Federal Government Led Astray

Tony Phrillas highlights an editorial that is on the money in The Mercury News.

A sane person knows government always fails

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.

Programs thrust upon us instituted by the federal government over the years, using our tax dollars, have all had the same end result:

Social Security — 74 years to get it right — broke

Fannie Mae — 71 years to get it right — broke

Freddie Mac — 39 years to get it right — broke

War on poverty — 45 years to get it right — broke

War on drugs — 48 years to get it right — broke

Medicare — 44 years to get it right — broke

Medicaid — 44 years to get it right — broke

U.S. Postal Service — 234 years to get it right —broke

Cash for Clunkers — 1 year to get it right — broke

Federal Housing Administration — 75 years to get it right — broke

Highway Trust fund — 53 years to get it right — broke

Federal Unemployment Trust Fund — 74 years to get it right — broke

Department of Energy — 32 years to get it right. Created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, it has ballooned to 16,000 federal employees with a budget of $24 billion a year. We now import more oil than ever before. Failure.

Now the federal government wants us to believe that this new government-run health care system will end with a different result. If we believe that, we are nuts!

JERRY CROWLEY

Boyertown