Government Newspeak

You know, words used to have meanings. When we had one unifying language in the United States (English), we could effectively communicate with one another because the words had a common meaning. When someone spoke of a "horse," for example, people knew exactly what the object of the discussion was. Today, however, that is no longer the case. And the destruction of the language is very intentional and can often be traced to government.

I personally first noticed the total destruction of the language with the misuse of the word "next." Do you know what "next" means? I suspect you do not, because it means whatever the person using it happens to want it to mean at the moment. When I was growing up, it had a very clear meaning. It used to mean something along the lines of "immediately following." That is no longer the case. If you hear it on the radio or TV, in invariably means, "after about 2-3 minutes of commercials."

Government, however, is much better at changing the meanings of words, and often with a more intentionally evil purpose. And yes, in most cases, it is exactly as Orwell predicted it would be in 1984. For example, if you give me $10, do I have more or less money than I did before? If I'm government, you just took money from me. And yes, they can and do repeat and scream that statement until you believe it. You see, I thought you were going to give me $20 and you only gave me $10. Therefore, you took money from me.

To see this amazing redefinition of words in action, check just about any action of your local government. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School board, in cooperation with the Charlotte Observer (socialist paper of record) is now claiming they cut schools and renovations. They are claiming they're "trimming" the budget and they've reduced, removed, and cut schools and classrooms. Of course, this is a total lie because they're actually planning on getting $516,000,000.00 that they did not have before. So literally, in government-speak, giving them $516 million is causing them to make CUTS. That is intentional lying.

And every now and then one of the socialist bastards member of the Politburo lying bureaucrats will make a mistake and their actual words (with real meanings) will get reported:

If we are going to persuade the voters of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County that our needs are real, I think it's important for us to come together and show leadership.

So sayeth $250,000+/ yr Peter Gorman, superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. In other words, he knows the needs aren't real, but that they need to lie and fool the suckers workers and voters that they are real. And to convince the unwashed (that's you) to vote for this massive pile of cash, they will do whatever it takes -- including using words with false meanings to scare you and outright lies.

They also continuously refer to the "bond package" and explain that it will not cost tax money. Either these people really are dumber than a box of rocks, or they're outright lying again. Do you know anywhere that I can borrow $516 million for an unlimited amount of time and I don't have to pay interest on it? I'll give you a clue -- there isn't anywhere. What's happening in Charlotte is that the interest payments on all these "free" bonds is rising every year -- it's now somewhere in the range of 20% of the entire budget! But these government-types honestly don't care. They just want more of your money now for themselves, plain and simple. And like any other common thief, they are more than willing to lie to get your money.

Ronald Reagan once said, "Trust, but verify." Government in this country simply cannot be trusted -- no matter what verification system you want to use. They intentionally misuse words to convince you to make them larger and more bloated. Remember the primary purpose of the government-run (public) education system in America: to get more money for themselves to spend.

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