Inner City Turmoil and Other Crises . . .

[redcliffsw]

As the size of government grew and cracks in the system became readily apparent, a federal police force was needed to regulate our lives and the economy, as well as to protect us from ourselves and make sure the redistribution of a shrinking economic pie was "fair" to all. Central economic planning requires an economic police force to monitor every transaction of all Americans. Special interests were quick to get governments to regulate everything we put in our bodies: food, medications, and even politically correct ideas. IRS employees soon needed to carry guns to maximize revenue collections.

The global commitment to perpetual war, though present for decades, exploded in size and scope after 9/11. If there weren't enough economic reasons to monitor everything we did, fanatics used the excuse of national security to condition the American people to accept total surveillance of all by the NSA, the TSA, FISA courts, the CIA, and the FBI. The people even became sympathetic to our government's policy of torture.

To keep the people obedient to statism that originated at the federal level of government, control of education was required. It is now recognized that central control of education has actually ruined education, while costs have skyrocketed. National control of medical care has brought a similar result. This has meant more money for bureaucrats, as well as drug, insurance, and health management companies, and less money for medical care. Constantly more police are required to run our lives at greater costs while providing less benefit. "Nationalizing" both medical care and education has provided a great incentive to increase the policing powers of the federal government.
-Ron Paul

Good American read:
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2015/january/08/inner-city-turmoil-and-other-crises-my-predictions-for-2015/

[Varmit]

Ron Paul is a moron!!! It's not like this has been going on in just the last 20 years, this country has ALWAYS been run by special interests and big money! Baby steps have been taken to get us to this point of acceptance of a large government that dominates every aspect of our lives. Don't believe me?...just look around! Even the most die hard flag waving patriots will support the governments intrusion so long as it's done in the name of national security.