Paul LePage Speaks Truth to Power

It is interesting to meet a man who is powerful in his own territory – a governor of one of America’s sovereign states, yet who speaks with great humility and intelligence as just one of us – one of “we the people.”

It is not often that a man with this standing, stands up to power and speaks the truth.  We have noticed that there are more governors who are becoming comfortable with saying no to Washington.  That is good; very good because the hope for America now rests with the strength and forbearance of strong, economically successful states that adhere to American fundamentals.  The California and Illinois templates are doomed to failure.  Many others still choose to play the game; go along to get along; always on the make for one more handout; one more “federal government program” to ensnare the people a bit deeper into the briar patch of dependency.

Not so with Paul LePage.  We introduced you to this man one month ago with a posting entitled, “Do you know Paul LePage?”  (See: http://thefundamentalsus.blogspot.com/2012/06/do-you-know-paul-lepage.html ).

We begin today by asking you to spend a few minutes to listen to Mr. LePage’s recent radio address about America, dependency, Obama and his solutions and other pertinent observations about being a citizen of this country in these very strange and distorted times.  Please go to:  http://www.dirigoblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Government-run-Health-Care-.mp3

Also, Mr. LePage offers a website to keep current with his actions for Mainers.  It is a wonderful repository of good ideas and common sense (go to:  http://www.maine.gov/governor/lepage/ )  TheFundamentals has taken the liberty of snitching some of the ideas and common sense from Mr. LePage’s website and presenting them below with full attribution.  We have found no one who can say as much in as few words as Mr. LePage:

“It’s time to get Maine working again, and that means tearing down the roadblocks that establishment politicians have built over the past 40 years. Smaller, smarter government is the key to new jobs and financial security for Maine families.”

“Reducing Maine’s excessive tax burden so Maine families can keep more of their own money is the right thing to do. You know how best to spend or save your hard-earned wages, not government.”

“Welfare should be a temporary helping hand to get Mainers back on their feet – not a lifestyle and ticket to permanent dependence on government.”

An interesting fact.  Did you think that Maine was one of our original thirteen colonies?  It was not.  It was actually a part of the commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820 when it voted to secede from Massachusetts (excellent judgment Mainers!) and then joined the US of A as our 23^rd state.  Did you know that Maine was just one of two states that did not support Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 election?  The other was Vermont.  So much for “as Maine goes so goes the nation.”  More recently Maine has supported the last five Democrat candidates for president including the incumbent.  One of the many peculiarities that fascinates this essayist are the voting idiosyncrasies of Americans – Obama for president; LePage for governor?  By the way, over 90% of Mainers are non Hispanic whites.  The official state treat of Maine is the “Whoopie Pie.”  This is what a whoopie pie looks like:

The world’s largest whoopie pie ever was made in Maine last year.  It weighed 1,062 pounds.  There is hope for America.