Politicians Ain't Stupid

Some of the things that our elected officials have been doing leave most of us scratching our heads thinking "these people are crazy, they should know that spending and putting us further into debt is not going to make the economy recover." For a few years I have tossed around the idea that all of these idiotic policies are by design. This is not some kind of freak conspiracy theory here. If you just follow things to their logical conclusion by continuing to ask "why" you can see that there is no other outcome than one by design, and both republicans and democrats are in on it. Both parties are full of progressives that want to see the United States of America, as we know it, destroyed. To prove my point read this recent article:

"The year is 2020 and the gasoline tax is history. In its place you get a monthly tax bill based on each mile you drove — tracked by a Global Positioning System device in your car and uploaded to a billing center.
What once was science fiction is being field-tested by the University of Iowa to iron out the wrinkles should a by-the-mile road tax ever be enacted.
Besides the technological advances making such a tax possible, the idea is getting a hard push from a growing number of transportation experts and officials. That is because the traditional by-the-gallon fuel tax, struggling to keep up with road building and maintenance demands, could fall even farther behind as vehicles' gas mileage rises and more alternative-fuel vehicles come on line."
(So the government takes over the car industry pushing out the cars that Americans want to drive and forcing car manufacturers to build small fuel efficient cars. Strange. As gas mileage goes up, tax revenues on gas goes down because we will be spending less on gas. Government solution: BIG BROTHER TAKES AWAY YOUR PRIVACY)

"The idea of shifting to a by-the-mile tax has been discussed for years, but it now appears to be getting more serious attention. A federal commission, after a two-year study, concluded earlier this year that the road tax was the "best path forward" to keep revenues flowing to highway and transportation projects, and could be an important new tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion.
The decision by the 15-member National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission was unanimous, which surprised Robert Atkinson, the group's chairman. But he said it became clear as the commission's work progressed that a road tax on miles traveled was the best option.
"If you're committed to the system being improved then it was a no-brainer," he said."
Read Full Article Here: http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1299981.html

Now I thought that there was already a strange little device that counted mileage. . . oh yes that's right it's called an odometer. Just go back and re-read this article and ask why. A quick run down here: Government throws us into a financial crisis, government takes over car industry forcing them to build smaller more fuel efficient cars, taxes revenue goes down (government plays magic trick showing us this hand saying "we need to have a per mile tax to help maintain your roads), government passes new per mile tax. Is this not obvious? This is an excuse to track our movements, just like placing camera's everywhere. This is an incredible invasion of our privacy. If the government is wanting to really put a per mile tax on us a simple inspection would provide all the information they would need by reading our odometer every year. Remember having to go get your emissions inspection every year. So "WHY" do they want a GPS system in your car again? You tell me what you come up with.

Related blog on Security VS. Freedom: http://cincinnatus17.blogspot.com/2009/06/security-vs-freedom.html