An article by J.B. Williams in the Canadian Free Press paints a stark portrait of the actions of the current U.S. government -- actions that have been met with silence by the bulk of the U.S. populace.

According to Williams, “After trillions in taxpayer debt has been foolishly poured into the bottomless black hole ... Geithner asks Congress for even broader power to seize private firms as the average American stumbles through their daily routine as if nothing is happening.”

He notes that the new administration has taken the nation from a trillion in debt to over $4 trillion in debt in the first 60 days, with even more federal spending promised.

“I don’t know what it will take to wake up the average American,” writes Williams, “but whatever it is, it hasn’t happened yet.”

My personal comments

As a health care provider this really doesn’t surprise me (Dr. Brad Pennington), because I have observed the same thing on a daily basis for 20 years with peoples bodies and health. Essentially continuing to do more of the same thing that created the problem, hoping that it will magically solve the problem.

This has lead to the most $ of any nation being poured into a non-functioning health care delivery system that has proven to deliver the worst health output as a result. And continuing to pour more $ into the same flawed system has not solved it. Surprise!

Now, ironically, we see the same in our economic crisis. Pouring more $ into a flawed system hoping for magically different results.

The core problem is the same for both scenarios. And that is that people have given up their personal rights to maintain responsibility for themselves and the component of the world they live in.

What do I mean? People have given up their personal responsibility to take care of their bodies, and want Doctors to fix them after their neglect. People have ignored their responsibility to make government accountable to the people and want smooth-talking charismatic leaders to magically guide them and fix their problems. People have given up their responsibility to pay attention to how their elected officials perform and want the television to tell them what is going on. People have giveen up their responsibility to be cautious if the coffee is too hot and want to sue if they burn themselves. People want a paycheck but want to do as little as possible to create value in return. Can you see this around you?

It’s called “Entitlement”, and it will destroy a group, business, or nation as fast as any other disease we know.

Maybe you get it. Maybe you want to start by changing your health and therefore your personal ability to contribute to the solution.

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