The Moment is Over

The moment is over.

Yes, Tuesday was a wonderful reminder that conservative principles and common sense – when articulated well – still win elections.  But Tuesday was a couple of days ago and the progressive left is in a hurry to make America pay for it.

So, buckle up buttercup. There is no time for a victory lap. There was another attempt to federalize (that is, make sure only Democrats win) state and local elections. It got filibustered, thank God, but how long the filibuster will last is anyone’s guess.  And Speaker Pelosi is hell-bent on finding the right combination of giveaways and political perks to push through Joe Biden’s “human” infrastructure legislation. It already contains enough poison to sicken the American economic system – and our civil liberties – for decades. Perhaps even forever.

Word leaked out today that the massive bill still contains the provision requiring banks to report on transactions totaling $600 or more. This isn’t to monitor the uber wealthy; it’s to monitor you.  It also isn’t certain whether this is for an individual transaction, or cumulative transactions.  Do you want the IRS (the government) snooping into your finances?  This isn’t to catch the wealthy cheating on their taxes. This is to compile information, a dossier if you will, about you, your spending habits and how you live your life. Everything an out-of-control government needs in order to regular and control you, and not that far down the road.

Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has offered to settle a lawsuit brought against the government by the ACLU by paying certain individuals who crossed the southern border into the U.S. for the indignity of having their families separated. The offer? $450,000 per person, presumably with a cap for each family.

The creation of instant millionaires. What a country!

The ACLU and the Biden people aren’t exactly on opposite sides of this lawsuit, obviously. Where a reasonable person would expect our government to take the case to court and let justice prevail, the Biden bunch says, to effect, “We surrender. Not one cent for defense, but millions for tribute,” turning the historical adage upside down.

We can debate how illegal aliens are compensated when they are mistreated – if they are mistreated – but it’s insanity to offer instant wealth while hard-working Americans are struggling to buy groceries and gasoline.

Frankly, it’s an insult to everyone past and present who has played by the rules and asked for nothing but an equal opportunity to succeed. I’m not much for playing the victim game, and I don’t think we create good citizenship by encouraging it.

Both the $600 bank reporting and the proposed $450,000 per aggrieved migrant are examples of government overreach. Both need to be shouted down from the rooftops.

Now is not the time for self-congratulations. It is time for diligence, networking and prayer. We haven’t won back our freedom yet.