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Do you trust the government? Should you trust the government?
It is an age-old question. Alexander Hamilton wrote about it in the Federalist Papers.
Tell me: When did it become okay for the intelligence agencies to lie on sworn warrants to spy on their political rivals? When did it become okay for the sitting secretary of state to put classified documents on an unsecured home server then destroy the evidence when she got caught? When did it become okay for the vice president to engage in extortion in exchange for the aid of American taxpayers to a foreign government? When did it become okay for our intelligence officials to lie about evidence that the FBI had in its possession, calling it "Russian disinformation?" When did it become for politicians to encourage attacks on their political and ideological opponents, to riot and burn down towns and businesses, then actively fundraise to pay for bail and legal representation for those criminals? And finally, when did it become okay to use lawfare executed by the justice department and politically motivated like-minded state prosecutors to eliminate political rivals and attempt to intimidate anybody who disagreed and attempted to hold accountable those in power?
Ask yourself this. If President Trump was really trying to engage in an insurrection, why did he ask the secretary of defense to send national guard troops to the capital 3 days before the event, and ask those gathered to act peaceful and patriotically ? Then ask yourself this. Why would the so-called fact checkers at major news outlets like the Washington Post and USA Today lie about it when the January 6 committee had documents in addition to the testimony of Kash Patel and Mark Meadows, as well as the guard commanders in DC, that prove Trump did.
Perhaps the bigger question is does the government trust YOU? If the government trusts you, would they lock you down in your house and close your business? Would there be a "strike team?" Would they mandate that you take an experimental unproven vaccine or risk losing your freedoms? Would they tell you that you can't peacefully gather for worship? Mandate that you wear a mask at all times even though there is no scientific evidence that masks are effective at stopping transmission of an airborne virus? If the government trusts you, would they collude with big tech to censor your speech, collect your personal communications, and then lie about it? If the government trusts you, would it unconstitutionally change state election laws, and take money from private industry to gather and cure ballots, but only in democrat leaning precincts?
So the answer is no, no, and no. The government doesn't trust you and you shouldn't trust the government. Our constitutional republic form of government mandates that the government exists only through the consent to the governed, and the government serves the people, not the people serving the government. We need to ask ourselves who in our government can we really trust, and then support them while demanding that they trust our wisdom as voters, the wisdom of our founders, and first and foremost the wisdom of God. We need to demand it in our speech and enforce it with our votes. It was the intent of the founders and it is the only way this grand American experiment in freedom and self governance will succeed and last.
And as for trusting the government, the old saying is correct. If you trust the government, you ain't read a history book.
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