Now that the election is over and the dust is settling,
it is fascinating to observe the administration reinforcing their positions.
The electorate voted to put the brakes on the dominating Federal government.
The President declared after the loss that voters simply didn’t comprehend what
he was trying to accomplish. His unpopularity is due to a lack of understanding
by the citizenry, not the policies.
Last week a video surfaced of Obamacare architect
Jonathan Gruber speaking at a conference on March 12, 2014. Addressing the
Affordable Health Care Act, he stated that the lack of transparency was a major
factor in getting the bill passed because the “stupidity of the American voter”
would have killed the law if they knew what was in it.
The paternalism in dismissing the will of the populace
is further evidenced in the administration’s threat to use executive action to
deal with immigration issues. There is no area of daily life that the central
planners consider off limits. Consider the mandated school lunches that the
students refused to eat.
This brings me to the “No to the National Monument” vote.
If the administration thinks that the monument designation is a good idea, they
won’t pay attention to the voices of Fremont County. The last best hope for
Island Park is that Congress will keep the administration so busy that we will
drop off their radar.
The central planners make life too difficult. The private
sector has been forced to downsize due to the economy and new regulations. Simplicity
is always the best route to solve a problem, but that doesn’t require hordes of
bureaucrats.
