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Tom Basile used his platform on America Right Now to strike a nerve every patriot feels: Washington has grown too big, too expensive, and too eager to run our lives from on high. He reminded viewers that limited government isn’t a slogan — it’s the foundation of our liberty — and called for a renewed commitment to cut federal power and spending before the next generation pays the bill. Basile’s message came straight from the heart of conservative America and landed where it matters most: kitchen tables and Main Streets.
We’ve seen the federal apparatus invade areas once rightly handled by states and families, and environmental regulation has been a prime example of mission creep. The EPA’s recent suite of sprawling rules on power plants and other sectors demonstrates how regulation can become a backdoor expansion of federal control, with costly mandates that hit working Americans and local utilities hardest. Conservatives aren’t anti-clean air or water; we’re anti-nationalized policy that ignores regional common sense and bankrupts communities.
At the same time, federal spending has become a generational theft operation, piling debt onto our kids and grandkids while politicians chase votes with open checkbooks. The national debt has surged into the tens of trillions, a number that should embarrass every elected official who took an oath to protect the Republic’s future. Fiscal sanity demands cutting waste, reforming entitlements, and restoring Congress’s duty to live within its means.
Education is another arena where D.C. power grabs have left parents powerless and classrooms politicized. Washington’s tendency to micromanage curricula and weaponize grants for ideological training has driven parents to their breaking point, even as legitimate Native and tribal programs deserve respect and local control. Returning education authority to states, stopping federal funding of divisive trainings, and empowering parents must be central to any conservative agenda that values liberty and learning.
Tom Basile rightly pointed to solutions that conservatives have championed for years: constrain Washington, rein in regulators, and stop funding federal overreach. There are concrete tools on the table — from enforcing balanced budgets to state-led initiatives that reclaim power from a bloated bureaucracy — and movements that press for structural limits on federal authority are gaining steam for a reason. If we mean to be the party of stewardship, responsibility, and freedom, we must demand these reforms loudly and without apology.
This is a clarion call to every hardworking American who still believes in self-government: stand with voices like Basile’s and vote accordingly. Elect representatives who treat taxpayers’ money like it belongs to someone — because it does — and build a government that protects liberty rather than smothers it. The time for polite warnings is over; conservatives must act to shrink federal power, restrain spending, and restore the promise of America for our children.
