Government & Insurance Claims

Since when did it become the federal government's role to make sure companies pay for disasters?

When you read my posts please be careful to understand that there is a clear line constitutionally speaking between the federal government and the state government. This is a line that has been crossed so many times that we can hardly recognize it any more, but again I will state that the federal government does not have the responsibility constitutionally speaking to oversee corporations to make sure they make reparations for anything.

Do companies like BP have a moral responsibility? Most certainly they do. Do they have a legal responsibility and if so what is that responsibility? That is for courts to decide not the federal government. Once again people are confusing who does what in the government. If we allow the federal government and especially the executive branch to start doing the judicial branch's work we will soon see our constitution become a meaningless document.

This separation of powers was put in place for a reason and we are tearing it apart because everyone feels that nothing should ever go wrong and if it does someone else should pay. Those same people are more than willing to give power to the federal government to make sure that happens even though the federal government was never supposed to have that power. As the federalist papers tell us the power of the federal government should be few and well defined; yet here we are giving them ever more power.

Each disaster or crisis brings yet another opportunity for the federal government to grab more power they were never designed to have.

The founders didn't intend for the federal government to control the education of our children. They never intended for the federal government to make sure we all had retirement income in our old age. They didn't intend for the federal government to make sure people don't hate each other. They didn't give them the power to regulate religion, in fact they specifically prohibited them from doing so. In this latter instance it should be noted the prohibition in the 1st Amendment was not just in public life, it has no restriction. They are not to regulate religion in public or private life.

Because people don't read or learn the constitution any more most are not aware the constitution does not saying anything about the "RIGHT to privacy" it addresses private property. It does not say anything about the separation of church and state. It does not say anything about freedom of express. In the case of expression it is quite specific speaking of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc.

Because the government has taken control of the schools and now feel sit is worse to have someone's "self esteem" damaged because they failed a test than it is that the person can't read, right or do math, we now have a generation that can hardly read and as such are not exposed to views that might otherwise make them realize the limitation that are supposed to be put on the federal government.

As such the federal government now thinks it's their job to go after BP to make sure they pay people hurt by the oil spill before they fulfill their obligations to their share holders.

If you allow the federal government to have this much power and control because it seems to be working in your favor right now just consider what it will mean when some other politically correct person decides you've done wrong or maybe they just want your property because it might be better for the community and poof! its taken by the federal government in the name of eminent domain.

If you don't speak up soon and start voting these communist/socialist/progressives out of office you will find yourself in a totalitarian government before you know. These people are on both sides of the isle.

Do not fool yourself into thinking this is only the democrats. The republicans have either sat by and said nothing or actively helped pass laws that meet the progressive agenda.

We seem to get so tied up in giving things labels and many are more busy being offended with the label than they are with what the people are doing. Whatever the label they have you need to ask yourself if they genuinely support the constitution and will uphold it as they SWORE to do.

Barbara Boxer, Lynn Woolsey, Diane Feinstein, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, McCain and many others have not been supporting strict constitutionalism at all. In many cases they have been actively working against it.

All of these people are great at saying what you want to hear but you need to look at their actions. do they feel the federal government should be doing all the things its doing? If so then we probably need to get rid of them.

Everyone is now talking about cuts because it is fashionable but few are being specific and as soon as they mention one that may affect your it then becomes an issue of being fighting words.

Let's face it everyone wants a free ride, but the reality is if you're getting a "free ride" it is only because someone else is not only paying their share, but yours as well. So it's NOT FREE and neither are you! You are now under the thumb of the government as you will give them any power as long as they keep your free ride coming.

We need to be willing and even eager at this point to do the hard thing and rein in the federal government. If it's not in the constitution then tell them to cut it out of the federal spending. You can always vote for it on a state level if you think it's important to have.

For some reason the government seems to feel it is responsible now to make sure that companies pay claims and may even determine what those claims are. Is this the job of the federal government? Is this to be found anywhere in the constitution? Why do we have people clamoring for the feds to do something so they get their fair share of the piece of the pie for money for a disaster now effecting their lives. Where does this come from? Yet almost no one even questions the fact that the federal government is involved in all this and in many cases they even seem excited because they may yet get some freebie and in many cases those who are even less moral are considering ways to commit fraud on the government and big companies to get even more?