What can I do?

I here this question often. I attend many meetings of the many limited government groups that are forming.

After the question, "What are the Republicans doing?" I hear, "What can I do?"

I was very encouraged and excited today.

I received a call today from a friend who has been getting involved. I often hear many complain that others "don't get it". I often remind many that we are all at different places on the "road" in this fight. Some are way out in front. Some get it and are right behind. Others know something is seriously wrong with government, at all levels, and are further behind. The goal is simple.

Keep them moving along.

But, back to my friend. He is right next to me. Let me explain.

He learned about a specific government grant. It is in an area that he has a fair degree of expertise. As he learned about the "program" funded by the grant, alarm bells went off.

See, too often, we automatically assume that anything that government does that is portrayed as "good" is good. And that it will be well managed. Well, more and more people are assuming different things.

My friend did some basic research and made some calls. He found out to whom the grant was awarded. Then he found out how to contact the person who received the grant. Then he started asking some simple questions.

Needless to say, the grant recipient took great offense that a private citizen would dare to ask some simple questions. However, he has scheduled a meeting to learn more. And THEN he contacted me to find out what to do next. We are planning a detailed strategy to learn the whole life cycle of this grant. How it was awarded. How much taxpayer money had to be raised to award that amount of money. (Remember, if "$x" is awarded it takes much more than "$x" in taxpayer money to hand it out.) Then we will find out what is actually done to justify the "$x". I am confident that our findings will raise a lot of questions with the public.

And we plan to hold politicians who awarded the grant RESPONSIBLE for the waste. If they approved it or awarded it, they ARE RESPONSIBLE for not doing their homework. They can explain it to the voters when we are done.

Here is the point. If hundreds of citizens start to do this, we will expose a lot. And changes will happen very quickly as irresponsible politicians have to explain the waste of money.

As I tell more and more people, all we have to do as citizens is to start flipping over the rocks of Big Government - Local, state and federal. First, you will see many things scurrying away from the sunlight. Then, we need persistence to start digging and asking questions. Then we need to notify the public about the reality.

Limited Government activists have the easiest argument to win. We simply have to prove that government fails at most of what it tries to do and it wastes a lot of money in the process.

But we need people to start flipping over the rocks and to start investigating.

If you want to get involved, please contact me. If a hundred people do this for a hundred things over the next six months we can easily prove that Big Government fails and wastes a lot of money at the local, state and federal levels. Until then, things will continue to worsen.

If you consider yourself a limited government patriot, get involved. If you learn of a program, or a grant, or some other government effort that strikes you in your gut as a waste of money, kick over the rock and start asking questions. Then contact myself and others for more help.

Chances are, you are probably right, and in fact, the situation is worse than you can even imagine. And the effort required will be far less than you imagine as well.

Unless you are will to do that, then stop complaining. But until we start flipping rocks over, the Big Government politicians and Feeders at the Government Trough will continue to waste your hard earned money.

Oh, and to clarify. I don't care if it is a politician with a "D" by their name or an "R". Big Government, irresponsible politicians are the problem, not a party label.