all over the world that have embraced socialism, why can’t the Progressives leave just one country to the Conservatives to live in the freedom that was envisioned by the Founders?
Having immigrated (legally) from one such socialist country, Canada, I can honestly say that leaving one’s country of birth is not such a bad thing if you believe you are going to improve your living situation and live in freedom. In fact, it is much like moving from one state to another to find the best fit for my individual philosophy and lifestyle.
In the last few years, we have seen an acceleration of socialism in America and some moves toward greater freedom in Canada. This situation makes it very tempting to take a serious look at moving back to Canada to pursue a better economic situation. What has kept me from that are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I believe that these documents and what they stand for are the roadmap to the future we, as Conservatives, are looking for.
It is the desire to restore the principles in those documents that has led me to join with the like-minded people of the Fox Valley Initiative. Just as those on the Left act in groups to influence the direction of our society, we on the Right must join together to take our country back from the socialists.
FVI is the group that I chose to join. Is it the best one in the Valley? Sure, but that is not my real point here. There are a number of fine groups out there and most of them do some coordination with other groups. My real “call to action” is for each of us to get involved with our like-minded neighbors and move toward our common goal of putting our precious and unique country back on the path our Founders started for us. We must not allow the Left to continue taking our country down the path toward dependency on and enslavement to the State.
By Donald Maes, Member of Fox Valley Initiative
