Need a Lift?

So I'm pondering ideas about current events the other day. Thinking about the role of government and the intent of the founders and then, as could only happen in my brain, I get a vision of the ultimate in absurdity - and the perfect analogy for what is going on in Washington.

My first thought was that it was too absurd to be true. Second thought was "there's too many rednecks in this world for it to not be true."

So I Googled it. Voila, there it was.

A Corvette tow truck. Car. Whatever.

Now, I don't know who took this photo. I have no idea who made or owns this machine. 

Two things I do know:

1) It's amazing.

2) There's no way on God's green Earth I'll ever let that thing tow anything I own.

But there it is, the perfect analogy for our current federal government. Sleek, stylish, designed for speed, the envy of the world....harnessed to perform powerful tasks it was never intended or designed to do  and despite the impressive appearance, totally incapable of meeting the new expectations.

The Founding Fathers designed our central government to be a minimal force in our lives. They maintained state sovereignty because America was never intended to be a monolith. Our government was designed small for a reason...King George III. They designed a Corvette. 

Now we expect a government that was basically designed to keep us from killing and stealing from each other and protect us from foreign attacks to provide us with every necessity and luxury you can imagine. "Government must haul it all!" We demand a tow truck!

So we strap a steel tow lift to the fiberglass body of a sports car. Now we are ready to tow a Peterbilt.

Some observations:

1) The engine and transmission in a sports car are not made for towing. 

2) A Corvette can't steer without its front wheels on the ground.

3) The frame and body of a Corvette are doing good to hold themselves together without the added load of the vehicle being towed.

Our government is not made to provide welfare, universal medical insurance, comprehensive environmental regulation, domestic spying, the war on drugs, the war on poverty, the war on everything but war....I could go on and on and on and on...

To put it simply, you want to know why we're trillions in debt (and sinking) and massive programs like Obamacare are failing before they even get started?

Because a Corvette makes a lousy tow truck.