The Rise of the US Empire

There are some frightening similarities between the rise of the Roman empire, and the rise of the US empire.  Much like America, Rome was a republic.  It wasn't until Augustus, who gave tons of money to the poor, that Rome became an empire.

I'm seeing a lot of unnecessary poverty in the US these days.  People want to start a business and earn an honest living, but the government tells them no?  There is a 13 year old who CHOSE to earn a living by mowing lawns, saving $1200 and then buying a hot dog cart.  This boy was told that he wasn't allowed to sell after all the precautions that he took getting permits from the city and asking them about zoning and everything.  He made no money and he had to sell the cart.  There are farmers in Michigan who were forced to slaughter their own pigs because the government told them that the pigs are dangerous (which was a lie).  Amish dairy farmers can't sell their raw milk and young girls are having their lemonade stands shut down.  There are African hair braiders in Utah that are told that they have to get a license to do cosmetology in order to braid hair; meanwhile there is NO hair braiding courses in cosmetology nor is there any cosmetology involved in African braiding!  It's as if there is an attempt to CREATE poverty in this country.  We are in an economic crisis and people NEED to work.  How many times am I going to hear about bureaucrats threatening innocent people at gunpoint telling them to destroy their businesses?  I can't help but suspect that the government is trying to make poverty in order to save the victims and then look like a hero.

What I am seeing really is pretty frightening.  I don't want the government to tell me how I must keep myself and my family healthy.  Already they don't allow alternative cancer treatments, already they try to force vaccinations on babies and already they are trying to tell everyone that B6 is a drug that we aren't entitled to.

Big government needs to go.  I don't need another telling me how to live, how to generate an income or how to be healthy.  The scariest part of this is that the government is in a position to dictate what health is and how we are and are not allowed to stay healthy even if those choices are natural rights.  We need to get back to the Constitution.  After all, that is what made this country great to begin with.