The other day the national debt went over $20 trillion dollars. That means every man, woman, child, legal or illegal owes the federal government $60.978. When I saw that, I had to wonder what in the world they were spending that money on. So I looked at congresses promises and it is all for welfare (food, housing, clothing, medical care), education and roads. 47% - 90% of the debt goes to welfare and "helping" programs.
Simply put, the government is not getting their money’s worth. Beggars and street bums are at an all time high in Alameda county. There are random people building homeless camps in the corner of our church parking lot. A couple right now are laying down and fast asleep on the back porch of our church. With that much money, we could build housing that would equal the Hilton. We could build rehab. However, we would have to force people to go to rehab (no, no, no) and force people to live in these places. Many of the people I have gotten to know are mentally ill and even more are enjoying some addiction. They are getting what they want living on the street.
Yet we spend and spend and spend and we do not get anything for our money. Eventually, the people who are paying for all this will cease to get the government services and riots, like Greece and Venezuela will result. There is no accountability on the spending and no one is checking on whether we are getting anything for our money. Turn the $20 trillion around. Would America be different if every person in the country got $60,978? Some would save it, most would spend it and it would certainly boost the economy, but at what cost. Instead, the money is just wasted.
My thought is that since the average age of the senators is in their 70s, they believe that they will be dead and gone before it hits the fan. Because each senator is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, they must feel isolated from anything that could happen.
My final thought is that America is quite large. It is the third largest country in the world. Therefore, it would take a while for riots in DC to reach California. Each state, each county, each city would fall and respond at different rates. So, the events of Greece and Venezuela are magnified because they are tiny.
We Christians must trust God. I will continue to preach Christ crucified so that when it all falls apart, more people will be going to heaven. I will teach that the government is not God, and the true God of the universe is completely sovereign. Wasting money with no results is a problem and one of the reasons is greed and the wickedness of the human heart. God may not fix the debt, but he will save people for his own glory in spite of the debt. So we all need to pray for a better government and more rational leaders and for God to show his eternal glory to anyone who doubts him.
Simply put, the government is not getting their money’s worth. Beggars and street bums are at an all time high in Alameda county. There are random people building homeless camps in the corner of our church parking lot. A couple right now are laying down and fast asleep on the back porch of our church. With that much money, we could build housing that would equal the Hilton. We could build rehab. However, we would have to force people to go to rehab (no, no, no) and force people to live in these places. Many of the people I have gotten to know are mentally ill and even more are enjoying some addiction. They are getting what they want living on the street.Yet we spend and spend and spend and we do not get anything for our money. Eventually, the people who are paying for all this will cease to get the government services and riots, like Greece and Venezuela will result. There is no accountability on the spending and no one is checking on whether we are getting anything for our money. Turn the $20 trillion around. Would America be different if every person in the country got $60,978? Some would save it, most would spend it and it would certainly boost the economy, but at what cost. Instead, the money is just wasted.
My thought is that since the average age of the senators is in their 70s, they believe that they will be dead and gone before it hits the fan. Because each senator is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, they must feel isolated from anything that could happen.
My final thought is that America is quite large. It is the third largest country in the world. Therefore, it would take a while for riots in DC to reach California. Each state, each county, each city would fall and respond at different rates. So, the events of Greece and Venezuela are magnified because they are tiny.
We Christians must trust God. I will continue to preach Christ crucified so that when it all falls apart, more people will be going to heaven. I will teach that the government is not God, and the true God of the universe is completely sovereign. Wasting money with no results is a problem and one of the reasons is greed and the wickedness of the human heart. God may not fix the debt, but he will save people for his own glory in spite of the debt. So we all need to pray for a better government and more rational leaders and for God to show his eternal glory to anyone who doubts him.
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