Thoughts on government

I'm happy to discover that there are people who read my blogs, it is my goal to get 5,000 followers of my blog so anyone that you can email or tell about my blogs, it would be appreciated. I'm going to continue a vein that I espoused in an earlier blog on government corruption. I may have been wrong when I wrote that cops were the biggest revenue generators in the community. I have discovered additional information that (after percolating in the old brain cells for a while) has caused me much angst. It seems that it's not just the cops that are programmed to generate revenue, but a lot of government entities have the power and ability to do so as well.

Many of the individuals I know are primarily interested in living life, enjoying their families and the freedom that the America has to offer. I am a lot like that. However, I am also extremely worried about the direction we are traveling as a nation. I especially worry that government entities now own and are stock holders in a vast array of businesses. These financial and auto company bailouts are especially troublesome mainly because of the degree of arrogance it takes to say to the American public 'we are wasting your dollars and it does not matter what you think about it!'

Some news reports have stated that the vast majority of taxpayers are against these bailouts, yet our elected officials could not care less. What can we do? That is the question I keep asking myself. I have recently discovered that most government (local, state and federal) entities have two sets of financial records. One set is the budget numbers, the other is the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The CAFR contains a much more enlightening look at what government is spending our tax dollars on. So, here is what I am going to do; I'm going to request copies of that report from my local school district and city government using the Freedom of Information Act. Once I have received the information I will post it here. You may perhaps say 'what good is that?' and to that I reply 'it's what I can do'. If I think of other further actions I will take those as well. Any ideas? Anyone besides me care? Let me know.