Why did Texas refuse money from FedZilla?

Why did Texas tell Fedzilla thanks, but, no thanks? As it is, from my perspective, here in Texas, the polititians that you never hear about, are, invisible, because if you don’t hear any loud exchanges, there is no media coverage.

This is just wrong! I want everyone to know that I am not the only one that does not want anything from FedZilla except for what it is supposed to provide, as in The Constitution. Texas Governor, Rick Perry has declined the money from that Porkulus bill, why? Here is an excerpt from a video, found on the Governors website. (note that I would have the video here but it is not embeddable)

After careful review of the federal government’s stimulus package, Gov. Perry opted against the required expansion of the state’s unemployment insurance program, due to its long-term negative impact on the Texas economy

Here is a link to the site so that you can hear it yourself, there are also other audio messages that you can listen to. I am sorry that the rest of the world is having problems, but, if you visit Texas, you will not see the same issues, things are pretty good here actually, I am proud of Governor Perry for having the intelligence, and the guts, to Just Say No!

I am hoping to see him show up at one of the Tea Parties in Texas on April 15th, but I doubt that he will, although, that would be a fantastic political move for the next election! I have a feeling that the next elections are going to bring “Real” and drastic changes to our government, because from the signs at the tea parties, and all of the talk at The912Project.com, I can hardly wait!

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Left or Right, is it all about Perspective?

I think I am starting to understand what is wrong with people, yes, all of us, myself included. I am finding that it just depends on which side of the fence you live on, where you are in life, what you want out of life, and, what you are willing to sacrifice to get there.

If you grow up in a conservative family, a liberal family, a family with money, a family with even modest means, you are going to see things completely different that someone who grows up on welfare, right? As I see it, the person that grows up having everything and the person without, have entirely different perspectives, one side of the fence is painted, one is bare.

I am not a Republican, but I am definitely not a Democrat, as I have written before, I am just to the right of the middle, and I believe that most Americans are that way, either a little left or right of center. This said, why can’t we agree? One word, Perspective.

I believe that the goal for ALL Americans should be the same, to better their standing in life, to EARN more, and to HELP others to earn more, I do not believe that anyone should get a FREE RIDE! I do believe that those that have, should help those that do not, but, it should be by choice, not a new law or tax that forces one to give. Remember any big crisis, Katrina, 9/11, the Tsunami, whatever, Americanas always give what they can, to help!

Those that can’t work of course need help, the elderly, the sick, and so on, but, those that are physically able do not need an excuse, an incentive to not try and improve their situation.

Here is another perspective, if you grew up on welfare, you were always taught that welfare was a way of life, that the only way to get what you want or need is to find new ways to work the system, someone like that sees things way differently. Then of course you have that spoiled rotten rich kid, the guy that gets everything and appreciates nothing, believe it or not, I see more similarities between these two than do I see differences, yep, neither one wants to work!

So, how does this all work out? Who pays what? Well, of course it depends on how much you make, but if you are like me, at the bottom of the heap, you really cannot complain, so, why is it that the Democrats always talk so bad about the rich folks not paying enough?

Take a look at the next image, maybe that will help you see things, from a different perspective?

If you will notice, those of us at the bottom do not have much CHANGE ahead, only those that have done better in life, those that have been “successful” will now be penalized for having done so.

If you “forcefully” take away from one group, to give to another, that is just wrong. Americans are the most generous people on the planet, look at the donations to the Tsunami victims, Katrina, 9/11, and so on, if you take away from those that voluntarily give, will they be as generous?  By imposing penalties for success, and prizes for failure, what kind of message are we sending to the kids? Will the next generation say hey, why try, I can just sit back and get paid, why bother with Law School? At the same time, if you make it easy for anyone and everyone to go to college, what keeps the more qualified from reaching the top? I look at it this way, if you see what is happening in our public schools, the teachers are spread too thin, there are too many kids that just don’t care, that do not work as hard and frankly, just are not as smart, should we hold back the smart kids, the ones that are willing to sacrifice and work hard, just to help the others that will not? If the incentive to succeed is removed, then everyone will be wanting a handout!

There are always exceptions to every rule, that is what proves the rule to be true, but by turning the country into a Socialist society, all we do is change everyone’s perspective to the same view, that is just “Un-American”. The very thing that makes America great is that we have a different perspective than the rest of the world, we see that if you work extra hard, you can get to the top, what will happen to America if the top means that we are all the same? There is a reason that Doctors and Lawyers have nicer homes than butchers or janitors, there is a reason that business owners make more money than their employees, if we all turn into robots, waiting on government to solve our problems, all we will ever have, is problems!

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