Over the edge

In light of the recent governmental shutdown (but only some of it), it seems a few words on the money issues that are currently plaguing our nation are in order.  I recently saw statistics on the salary that the President receives.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it has been shown that the President receives $450,000 a year for life.  That's a lot of money, by any standard.  The vice president and the speaker of the house receive comparable salaries.  I've also heard that the First Lady has twenty-two personal aides that receive a full salary as well.  It would be interesting to see our government's expenditures sheet.
It seems to me that somewhere along the line, things got way out of hand.  But digging deep and going philosophical, this all stems from the Protestant Reformation.  Obviously, the Reformers were not thinking along these lines, in any stretch of the imagination, but ideas have consequences.  When ultimate authority is taken from Christ and his Church and is put into the hands of individuals, you have to expect to see the kind of thing we are laboring under now.
I've afraid the behemoth government has gone over the edge.  All we can do now is pray.  We've been praying all along and trying to do what is right, voting and all.  But I think that the US government is beyond help at this point.  We can only pray that God has mercy and we have the foresight to prepare for the worst.  A depression era economy and a draconian government leaves us in a pretty rough spot.  Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.