Why Are We Opposed to Cutting Government?

How did we get this far off track?

It’s been almost a month and the grumbling is still going on over cuts in the budget.

Let me see if I have this straight? The one thing that pretty much everyone could agree on . . . say over the last millennia or so . . . is government waste. Democrat, Republican, conservative, liberal, independent, left, right, gay straight, somewhere in the middle . . . didn’t seem to matter. We all knew the government wasted money like the Colts waste chances to win games.

Right? Are we in agreement on that point at least?

So how come now folks are losing their minds over budget cuts?

Andre Carson cried crocodile tears not too long ago about a family losing welfare benefits. Of course Andre never met a government handout he didn’t want to pay for with your tax dollars, so I guess that wasn’t a huge surprise.

Thing is, that’s not how it’s supposed to work. Wasn’t the idea of government handouts to help those in need on a temporary basis?

Heavy emphasis on temporary.

Like a lot of you, I remember a time when most people had a different outlook. “I’d rather dig ditches than be on welfare.” My Grandpa said it. I’ll bet many of yours did, too, Later, that morphed to flipping burgers instead of digging ditches. Hey, I worked one summer in the concession stand at the ABC Drive-In making burgers. Think I’d rather dig ditches.

For those who can’t stand Trump, you’ll get no argument from me. The man is as hard to like as a page full of algebraic problems on a timed test. And sorry Trump fans, this big beautiful bill that ADDS to the deficit is going the wrong way.

That said, there is also the point that real cuts are being made. Some government jobs and departments are being eliminated. Hooray for us!

It was painful to get to where we are today – and that dear friends is a pain that our grandchildren will feel economically. It’s going to be a pain to fix it, but isn’t that worth it?

Here’s hoping that’s at least some folks can get past the Trump hatred, that they can get on board with the idea that we have to change course. Let’s stress “some folks.” There will always be those who want the current state of government to remain unchanged – for the free handouts to continue, for a nation that is more socialistic than democratic.

Yup, I’d rather dig ditches.

Two cents, which is about how much Timmons said his columns are worth, appears periodically in The Times. Timmons is the chief executive officer of Sagamore News Media, the company that owns The Noblesville Times. He is also a proud Noblesville High School graduate and can be contacted at ttimmons@thetimes24-7.com.