Texas GOP Wants More Control Over Our Lives

So, what else is new? The whole point of a Democracy is to permit people to control and determine their own lives, to limit and prevent government from becoming a Dictatorship, in which the people would have no rights and freedom to live as they choose.  So, whatever happened to the GOP platform of less government interference into our lives?  Instead, every few years the Republican party tries to invade our lives with more government control in the form of what often appears to be oppressive and/or racist ballot proposals to change the Constitution.

 Pushes Invasive Constitutional Propositions (Again!)

REVIEW:  2010 GOP Primary

So, what else is new?

 The whole point of a Democracy is to permit people to control and determine their own lives, to limit and prevent government from becoming a Dictatorship, in which the people would have no rights and freedom to live as they choose.

 A mainstay of the Republican Party from its inception to this present day is to ensure less government in our daily lives.  It is one of the main reasons why I became a member of the GOP back in the 1950’s during the Eisenhower administration.  President Eisenhower managed our nation with intelligence and promote actions for the well-being of the entire community.  Back then, when businesses prospered, so did the majority of Americans.  These days, greed overshadows the actions and inactions of our leaders and a significant number of hard-working citizens have become hardly-working Americans, suffering in this leader-imposed economic depression.

 So, whatever happened to the GOP platform of less government interference into our lives?  Instead, every few years the Republican party tries to invade our lives with more government control in the form of what often appears to be oppressive and/or racist ballot proposals to change the Constitution.

 As with previous Republican Primary propositions or ballot initiatives, the five propositions below are non-binding; they are designed to determine how the electorate feels on certain issues.  Overwhelming support for a proposition may lead to legislation being introduced in the future.  This year the GOP is trying to push 5 propositions that further dissolve or impede our inalienable rights.  In brief, they are:   

Proposition 1.    Each registered voter must present a photo ID to vote

Proposition 2.    GOP says we need to control government growth via additional budget restrictions

Proposition 3.    Stop government stimulus and instead cut Federal Income Taxes

Proposition 4.    The GOP wants to force all of us to acknowledge God at public events

Proposition 5.    The party wants to demand sonograms be shown to every woman who elects to have an abortion.

The propositions are NOT on the ballot of the Democrat Primary.

To read the propositions in entirety you may review them on the site of any county election office.  The link below is to the Hays County Election Office.  The propositions are cited at the end of the sample ballot.

 http://www.elections.co.hays.tx.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=DkVp2PWYHj4%3d&tabid=110&mid=438

The problem with all 5 propositions is that once again the GOP is looking to control the public in ways that currently are illegal according the Constitution of the United States of America and the Texas Constitution.

If they were not illegal, there would be no need for the GOP to push for these propositions.

In the U.S. each citizen has the right to determine his/her own lifestyle, religious worship (or not) and medical determinations.

Whether or not members of the GOP believe it or not, the government has no right to demand people to follow directives that do NOT concern government and which actually would impede the rights of all American citizens.  

Consequently, even though the propositions are not binding, voters should mark a big “No” on the GOP primary ballot for each one of the five propositions.  We need less government intervention, NOT more.

(Peter Stern, a former director of information services, university professor and public school administrator, is a disabled Vietnam veteran who lives in Driftwood, Texas.)