The items summarized in the
below link make you want to cry. Such injustices imposed by over
zealous government bureaucrats should be punished but they usually get
away with a slap on the wrist only to rise up again and do the same or
similar things later. Sometimes justice is done but frequently at
considerable cost to the tax paying public and especially the
bureaucrats' victims. Government over-reach is a real problem and by my
reading it is on the rise. And as the items below suggest, big
business interests are the beneficiaries of such government
interventions in their (not our) behalf. It is our collective
obligation to force government officials to deal with public service
abuses and support those being victimized. Let our voices be heard.
If you know or suspect
something is awry one way to deal with it is to collaborate with
willing local TV, radio stations and newspapers. Here is what a local
TV station has done. It takes tips from the public and does a serious
investigation into the matter and if the claims are verified, they make a
series of TV reports revealing the problem. A recent report uncovered
hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicare fraud that resulted in the
state legislative action. Another found that a state legislator abused
public funding for his own benefit. Resolution is ongoing but the
legislator's illegal actions have been exposed - his political career is
likely over as well as his opportunity to steal public funds.
Think of the difference it
would make if more of this happened across the country at local, state
and federal levels. Thanks to Sigi for sharing the article.
George Burns
