Why I’m Running for U.S. Congress
My name is B.J. Lawson, and I am running for Congress as a Republican to restore a Constitutional federal government. Washington must balance its budget, stop serving corporate interests, and allow us to prosper as free, entrepreneurial Americans instead of dividing us into special interest groups that fight each other for government handouts.
Big government inevitably becomes a tool for corporate and special interests instead of a guardian of individual liberty. Today, big government has given us significant problems: rising food prices, jobs going overseas, illegal immigration, porous borders, failing education, war and occupation, foreign oil addiction, unsustainable entitlement spending, and a crushing debt burden. Since our bloated bureaucracy caused these problems, more bureaucracy cannot solve them. Instead, we need a smaller federal government that is focused on its Constitutional responsibilities.
It's time for us to come together as free Americans and restore prosperity and liberty. While we are in a challenging position, we can change our direction by realizing our future success does not come from begging a bankrupt federal government for help. Our success as America comes from your potential as a free American to help yourself, and your fellow citizens. Freedom isn't free — it requires a lot of hard work. But liberty is priceless.
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Big Government, Small Churches
As we celebrate Independence Day, it’s a great time to reflect on how dependent we’ve become on a federal government that knows and respects no boundaries. The statistics are stunning, and best shown by the simple chart to the right. The red bars show government spending growing 4 times faster than the economy, from 12% prior to the New Deal, to 43% today. The blue bars show non-government, private spending declining over that same time period from 88% down to 57% today.
The vast majority of Americans are concerned about our nation’s direction. What is astonishing, however, is that after 80 years of growing government to our nation’s detriment, many Americans are still looking for the government to “help”. If we’re not pleased with government “assistance” at this point, how can we justify giving additional money and power to government that increasingly serves itself as opposed to the people?
Self-serving government exists at every level: federal, state, and local. At the federal level, the Congressional pension program will provide a lifetime of benefits to David Price when he leaves Congress. I can’t think of a single competitive industry that still offers a pension ...
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