Tom Kawczynski - Off the Record

Although I've been writing a ton, you haven't had the opportunity to read much lately because I've been very busy.  Working in conjunction with a few friends and partners, we're trying to build a news source for people here in my region that will offer quality political commentary, policy research, and a chance to reach into neighborhood issues.  As always, I'm amazed by both what is possible and also with the challenges to be overcome.  Fortunately, we're working the schedule at a natural pace, and I am confident that when we go live, that many of you will really appreciate what this will be.

That said, I continue to read the news and it is disheartening.  I understand that there are long-term issues and short-term issues, and that just because one seems pressing, that you can't neglect the other.  That said, I cannot remember an administration that seemed to spend so much time focusing on issues that have marginal relevance to people's lives today at the cost of not just neglecting, but actually harming the economic status of so many people today.  It is baffling to me, frankly.

There are days that I wish I was running now.  There are so many things I want to say, because people need to hear them.  This morning, I am thinking that people need to know the purpose of government is not to guarantee economic success or regulate every aspect of our lives where some selected few think we are incapable of making smart policy decisions; but rather to serve to protect the interests of each individual from the impositions of others.  Liberty, as always.

It makes more clear for me the fundamental difference between what I think and what those who are going to be my future opponents believe:  I think we should make the decisions; they think they should.  It is not a malicious thing, but rather a misguided paternalism that people don't quite understand as such.  We can change that, and through media, politics, and just hard effort, I am sure we shall.