In a Troubled World, Trust Our Roots

I was chatting with a friend the other day and he was telling me of the enormous difficulty he is having getting the benefits from the Veteran’s Administration which he is due by law. He told me how hard it is to communicate with them and what a struggle it is to complete their piles of paperwork. He added that many people would simply give up and throw in the towel.
Fortunately for him, however, he has a friend who is well versed in the labyrinth that is the VA, and he is helping him through that maze. His helper told him that an essential element is political pull, that even if he ran the paperwork gauntlet perfectly, without the political connections, he still would not likely receive his due. (And this is America?!)
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If we don’t respect our Constitution, our nation
has no anchor, and without it, who knows
where we will drift, but it will be no place good.
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Why do they make it so difficult? Wouldn’t it be much easier for both the VA and the applicant for the VA to streamline the process and to simply grant what the person has coming? The obvious answer to this question is, yes. So why don’t they do it? Because they can’t. They have a budget that requires they ration their care. If they provided services in an open-handed fashion, they would quickly overrun their budget.
The situation above, plus the recent public criticism of the medical care the VA provides, gives us a window into where Obamacare is going. We will have to ration care or blow the budget; given that the federal budget is already way out of whack, that isn’t a rational option.
When our Constitution was drafted, it provided the federal government with limited, enumerated powers, which we have sailed vastly beyond. A century ago, the federal government spent three cents of every dollar we earned; now it spends 20 cents of each of our dollars.
If over time governments worldwide had demonstrated superior skills in managing a complex society, we would be more open to that idea; the fact is, the opposite is the case. The abortive way the federal government has attempted to take charge of America’s entire health care system shows us in no uncertain terms why we don’t want them directing it.
Whether or not you are inclined toward politics, you ought to make the upcoming November election a priority and challenge every candidate’s faithfulness to our Constitution.
When choosing among the candidates, we should ask ourselves which candidates hold our Constitution in high regard. Our Constitution is our nation’s firm anchor and has created a time-tested, sound mechanism for millions of people of all ages, races and nationalities to function together in a way unseen since the beginning of civilization.
Our Constitution calls for Congress to make our laws, not the president doing as he pleases and telling us, “If Congress Won’t Act, I Will.” You will do what? Our Constitution empowers him only to execute laws they make. That is why programs like the VAs and Obamacare aren’t functioning, because Congress is not functioning as it was designed.
If we don’t respect our Constitution, our nation has no anchor, and without it, who knows where we will drift, but it will be no place good.
From the Bible
Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, for the LORD will be your confidence Proverbs 3:25-26