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In an article by James Abourezk, former Democrat Senator from South Dakota, for Playboy magazine in March 1979 he stated the eight Laws of Politics. Abourezk’s laws are these: 

1. Anybody who really would change things for the better in this country could never be elected President anyway.
2. Don’t worry about your enemies, it’s your allies who will do you in.
3. In politics, people will do whatever is necessary to get their way.
4. The bigger the appropriations bill, the shorter the debate.
5. If a politician has a choice between listening and talking, guess which one he will choose?
6. When voting on the confirmation of a Presidential appointment, it’s always safer to vote against the son of a bitch, because if he’s confirmed, it won’t be long before he proves how wise you were.
7. If you want to curry favor with a politician, give him credit for something that someone else did.
8. Don’t blame me, I voted for McGovern [name your own favorite here].

The article is well worth reading in its entirety. Like the reference I made to Will Rogers the other day, this proves that nothing gets better in government, it only gets worse.

 I would add a couple of more laws to the list above: 9. If a bill you voted in favor of leads to problems, do not admit that you voted for it and especially that you didn’t read it before the vote, but be sure to point the finger of blame at someone else; 10. Pontificate about anything that you think will help you in the next election, but be sure not to say anything substantive, and; 11. Promise the electorate the most outrageous benefits that will accrue to them, they’ll fall all over themselves voting for you, thinking they’ll get something for nothing.    

The majority of the electorate does not realize that the government earns no money—it’s the individuals’ money that pays taxes to support these freebies. We are nearing the point where there will not be enough wage earners earning enough money to pay all the taxes required to support the government’s “entitlements”. 

Note No. 4, above. This is particularly pertinent in the current climate of ramming huge stimulus bills through Congress without time for legislators to read or debate them. 

In future posts I may discuss the Declaration of Independence, and I will discuss the U.S. Constitution. When I was in high school these were seriously studied. From what I can tell, our education system no longer teaches either of these documents, nor does it teach history.

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