Expect More

I think I'm in the majority when I say that I'm sick and tired of the federal government wasting our (the people) time and money. On Friday I was listening to Michael Medved talk about the House taking up baseball and steroids ... again -- man, what a waste of our time and money! I don't even understand what they must be thinking to think that it's a good idea to bring the case of baseball and steroids before the House. How is that an issue the federal government needs to get involved in? There are so many federal programs and other things like this that are such a huge waste of time.

On Michael's show he had a government employee on the who was talking about working on identifying and getting rid of or cutting back the worthless programs the federal government is involved in. He directed people to ExpectMore.gov to see the programs they have identified. I think I heard him say that they have identified over 1100 programs totaling 2.3 TRILLION dollars that should be reduced or done away with. It's so hard to ever come to grips with that large of a number. I hope this organization is successful in getting rid of some of these worthless programs and wasteful spending.

Did you know Amtrak is a government subsidized program? On ExpectMore.gov it says,

Amtrak was formed in 1970 to be the Nation's sole provider of intercity passenger rail service. It operates in 46 states and owns and manages the Northeast Corridor rail infrastructure. Though it requires Federal subsidies, Amtrak is a for-profit corporation and makes management decisions independently of the government.

Does that sound like a government monopoly to anyone else? Why did the government need to get involved in that anyway? Why can't we just let the free market/capitalism take care of "intercity passenger rail service"?

Anyway, we need to expect more from the government. Not only expect more, but demand more. We need to make our voices heard.