June 21, 2010

There are many shades of lipstick being applied to the Pig called Globalism.  Some are named “Sustainable Development”; “Quality of Place”; ICLEI  (International Council for Local Environmental Issues)…”Local Governments for Sustainability”; “Public/Private Partnerships”; “Metro 1313”; Agenda 21, and what appears to be the hot new shade “New Markets Tax Credit Program”.

These shades are designed to flummox taxpayers, exploit tax revenues, and to “stack em & pack em”, i.e. force citizens and others to live in more easily controlled environments.  Most high-falutin lipstick shades are designed by faceless, unelected bureaucrats, boards, task forces, study groups, etc.  All influenced by some form of Collectivism.

 Who benefits?  Expansion of government programs like HUD (Dept. of Housing & Urban Development), the developers, contractors, real estate, banks, consultants, and financial professionals.  Other beneficiaries include the deadbeats who take advantage of forced redistribution, enjoying fanfare and impunity.

Who loses?  The hard-working, taxpaying citizens who ask for nothing “free” and make no demands on their neighbors to feed, clothe, or house them, yet are expected to provide those things for mostly irresponsible people, while struggling to provide for their own families in an honorable way.

The exploiters are sly and cunning.  They always camouflage their activities in emotional, politically correct terms…such as “it’s for the children, or the downtrodden, or the homeless, the common good, giving back, making a difference” and all the other contrived bromides being mindlessly spouted on a daily basis.

The exploiters of taxpayers are often also exploiting the labor of illegal aliens whose healthcare, housing, food, education, penal is added to the financial, cultural, and safety burdens of honest citizens.

While the manipulators, public and private, are smirking their way to the bank, citizens’ anger and frustration rapidly grows.  Career politicians are being thrown out and so must career bureaucrats and exploiters.

Barbara McCutchen

Fort Smith