Sound Familiar?
I spent a bit of time perusing the internet the other day and read some chilling stories about how government has treated select groups of people.
One group of people had marginalized citizenry, was prohibited from certain areas and received reduced rations going without public transportation.
Another group of people had marginalized citizenry, was prohibited from certain areas and received reduced rations also going without public transportation.
In both cases the government legitimized the seizure of personal property for redistribution and labeled such targeting as a national security measure. In both cases only those not fitting a particular point of view were targeted. In both cases it appears as if the rest of the nation went along with it, for awhile.
Who am I referring to? In the first illustration, I am referring to the Holocost where over 11 million people were relocated and murdered because they did not fit a certain profile. In the second illustration, I am referring to the Japanese Internment in the United States where over 120,000 Japense Americans were relocated and financially ruined because they were simply Japanese. In each situation, two different types of governments singled out particular people groups supposedly to protect its citizens. A government entity was making politically-based decisions.
Today we have the same thing happening only Americans are not alarmed enough for my taste. A government entity is making politically-based decisions. A branch of government called the Internal Revenue Service has been secretly targeting people groups with a political bent that has been deemed unacceptable. The IRS has appointed itself a judge and jury by conducting extra scrutiny on conservative organizations while lightening its reins and exempting liberal organizations at the same time. Now there is a flurry of hearings and fingers politically pointed at the Republican Party for "making a non-issue such an issue."
According to a Gallop poll, the breakdown of American political views is as follows: 40% Conservative, 35% Moderate and 21% Liberal. So, people in the lowest populated people group are rearing up against a group nearly twice its size. Who do they claim to represent?
Until recently, I did not know the role the IRS will play as the socialized medicine plan (ObamaCare) unrolls. The plan that was largely unread by those in congress who voted for it. It is the IRS who will determine who qualifies for health care based on income. Does the government taking on a role affecting private citizens sound familiar yet?
So, people untrained in the medical or social service professions will literally be deciding our fate based on their charts and computer codes. We will be numbers, face-less numbers. Part of someone's job duty during a shift. Don't expect that the individuals with this responsibility will have much life experience not to mention advanced education. I expect that the inflated salaries will be reserved for the manager-number-crunchers higher up.
Every American will lose their privacy and liberty at the hands of at least two interwoven government agencies. I venture that not a single family will go untouched in this marginalization. A liberal group may get better tax treatment, but we're all getting medically scrutinized and lost in red tape.
It's happening again, only no one is exempt this time. It only took 64 years from one world-wide horror to the white-collar one on simmer. Sound familiar?
One group of people had marginalized citizenry, was prohibited from certain areas and received reduced rations going without public transportation.
Another group of people had marginalized citizenry, was prohibited from certain areas and received reduced rations also going without public transportation.
In both cases the government legitimized the seizure of personal property for redistribution and labeled such targeting as a national security measure. In both cases only those not fitting a particular point of view were targeted. In both cases it appears as if the rest of the nation went along with it, for awhile.
Who am I referring to? In the first illustration, I am referring to the Holocost where over 11 million people were relocated and murdered because they did not fit a certain profile. In the second illustration, I am referring to the Japanese Internment in the United States where over 120,000 Japense Americans were relocated and financially ruined because they were simply Japanese. In each situation, two different types of governments singled out particular people groups supposedly to protect its citizens. A government entity was making politically-based decisions.
Today we have the same thing happening only Americans are not alarmed enough for my taste. A government entity is making politically-based decisions. A branch of government called the Internal Revenue Service has been secretly targeting people groups with a political bent that has been deemed unacceptable. The IRS has appointed itself a judge and jury by conducting extra scrutiny on conservative organizations while lightening its reins and exempting liberal organizations at the same time. Now there is a flurry of hearings and fingers politically pointed at the Republican Party for "making a non-issue such an issue."
According to a Gallop poll, the breakdown of American political views is as follows: 40% Conservative, 35% Moderate and 21% Liberal. So, people in the lowest populated people group are rearing up against a group nearly twice its size. Who do they claim to represent?
Until recently, I did not know the role the IRS will play as the socialized medicine plan (ObamaCare) unrolls. The plan that was largely unread by those in congress who voted for it. It is the IRS who will determine who qualifies for health care based on income. Does the government taking on a role affecting private citizens sound familiar yet?
So, people untrained in the medical or social service professions will literally be deciding our fate based on their charts and computer codes. We will be numbers, face-less numbers. Part of someone's job duty during a shift. Don't expect that the individuals with this responsibility will have much life experience not to mention advanced education. I expect that the inflated salaries will be reserved for the manager-number-crunchers higher up.
Every American will lose their privacy and liberty at the hands of at least two interwoven government agencies. I venture that not a single family will go untouched in this marginalization. A liberal group may get better tax treatment, but we're all getting medically scrutinized and lost in red tape.
It's happening again, only no one is exempt this time. It only took 64 years from one world-wide horror to the white-collar one on simmer. Sound familiar?
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