Government Aristocrats

Editorial points out what I've been saying about government aristocrats - they rule the people and live off the fruits of the labor of the people just like feudal noblemen in the middle ages. Our representatives, high level goverment bureaucrats, and the leaders of the press form the ruling class of America, and creates the us-versus-them division that is destroying the country.  What is good for Americans, low taxes and severely limited government, is bad for the ruling elite who live off of our taxes and gain power by growing the size and scope of government.

The Founding Fathers never foresaw this, and having a ruling class was anathma to them. The expected our representatives  to be citizen-representatives, who made their money and impact in the real world, and sacrificed a couple of months a year to go to Washington and serve their fellow Americans. Now our government aristocrats make careers out of politics, spend their entire lives wining and dining with lobbyists in city and state capitals and 
the worst of them in Washington, and make their fortunes as parasites sucking off the resources of the people.

As a result, government grows its budget and its power every year at the expense of the freedom and power of the people, and the burden of government is crushing us and our country.

But unlike the serfs of old, we can revolt and take back our power at the ballot box. We can elect citizen-representatives and send the professional politicians packing.  If we cut the size and scope of government in half, we can force our representatives to spend 6 months in their home districts instead of partying with lobbyists. We can pass term limits so that our representatives will have to come back to their home districts to earn a living after serving in government.

When we replace these government aristocrats with citizen-representatives who make their main living in the real world with us, our government will work for us instead of against us.